BY OLIVIA BRYANT, College Relations
CHADRON – The Fall 2021 Graves Lecture will include a variety of topics from predictors of stress in first-generation students, to history recorded through a quilt, to the Holocaust. The presenters are Dr. Brittany Helmbrecht, Tena Cook, Dr. David Nesheim, Dr. Kim Madsen, and Mary Traphagan.
Each lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in the Mari Sandoz Atrium High Plains Heritage Center. These events are free and open to the public.
The series will begin Oct. 12 with “Predictors of Stress in First-Generations Students” by Helmbrecht, an assistant professor in the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Department. Helmbrecht will discuss her doctoral dissertation study of first-generation college students at Chadron State College and factors that predict stress levels. She will also demonstrate stress management techniques.
On Oct. 26, a panel consisting of Cook, College Relations Marketing Coordinator, Madsen, Family, and Consumer Sciences Professor, and Nesheim, Social Sciences Associate Professor, will present “A Stitch in Time: 1938 Air Mail Quilt.” In 1938, Cook’s grandmother designed, sewed, and embroidered a quilt to commemorate National Air Mail Week. In addition to answering questions about the quilt, Cook will share paper patterns made from cachet envelopes. Madsen will share expertise about hand crafted textiles, and Nesheim will provide information about the historical context of Air Mail.
The series will conclude Nov. 9 with Traphagan, a Chadron Middle School Social Sciences Teacher, who will present “The Holocaust Past and Present.” She will discuss the history of the Holocaust, the Nazi Germany practices of ethnic purification, and the devasting effects on survivors and their families.
For more information or to suggest a future Graves speaker, contact King Library Outreach Librarian Shawn Hartman at 308-432-6271 ext. 7059 or [email protected].