By CSC College Relations
CHADRON, Neb. – Chadron State College’s Graves Lecture Series will resume this fall with three presentations on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center Atrium. Attendance is free, and the community is encouraged to attend.
The first speaker of the Fall 2025 season is Kevin Coy on October 21. Coy, an Academic Advisor for the CSC TRIO Upward Bound program, mentors and guides high school students in preparing for college success. In Rooted in Resilience, he will discuss how to develop a strong foundation of inner strength, adaptability and perseverance, even in the face of challenges. He will explain how to draw upon your values, experiences and support systems to grow through hardships instead of being defeated by them.
“Like deep roots anchor a tree, resilience helps you stay grounded while reaching for new possibilities,” Coy said.
Coy, a Florida native, moved to Chadron in 2014 to attend CSC, where he played football for the Eagles. He graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He is married to Taylor Coy, and they have two young sons.
The second installment in the series, on Oct. 28, will feature the voice of the Chadron State College Eagles Dave Collins as he presents Game Day on Air: A Broadcaster’s Playbook. Collins has been bringing local sports to Nebraska listeners through radio broadcasts for more than 20 years. He is the Sports Director with Double Q Country Radio where he has broadcasted more than 600 CSC athletic competitions including football, men's and women's basketball, volleyball and softball since 2015. Collins also hosts weekly sports shows with coaches and players, and has an extensive award-winning background that includes a decade as a News Director and high school sports broadcaster. He and his wife, Shaunda French-Collins, CSC’s dean of Business, Math and Science, reside in Chadron with their young son, Braylon.
The final fall presentation, on Nov. 18, Type II Diabetes and its Effect on Insulin Receptors, will spotlight student and faculty research. Sutton Pohlman, a native of Stanton, Nebraska, and a member of the CSC football team, is currently pursuing an MBA with a healthcare administration focus. He graduated from CSC in December 2024 with a degree in chemistry and a minor in human biology. He began working with Dr. Clint Evrard on insulin research during the Spring of 2024, and they continue to conduct research together. After playing his final year on the CSC football team and earning his MBA, Pohlman plans to enroll at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine in the Fall of 2026.
Evrard received a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Indiana State University before entering the diocesan seminary at St. Meinrad School of Theology in southern Indiana. He later joined the Capuchin Franciscan order and continued philosophical and theological studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Before his final vows as a Franciscan, Evrard decided to complete his doctorate at the University of Louisville where he worked as a teaching graduate assistant, received both a Master of Science and a doctorate in computational quantum chemistry and quantum mechanical materials. Evrard said he came to CSC because teaching and working with students are his first priority.
Graves Lecture Series Schedule
Oct. 21, 7 p.m., Kevin Coy
Oct. 28, 7 p.m., Dave Collins
Nov. 18, 7 p.m., Dr. Clint Evrard and Sutton Pohlman