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Spring for Success Online Giving Day on March 20 Supports Three Good DSU Causes
Replacing the Statesman mascot suit. Replacing the bulletproof vests for the university’s police officers. Replacing the equipment for a Virtual Dementia Tour® offered by the Social Work Department. Delta State University’s first annual Spring for Success Online Giving Day is raising money for those three good, diverse causes on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. All have been well-used, and it’s time for new…
U.S. Must Return to the Gold Standard, Says Steve Forbes, at DSU’s Spring 2019 Colloquia Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series
“When money is trustworthy,” Steve Forbes told a capacity crowd at Delta State University’s Spring 2019 Colloquia Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series, “human progress comes about.” Inversely, continued the notable economic prognosticator, “When money is untrustworthy, bad things can happen.” The U.S. needs to pay close attention to this, he urged. The business publishing magnate and…
Former Delta State Student Joe Edd Morris to Read from “The Prison,” His New Novel, at DSU Library, a Setting of the Book, on March 6
There’s a special reason why Mississippi native and former Delta State University student Joe Edd Morris will read from his latest novel, The Prison, in the Roberts-LaForge Library on campus on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at 3:30 PM. The mystery tale includes it as a setting among other Mississippi backdrops. Morris will sign copies at the…
In Memory of Ray Wilson
Mr. William Ray Wilson, 88, of Cleveland, MS, passed away on Wednesday, January 30, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 2, 2019, at First Baptist Church in Cleveland. A Celebration of Life Service will follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 2, 2019, at First Baptist Church with…
Delta State Mourns Former Longtime Staffer Mary Robbins, 87
Robbins poses with her award as staff employee of the month in February 2003. Former longtime Delta State University employee Mary Patridge Robbins, 87, died on Jan. 19, 2019 at the Cleveland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Cleveland. She worked at Delta State’s Computer Information Systems Department, retiring after 28 years and holding emeritus status.…
Gertrude C. Ford Foundation
On why they chose to give Delta State University $3 million over the next 15 years for the new Center for Teaching and Learning