Delta State University News

Mississippi will receive $4.4 million from the Federal Highway Administration's Delta Region Transportation Development Program, U.S Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced Monday.

Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour's proposal to merge the state's three historically black universities has sparked debate over the racial undertones it presents and raised further questions over the state's historic underfunding of those colleges.

The 2009 Delta State University Alumni Hall of Fame inductees are , Billy B. Nowell of Cleveland, Donald L. Green of Clarksdale and Karen Sullivan of Brookhaven, accepting the award presented posthumously to Doug Sullivan.

Delta State University's Alumni Association recognized this year's service award winners, Sylvia Ferguson, Dot Franklin, John Polk, Bob Ferguson and Rob Armour.

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Delta State University's Alumni Association has recognized this year's Alumni Hall of Fame Inductees.

Afuafu Tuilaepa is the senior lady and matriarch of Chief Tuilaepa Fua'ava's family clan at Manono Island.

Delta State University's Delta Center for Culture and Learning, through funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities "Landmarks in American History and Culture" program, will offer two week-long workshops focusing on the Delta's rich cultural heritage.

AROUND MISSISSIPPI a ' U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that 111 projects in 35 states, including Mississippi, have been selected to receive more than $34.9 million in grants to increase educational opportunities and expand access to healthcare services in rural areas.

By Festus Ahon UGHELLI a ' THE two mini-lecture halls donated by the Oleh Community to the Oleh Campus of the Delta State University has been commis-sioned. Commissioning the lecture halls, Provost of the campus, Prof.

It's no coincidence the Ocean Springs Art Association's 38th Annual Fine Art Show is happening right in the middle of this weekend's Peter Anderson Festival.

Where: Community Center, 512 Washington Avenue, Ocean Springs; adjacent to Walter Anderson Museum of Art.

Nine of 13 students taken by DeSoto Central teacher Megan Morgan for tryouts were selected for the Delta State University Honor Choir.

When Caroline Laster creates, she finds there is no right or wrong, just an endless world of possibilities.

Dist. Atty. Gerald Chatham placed a heavy cotton gin fan on exhibit in the courtroom on Sept.

Dr. John C. Merrill, a noted journalism educator and author, will pay tribute to his hometown of Cleveland and his alma mater Delta State University with the presentation of his many awards and 33 published volumes to the University Archives and Museum Oct.

The HealthCare Foundation of the Tri-State Delta is proud to announce David Dallas as executive director beginning Nov.

Walter Wood, a former northeast Jackson resident who is now executive director of the Alabama Department of Youth Services, was recognized by the Department of Youth Services Board and Alabama Gov.

CLEVELAND a ' "Creating Cultural Sensitivity in the Workplace" is the title of a educational workshop to be offered by Delta State University's Department of Social Work and Graduate and Continuing Studies.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nick Jones of Inverness are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Jennifer Leigh Jones, formerly of Inverness, to John Frederick Morrison, formerly of Hattiesburg.