News and Events

2023 Annual Juried Student Exhibition
2023-03-27 08:00 - 2023-03-31 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Fielding Wright Art Center Gallery
DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY ART DEPARTMENT’S 2023 ANNUAL JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION
The Annual Juried Student Exhibition allows the department to highlight the work our students have produced in the past year and affords students an opportunity to gain professional experience by preparing work for exhibitions and submitting it to a jury process. Students submitting work are also eligible to win monetary awards in a variety of categories. The awards are made possible through the generous support of art patrons from the Cleveland community.
This year’s juror is Greely Myatt, a professor of sculpture at the University of Memphis and a DSU alumnus. He has exhibited widely across the United States, Europe and Japan. In 1994 he was awarded the Mississippi Arts and Letters Visual Arts Award. In 2009, a twenty-year retrospective of his works was exhibited across Memphis in nine museum and gallery venues.
As every year, we will also feature Salon des Refusés in the Holcomb-Norwood Annex which will display a student-curated collection of the artwork that did not make it into the main event.
Please join us in celebrating our students’ success on Thursday, March 9, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Awards will be presented at 6:00 p.m. The Annual Juried Student Exhibition will remain on view from March 9 to April 20. The gallery is open Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The gallery is closed on weekends, holidays, and during semester breaks. For further information visit our website at https://www.deltastate.edu/art/wright-center-art-gallery/ or contact 662.846.4720. For updates and announcements of upcoming events follow Delta State Art Department on Facebook or join our email list.

AHP 50/50 Raffle
2023-03-27 11:00 - 13:00 | 1st Floor Lobby, Student Union

Winning the Race
2023-03-28 08:00 - 17:00 | Ewing Hall, Jacob Conference Center
For more information, please contact Michelle Johansen, DEI Coordinator, at mjohansen@deltastate.edu.

pre-registration
2023-03-28 08:15 - 12:15 | Ewing Hall, First Floor
The Student Success Center will be greeting students and encouraging students to pre-register for classes.

Pre-registration
2023-03-28 10:30 - 13:00, 2023-03-30 10:30 - 13:00 | 1st Floor Lobby, Student Union
Pre-registration photo booth will be set up by our Student Navigators to promote pre-registration.

Most Beautiful Pageant
2023-03-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Bologna Performing Arts Center (BPAC)
SGA invites all to attend the Annual Most Beautiful Pageant featuring a fashion show produced by The Delta State Fashion Board.
$5 tickets, free for students

“The Holy War and Religious Toleration. The status of Non-Christians in Late Medieval and early Renaissance Europe: Pagans, Jews, Muslims” Guest Lecture by Dr. Pawel Kras
2023-03-29 16:00 - 17:00 | Capps, Seminar Room
Dr. Pawel Kras, a visiting history professor from John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (Poland), will guest lecture on “The Holy War and Religious Toleration: The status of Non-Christians in Late Medieval and early Renaissance Europe: Pagans, Jews, and Muslims” This event is made possible by the Erasmus+ program, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, and Delta State University. This event is free and open to the DSU campus and general public. For more information, please contact Michelle Johansen at mjohansen@deltastate.edu.

Wesley Worship on the Quad
2023-03-29 18:30 - 21:00 | Delta State Quadrangle
The DSU Wesley Foundation would like to host a worship service and serve dinner to students on the quad on March 29th.

Pre-registration
2023-03-30 08:15 - 12:15 | Kethley Hall

NEA Big Read Bolivar County presents "Expansion, Contraction, and Transformation: The Creation of Sacred Space through Music for Communal Healing and Social Justice" with Dr. Lisa "Osunleti" Beckley-Roberts
2023-03-30 12:15 - 13:30 | Baioni Conference Center
As part of the 2022-2023 NEA Big Read: Bolivar County project, Dr. Lisa “Osunleti” Beckley-Roberts, Chair and Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at Jackson State University, will present her new research. Through the study and exploration of African and diasporic music and movement practices, Dr. Beckley-Roberts shares experiences with facilitating communal healing in the planning, preparation, and performance of a work in honor of Trayvon Martin. Her research explores the ways that the terms expansion and contraction, borrowed from Ifa cosmology of the Yoruba ethnic group, may be applied to the practice of reimagining African and African diaspora music and dance, in order to respond to and navigate the emotional turmoil of social injustice. Furthermore, additional instances of the use of music and the reimagining of musical ideas have been used to aid in communal healing.
This event is free and open to the DSU campus and general public. Refreshments will be available for attendees.
The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read, in partnership with Arts Midwest, is designed to broaden our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. Delta State University is one of 70+ nonprofit organizations to receive a grant to host an NEA Big Read project.
For more information, please contact Michelle Johansen at mjohansen@deltastate.edu or visit www.deltastate.edu/dei/big-read.

NEA Big Read: Bolivar County presents The Jackson State University African Drum and Dance Ensemble
2023-03-30 18:00 - 19:00 | Jobe Auditorium
The NEA Big Read: Bolivar County project presents the Jackson State University African Drum and Dance Ensemble. This event is free and open to the DSU campus and general public.
The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read, in partnership with Arts Midwest, is designed to broaden our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. Delta State University is one of 70+ nonprofit organizations to receive a grant to host an NEA Big Read project.
For more information, please contact Michelle Johansen at mjohansen@deltastate.edu or visit www.deltastate.edu/dei/big-read.

The Power in You- Middle School Leadership Conference
2023-03-31 08:00 - 14:00 | Forest E. Wyatt Center
This conference is for middle school students (grades 7-8) in Bolivar County. Approximately 100 students and 10 chaperones will be invited to participate in this event. The purpose of the event is to address some of the academic, social and emotional issues middle schools deal with daily. This event is free and is sponsored by Inside Out Academy, a local nonprofit.

DSU Aviation Open House
2023-03-31 08:00 - 17:00 | Delta State University Hangar- Airport

Delta State Athletics Hall of Fame
2023-03-31 17:30 - 22:00 | Grammy Museum MS
Recognize personal achievements in athletics

Student Crawfish Boil and DJ Brick
2023-03-31 19:00 - 23:30 | Statesmen Park
The Student Government Association will be hosting a Crawfish Boil and music by DJ Brick in Statesmen Park.

Go Green Weekend Live Music
2023-04-01 19:00 - 23:30 | Statesmen Park
SGA and DMI have teamed up to bring a live music festival on Saturday for Go Green Weekend.
