{"id":42109,"date":"2013-08-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/aviation-generates-enthusiasm\/"},"modified":"2013-09-09T14:04:54","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T14:04:54","slug":"aviation-generates-enthusiasm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2013\/08\/aviation-generates-enthusiasm\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviation generates enthusiasm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" class=\"caption\" alt=\"William and Nancy LaForge with aviation students, faculty, staff, advisory board, alumni and friends.\" src=\"\/Images\/aviation\/CAVcookout.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Delta State University Chapter of Alpha Eta Rho recently hosted a cookout for the Department of Commercial Aviation. The&nbsp;cookout was for aviation students, faculty, staff, advisory board members, alumni and friends.&nbsp;This year&rsquo;s back to school cookout had the largest attendance with 75 aviation enthusiasts, including President William LaForge and First Lady Nancy LaForge.<\/p>\n<p>Alpha Eta Rho is the oldest professional aviation fraternity. The fraternity seeks to enhance the aviation experience and strengthen bonds for students within the aviation community.&nbsp; Alpha Eta Rho is open to all collegiate men and women who have a strong interest in, or who are currently seeking careers in any field within aviation and aerospace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Commercial Aviation offers a Bachelor of Commercial Aviation (BCA) as well as a Master of Commercial Aviation (MCA). The department provides courses in general aviation, aviation management, and airway science. &nbsp;Students have access to a flight training fleet, which includes over 15 aircrafts and 3 multiengine training planes. Delta State is the only institution in Mississippi currently offering these degree programs.<\/p>\n<p>Students interested in learning more or joining the organization may contact &nbsp;Brett Oleis at 846-4206 for more information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delta State University Chapter of Alpha Eta Rho recently hosted a cookout for the Department of Commercial Aviation. The cookout was for aviation students, faculty, staff, advisory board members, alumni and friends&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":48225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42110,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42109\/revisions\/42110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}