The Delta State University Alumni Association has announced its summer picnic travel schedule. Alumni Association staff will visit New York City, Atlanta and Washington D.C. for the annual Mississippi picnics this June.<\/p>\n
The 35th<\/sup> annual New York-Mississippi picnic in Central Park is June 14 from noon-6 p.m. This year\u2019s event will be held at Center Road at the 72nd<\/sup> Street and 5th<\/sup> Avenue entrance, which is between the Naumberg Bandshell and Sheeps Meadow. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cMississippi Homecoming in Central Park,\u201d and Marty Stuart and the Superlatives will headline the event. For a full schedule of events, visit the group\u2019s website www.thenyms.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Mississippi Society of Georgia\u2019s annual Mississippi in the Park is June 14 at Chastain Park. The picnic is from 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. There are a variety of activities planned this year, including a golf tournament and an Atlanta Braves game. The group will also award a scholarship for a Georgia resident who will be attending a Mississippi school in the fall. For more information on this event, visit the society\u2019s website www.mssocietyofga.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 24th<\/sup> annual Mississippi on the Mall will be held June 21 in Washington D.C. at Henry Bacon Drive Ball Field, located at 23rd<\/sup> Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Live music will be provided and fried catfish will be served. For more information, visit www.mississippisociety.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Scholarship funds have been established for all three areas. To donate to the scholarship funds, or to RSVP for the events, visit the event\u2019s page at www.deltastategiving.org\/alumniassociation<\/a>. Each picnic also has a Facebook event page under Statesmen Graduates.<\/p>\n Each picnic will have representatives from Mississippi, including the majority of the state\u2019s public and private institutions of higher learning. Delta State will have representatives from campus to provide updates, promotional items, information from admissions and other campus departments, and much more. This also provides an opportunity for alumni to connect with their alma mater and refer a student to attend Delta State.<\/p>\n In true Magnolia State fashion, fried catfish and sweet tea will be served at all three events. The picnics celebrate all things Mississippi and give native Mississippians in the area a chance to get a little piece of home in the big city.<\/p>\n For more information, contact the Alumni Association at 662-846-4660 or www.deltastategiving.org\/alumniassociation<\/a>. To stay up to date on the Alumni Association\u2019s activities, follow these social media sites: Facebook (Statesmen Graduates), Twitter (@DSU_Alumni), Tumblr (www.dsualumni.tumblr.com)<\/b><\/a>, LinkedIn (DSU alumni), Instagram (dsualumni) and You Tube (dsualumni1). Save the dates for Pig Pickin\u2019 (September 27) and Homecoming (November 15).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Delta State University Alumni Association has announced its summer picnic travel schedule. Alumni Association staff will visit New York City, Atlanta and Washington D.C. for the annual Mississippi picnics…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":60259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,418],"tags":[1408,628,626,368,627],"class_list":["post-60256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alumni","category-community-3","tag-alumni","tag-atlanta","tag-mississippi-in-the-park","tag-new-york-city","tag-washington-d-c"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60256","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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60261,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60256\/revisions\/60261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}