The Los Angeles-based GRAMMY Museum announced Monday that\u00a0Delta State University has become an official university affiliate. As a GRAMMY Museum university affiliate, Delta State will have access to GRAMMY Museum content for educational purposes, curriculum resources, research programs, internship opportunities, professional development seminars, collaborative marketing and promotions, project-based learning and more.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith GRAMMY Museum\u2019s university affiliate program, we\u2019re inviting educational institutions to engage in a unique resource-sharing opportunity,\u201d said Bob Santelli, executive director of the GRAMMY Museum. “Delta State\u2019s designation as an official GRAMMY Museum affiliate is even more special due to the fact that the GRAMMY Museum will be opening our first-ever satellite location on Delta State\u2019s campus next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since its opening in December 2008, the GRAMMY Museum strives to be a dynamic and innovative 21st<\/sup>-century museum through interactive technology, acclaimed public and education programs and one-of-a-kind exhibitions displayed at its Los Angeles headquarters and at institutional partners around the world. To further its education initiatives and mission, the GRAMMY Museum seeks to engage like-minded cultural institutions, both universities and cultural centers, in a collaborative and unique approach to arts education and outreach through its affiliate program. Additional GRAMMY Museum university affiliates are expected to be announced throughout 2014.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat a grand opportunity for our students as well as our citizens to have access to the magnificent resources provided by the GRAMMY Museum,\u201d said William N. LaForge, president of Delta State. \u201cBeing a university affiliate will also allow our students to participate in exchange programs with other affiliates and gain access to an enormous collection of information and materials from the music industry.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur Delta Music Institute offers unique, practical and cutting edge programming that affords our students the opportunity to learn technical and academic skill sets that will help them advance their careers,\u201d added\u00a0LaForge. \u201cThe GRAMMY Museum\u2019s affiliate program will enhance their experiences through various educational programs and internships.\u201d<\/p>\n Following Monday’s announcement, attendees of Delta State’s inaugural International Conference on the Blues were treated to a performance by GRAMMY-winning blues performer Alvin Youngblood Hart.<\/p>\n To learn more about the GRAMMY Museum, visit www.grammymuseum.org<\/a>. For more information about Delta State University and the Delta Music Institute, visit www.deltastate.edu<\/a> and dmi.deltastate.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Los Angeles-based GRAMMY Museum announced Monday that\u00a0Delta State University has become an official university affiliate. As a GRAMMY Museum university affiliate, Delta State will have access to GRAMMY Museum…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":61571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,108],"tags":[857,1416,220,856,400],"class_list":["post-61532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-delta-music-institute","category-president","tag-affilate","tag-delta-music-institute","tag-dmi","tag-grammmy","tag-grammy-museum-mississippi"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61532","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61532"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61572,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61532\/revisions\/61572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}