{"id":64055,"date":"2015-07-06T13:36:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T18:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=64055"},"modified":"2015-07-06T13:36:41","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T18:36:41","slug":"wilkes-named-new-director-of-student-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2015\/07\/wilkes-named-new-director-of-student-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilkes named new director of Student Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeanna Dacey Wilkes ’12 ’13, a native of Hernando, Miss., is welcomed as the new director of Student Life at Delta State University. In this role, Wilkes\u00a0will be responsible for directing and supervising the office of Student Life, with the main goal of\u00a0assisting\u00a0students and their parents outside of the classroom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She takes over after the retirement of longtime director Elsie Lynn Ervin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am delighted to serve within Student Affairs as director of Student Life,” said Wilkes. “I am eager to work with various student organizations and help improve our student engagement across campus. It’s an honor to serve my alma mater and the student body once again, and bring my experiences to this position.\u201d<\/p>\n

Involving students in campus life activities will be vital to her role as director. Wilkes\u00a0will serve as team leader for the Confidential Assessment Response Team, advise the five fraternities of the Interfraternity Council and three sororities of the Panhellenic Council, manage the DSU Parents Association, coordinate the annual Orientation program, and serve in other capacities to support the division of Student Affairs.<\/p>\n

Wilkes graduated with\u00a0a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies from Delta State in 2012 and was named student director of Orientation, Student Government Association president, and Omicron Delta Kappa vice president.\u00a0Additionally, she assisted the director of Student Life, Student Organizations Committee and the DSU Parents Association. <\/span>She\u00a0was also actively involved in the National Campus Leadership Council, American Israel Public Affairs Committee and Geller SGA Presidents<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2012, she was named to the DSU Hall of Fame, Who\u2019s Who Among American Colleges and Universities, and received the Bobby Rowe Memorial Outstanding Leadership Award, and the H.E.A.D.W.A.E. Student Honoree Award from Delta State\u00a0and Mississippi Public Universities.\u00a0She completed her MBA from Delta State in 2013 while\u00a0serving as an admissions recruiter in the Office of Admissions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilkes\u00a0joined the Student Success Center as the<\/span>\u00a0Student Success Advisor in 2014.\u00a0<\/span>In this role,\u00a0she coordinated campus-wide Academic Advising Services, academically advised all undeclared students, managed the S.O.S. (Stay Okra Strong) Early Alert program and worked closely with Orientation and First Year Seminar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, she resides in Cleveland and continues to serve as an instructor for First Year Seminar, DSU\u2019s United Way division chair and is member of\u00a0the American Association of University Women.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. E.E. \u201cButch\u201d Caston,\u00a0serving as the interim vice president for Student Affairs, is thrilled to have Wilkes join the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are fortunate to have the opportunity to employ someone of Jeanna\u2019s abilities and experiences at Delta State in the position of director of student life,\u201d said Caston.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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