The Delta State University Alumni Association announced plans for the annual South Central Mississippi Alumni Chapter Meeting. This year\u2019s event will be held Feb. 2 at Mitchell\u2019s Steak & Seafood in Brookhaven. The registration and social will begin at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and the program at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Alumni Office always looks forward to visiting the South Central chapter,\u201d said Jeffrey Farris, director of Alumni Affairs. \u201cThere is a rich tradition of Delta State spirit in that area, and their chapter is always eager to come together in the name of their alma mater.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event will feature guests from campus including Todd Cooley, head football coach; Tricia Walker, director of the Delta Music Institute; and the Delta State Alumni-Foundation staff. Dr. Bob Watson\u2019 89 will be recognized as the South Central MS Chapter Alumnus of the Year.<\/p>\n
The cost for the meeting is $15 per person. Prospective students are invited to attend as guests of the Alumni Association. To RSVP, contact the association at 662-846-4660 or visit\u00a0www.deltastategiving.org\/alumniassociation\/southcentralevent<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n The event would not be possible without the help of the planning committee and the generous sponsorships provided by: WGK Engineers and Surveyors, Inc.; Nena Smith School of Dance; Trustmark Bank; and Magnolia Electric.<\/p>\n To stay up to date on the Alumni Association\u2019s activities, follow these social media sites: Facebook (Statesmen Graduates<\/strong><\/a>), Twitter (@DSU_Alumni<\/strong><\/a>), Tumblr (http:\/\/www.dsualumni.tumblr.com<\/strong><\/a>), LinkedIn (DSU alumni<\/strong><\/a>), Instagram (dsualumni<\/strong><\/a>) and You Tube (dsualumni1<\/strong><\/a>). Save the date for this year\u2019s Go Green Weekend (April 2), Pig Pickin\u2019 (Sept.\u00a024) and Homecoming (Oct. 15).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Delta State University Alumni Association announced plans for the annual South Central Mississippi Alumni Chapter Meeting. This year\u2019s event will be held Feb. 2 at Mitchell\u2019s Steak & Seafood…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":68980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1408],"class_list":["post-68979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alumni","tag-alumni"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68979","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=68979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68988,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68979\/revisions\/68988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}