The Delta State University National Alumni Association recently held its annual South Central Mississippi Chapter event in Brookhaven. This year,\u00a0the chapter recognized Dr. Bob Watson ’89 as its\u00a0Outstanding Alumnus of the Year.<\/p>\n
Originally from the Delta, Watson graduated from Cleveland High School and Delta State University before graduating from Mississippi State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1994. In 1996, he married Dr. Dianne Watson, also a veterinarian. Together, they own Brookhaven Animal Hospital.<\/p>\n
Watson\u00a0was selected as Mississippi\u2019s Young Veterinarian\u00a0of the Year in 2004. He\u00a0served as vice president of the Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association in 2009 and as president of the MVMA in 2010.<\/p>\n
He and Dianne attend Mt. Zion Baptist Church, where he serves as a deacon. When not following his children’s’ ballgames or rodeos, Watson\u00a0enjoys hunting and fishing.<\/p>\n
Over 50 alumni and friends attended this year\u2019s event at Mitchell\u2019s Steak and Seafood, with 11\u00a0prospective students in attendance.<\/p>\n
Alumni Director Jeffrey Farris gave a report on the university. Assistant Alumni Director Jordan Thomas was also in attendance and streamed the entire program live on Periscope. Sponsors for this year\u2019s event were: WGK Engineers and Surveyors,\u00a0Inc.,\u00a0Nena\u00a0Smith School of Dance, Trustmark Bank and Magnolia Electric Company.<\/p>\n
To view photos from the affair, visit https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dsualumni\/albums\/72157664530756642<\/a>.<\/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 National Alumni Association recently held its annual South Central Mississippi Chapter event in Brookhaven. This year,\u00a0the chapter recognized Dr. Bob Watson ’89 as its\u00a0Outstanding Alumnus of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":69185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alumni"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69184","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=69184"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69195,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69184\/revisions\/69195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}