{"id":72441,"date":"2016-10-17T06:59:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T11:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=72441"},"modified":"2016-10-17T06:59:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T11:59:54","slug":"college-fair-ridgeland-highlight-delta-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2016\/10\/college-fair-ridgeland-highlight-delta-state\/","title":{"rendered":"College fair in Ridgeland to highlight Delta State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Delta State University is hosting an interactive event for prospective students at the Renaissance Mall at Colony Park in Ridgeland on Oct. 25 from 4:30-6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All central Mississippi students, parents, counselors, alumni and friends are invited to the college fair that will be located in the pedestrian area behind Ruth\u2019s Chris Steak House at Renaissance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Academic representatives, staff and current students will be on hand to talk one-on-one about the university\u2019s undergraduate and graduate degree programs, financial aid, scholarships, campus life and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The goal behind the on-site college fair is convenience and accessibility for those interested in Delta State. Admissions recruiter Rebekah Arant said the fair will be beneficial to those busy families who need quick answers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt can be difficult for busy families to get to Cleveland for a campus visit, so we are bringing campus to Jackson,\u201d said Arant. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to academic departments and admissions representatives, the Office of Financial Aid, Office of Student Life, and the Student Success Center will be on site. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With the casual location and come-and-go atmosphere, the university hopes to convey the true feeling of the Delta State family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/collegefair\">www.deltastate.edu\/collegefair<\/a>,\u00a0call\u00a0662-846-4020, or email <a href=\"mailto:rarant@deltastate.edu\"><span class=\"s2\">rarant@deltastate.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State University is hosting an interactive event for prospective students at the Renaissance Mall at Colony Park in Ridgeland on Oct. 25 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. All central Mississippi students,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":72442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,418,296,246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-admissions","category-community-3","category-facultystaff","category-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72441","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=72441"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72444,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72441\/revisions\/72444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}