{"id":82145,"date":"2018-12-03T08:59:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T14:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=82145"},"modified":"2018-12-03T08:59:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T14:59:38","slug":"homecoming-celebrated-class-of-1968-and-golden-circle-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2018\/12\/homecoming-celebrated-class-of-1968-and-golden-circle-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming Celebrated Class of 1968 and Golden Circle Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State University\u2019s recent 86<sup>th<\/sup> annual homecoming honored the class of 1968, among the numerous events at the multi-day celebration. <!--more-->Seventeen alumni from the class of 1968 were inducted by the Delta State University National Alumni Association into the Golden Circle, whose members are made up of all 50-plus year graduates of Delta State.<\/p>\n<p>The 17 new Golden Circle inductees were recognized at the Alumni Awards Gala that took place at the Cleveland Country Club on Nov. 9. Delta State President William N. LaForge \u00a0\u201972 presented those in attendance with their commemorative medallion. Some of the 17 also participated in the homecoming parade by riding in Delta State green trolleys and tossing themed toy footballs to children in the crowd. Golden Circle inductees also were recognized at the homecoming football game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was rewarding to see so many Golden Circle members back on campus to celebrate their 50th year anniversary,\u201d said Ben Bailey, Golden Circle president. \u201cGolden Circle members enjoyed riding in trolley cars in the homecoming parade and throwing footballs to the children along the way. The big win over Mississippi College capped a great homecoming weekend for all of us who love Delta State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Golden Circle highlights: Earnie and Bonnie Chiasson Jr, former Mr. and Miss DSU 1968, celebrated two 50<sup>th<\/sup>-year occasions: their 50<sup>th <\/sup>reunion at DSU and their 50<sup>th<\/sup> wedding anniversary. Class of 1968 member Vicki Fioranelli, director emerita of alumni affairs at Delta State\u2014and founder of the Golden Circle program\u2014was inducted this year into the very organization that she had created. And Mary Ellen Leftwich turned 102 during homecoming; colleagues sang happy birthday to her during the Alumni Awards Gala. She has attended every homecoming except one since graduating in 1939.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State University\u2019s recent 86th annual homecoming honored the class of 1968, among the numerous events at the multi-day celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":566,"featured_media":82146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alumni","category-foundation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82145","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\/566"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82147,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82145\/revisions\/82147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}