{"id":86790,"date":"2020-09-28T13:05:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T18:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=86790"},"modified":"2020-09-28T13:05:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T18:05:30","slug":"jackson-alumni-chapter-honors-three-scholarship-recipients-preps-for-online-auction-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2020\/09\/jackson-alumni-chapter-honors-three-scholarship-recipients-preps-for-online-auction-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson Alumni Chapter honors three scholarship recipients, preps for online auction fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Jackson Alumni Chapter of the Delta State University National Alumni Association recently connected virtually for its annual chapter meeting to receive campus updates, honor three scholarship recipients and discuss final plans for its upcoming online auction in support of DSU students.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The virtual meeting, which was well attended by Jackson area alums, was highlighted by presentations from President William N. LaForge and Director of Athletics Mike Kinnison.<\/p>\n<p>Scholarship recipients honored during the event included Nursing major Taylor Sheriff (Hinds County), Biology\/Pre-Med major Alyssa Praytor (Madison County), and English\/Pre-Law major Kelly Foster (Rankin County).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Jackson Chapter held their first virtual meeting, and during unprecedented times such as these, it was good to get together with fellow alumni,\u201d said DSU Director of Alumni Affairs and Annual Fund James Forte\u2019 (\u201818).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom hearing updates to presenting three scholarships\u2014it shows the unwavering support the Jackson Chapter has for Delta State University. May we all continue to press forward and show our \u2018Statesman Pride,\u2019\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Chapter President Melissa Love (\u201904) said the meeting was a great opportunity for members to receive University updates and learn about opportunities to support DSU students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI truly appreciate hearing from President\u00a0LaForge and Coach Kinnison\u2014always informative and entertaining,\u201d said Love. \u201cOur virtual meeting was a great chance to connect with Jackson alumni, and discuss our upcoming\u00a0online auction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The online auction is slated to run Oct. 3-10 and will include various fun and unique items to bid on in an effort to raise money for the chapter\u2019s scholarship fund.<\/p>\n<p>Love said the online auction will be an important event as the chapter won\u2019t be able to raise funds during face-to-face meetings this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have some cool items up for bid, including a ride in a 1929 airplane!\u201d\u00a0she shared.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the online auction or to make a donation, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn=kiYrA60IwRW8KkXQYG1muK98y-2Bo4brQg2UTEPyyB-2F-2BeyzUXxbHN4MHmQZlEvzQzoPRISLLPxAQY-2FBTo6fV9-2B-2BA-3D-3DEJmR_Y9vsCD1E-2F-2FxvZV9vHki5o1MvYWxrtmfEhMmtqB506i-2F48eDmUmzu0NbfD0IFoaxZTJ6bMYS-2BoCGf9bCfYEGrgDDLkEq2OTnXn26eEwKhxgyQ8PG8FeWoca-2BW-2FTdrF4Tuj9fbnsvx-2Fx64DZj-2FlPsuFOCqdlLhlKNgWR5eBLn6-2BHNQP7c-2F36woPWVWIFNRj0zVb4M-2Fo6PsWynP2SPsoebt0O-2B4WYYnI-2BmARWhLyG76CrFrgLqv5libz-2FapnTNGe4ZmpDtpGsJWPqyqjPbMQIZ4X6ACwtgNgwHcdCBe0qBKpI04jW5sAgLuBlNi-2FfrQwlE-2Fp6XXIPDeAt8w92lcqgOZcQW9eMelUGbAmoL-2BsGkAb21EST0l5is-2B8tXd-2FMimnXH00CH5oN56xiuMikyUAf-2BOjA-3D-3D\">www.biddingforgood.com\/deltastate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Jackson Alumni Chapter of the Delta State University National Alumni Association recently connected virtually for its annual chapter meeting to receive campus updates, honor three scholarship recipients and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":555,"featured_media":86795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,14,93,108,1912,55,246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-academics","category-alumni","category-college-of-arts-and-sciences","category-foundation","category-president","category-press-releases","category-school-of-nursing","category-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86790","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\/555"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86790"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86799,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86790\/revisions\/86799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}