{"id":1620,"date":"2024-05-13T16:16:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T16:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/president\/?page_id=1620"},"modified":"2024-05-13T16:16:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T16:16:17","slug":"campus-update-recent-town-hall-meeting-next-weeks-sacscoc-visit-and-assistance-for-hays-cooper-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/president\/campus-update-recent-town-hall-meeting-next-weeks-sacscoc-visit-and-assistance-for-hays-cooper-center\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8212;Campus Update: Recent Town Hall meeting, next week&#8217;s SACSCOC visit, and assistance for Hays Cooper Center"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image=&#8221;1042&#8243; bg_position=&#8221;custom&#8221; 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If you were unable to attend, you can review a copy of the PowerPoint presentation, as well as a recording of the meeting, at <a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deltastate.edu%2Fpresident%2Fpresidents-office-home%2Ftown-hall-meetings%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cccole%40deltastate.edu%7C396a4c9effe94469b9ec08dc5b421d15%7Ceba10250257b4cb99814bb2167b4d99d%7C0%7C0%7C638485586757418532%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3%2Ft%2Bu4GiC04DqCttKO1nP2yevko3GqrBrdKNqG%2FHf54%3D&amp;reserved=0\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I appreciate the great presentations by our new SACS liaison, Dr. Valarie Morgan, and our QEP Chair, Dr. Tanya McKinney. I also say a special thanks to the many faculty, staff, and students who contributed to our document submission to SACS and to developing our clever QEP topic.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned in the Town Hall meeting, many people on campus will likely not have interaction with the members of the SACS visiting team who will be on campus next week; however, if you do, please help to make them feel welcome. Their role is to help us better ourselves, and we want them to have a positive experience while on campus.<\/p>\n<p>The main thing you can do is familiarize yourself with the QEP topic. You can obtain information from the PowerPoint presentation and\/or recording provided at the link above, or by reviewing information at the <a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deltastate.edu%2Facademics%2Fquality-enhancement-plan%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cccole%40deltastate.edu%7C396a4c9effe94469b9ec08dc5b421d15%7Ceba10250257b4cb99814bb2167b4d99d%7C0%7C0%7C638485586757432416%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gXwbt8ayIvmygE3wUEW2k6C3%2Ff%2FtmK2wKpj5pe3pgJg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">QEP site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The next Town Hall meeting (and last one this semester) is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. in Jacob Conference Center in Ewing Hall. At this meeting, I will share with the campus community the budget plan for FY25, which will include the plan for program changes and unit restructuring. As always, I will answer questions at the end of the presentation in an effort to help everyone understand the process used for making the necessary changes, as well as to provide a clear picture of Delta State\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>You have likely heard about the tragic incident that occurred at Hayes Cooper School in Merigold yesterday morning. As a result of the incident, their school building will be unusable for several weeks. As a community and education partner, Delta State will provide classroom spaces in Ewing Hall, Caylor Hall, and Walters Hall for 327 of their K-6 students. They will begin coming to campus on Tuesday, April 16, and will have classes on our campus from 8:00 a.m. \u2013 3:00 p.m. each weekday. If you are in these spaces and encounter one of their faculty, staff, or students, please help them to feel welcome. This is a difficult time for all of them, and we want to do what we can to ease the transition for them and help them feel at home on our campus.<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n<p>Dan Ennis[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image=&#8221;1042&#8243; bg_position=&#8221;custom&#8221; bg_position_x=&#8221;25&#8243; bg_position_y=&#8221;75&#8243; background_image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;150&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;50&#8243; text_color=&#8221;light&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; color_overlay=&#8221;#008542&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.8&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":518,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":99,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1620","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/518"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1621,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1620\/revisions\/1621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}