Delta State University News

Seven Washington residents appear on the primary ballot in the race to replace Governor Christine Gregoire, and among them is Dale Sorgen of Sultan.

A good fit for the leader of Alcorn State University is different than a good fit for Mississippi University for Women, and neither of those would be the same good fit for Jackson State University.

After a year away, Ole Miss hopes to find out today that it is headed back to the NCAA regionals.

Two Tupelo elementary schools will have new principals next year. Lawhon Elementary Principal Christy Carroll will move to Carver Elementary School to replace Terry Harbin, who took a job teaching an educational leadership class at Delta State University.

Delta State University plans to honor its former head basketball coach Margaret Wade with a life-size statue.

Chester Locke and Joneedvar Edwards of Sardis announce the engagement of their daughter, Kneilah Dianae Edwards, to Kiwanis Deshun Flowers, son of Annette Flowers of Pope.

The board chose House, now deputy superintendent for instructional enhancement and internal operations, following a closed meeting Thursday.

CLEVELAND, Miss. -- Delta State University president John M. Hilpert will retire Dec.

At his speech here to the movers and shakers in the Mississippi Delta's business, agricultural, educational and political circles, Gov.

Gov. Phil Bryant said Friday that he supports a new levee to protect a flood-prone rural area along the Yazoo River north of Vicksburg that was damaged in last year's Mississippi River flood.

The Friends of the Bolivar County Library System will host Delta State University professor and Cleveland author Mike Smith as guest speaker at the Luncheon With Books program at noon Tuesday.

Mrs. Crosby's class from Delta State University's Childhood Development center gets an inside look at a Mississippi Army National Guard helicopter.

Ricky Daya is looking forward to the opening of his newest hotel, Super 6 Inn and Suites, on U.S. Highway 61 South.

The Delta Council, based in Stoneville, promotes improvements in agriculture, economic development and education in 18 counties in the northwest part of the state.

Jerry Darnell, the current principal at Hernando's Oak Grove Central Elementary School, becomes the DCS chief academic officer over elementary education.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant will offer the keynote address for the 77th annual meeting of Delta Council on Friday, May 11, at the Bologna Performing Arts Center on the Delta State University campus in Cleveland, Miss.

Delta State University awarded 390 degree to students Saturday at the school's Eighty-Fifth Commencement.

Delta State President Dr. John Hilpert hoods Dr. Clyde Muse, bestowing one of the university's highest honors - an honorary Doctor of Science degree.

IHL Commissioner Dr. Hank Bounds delivers the keynote address during DSU's 2012 Spring Commencement.

When I was a small boy of about 8, I heard my mother say about a Catholic priest who died during the prime of his life: "I guess he was just too good to live." A lot of possible interpretations went through my immature mind as I sought to unravel the significance of her words.