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Delta State alumna, Joyce McCown, recently hosted a tour of the ASICS America Distribution Center for Delta State President Bill LaForge and Executive Director of Alumni-Foundation Keith Fulcher. McCown graduated from Delta State with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and is now the operations manager at ASICS. She oversees the daily operations of shipping, [...]

New Delta State president Bill LaForge says his first three weeks on the job at the Cleveland school have been like “drinking out of a fire hose.” The Cleveland native and DSU graduate has taken part in student forums, faculty forums as well as meeting with the Institutions of Higher Learning in Jackson. “It has [...]

Smithsonian Magazine has named Cleveland, Miss., No. 2 in its list of America’s 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2013. “We are very excited about this designation and appreciate the attention it is bringing to Cleveland and the surrounding area,” Cheryl Line, Cleveland-Bolivar County Tourism Director said in a news release. “We hope this [...]

The Fighting Okra of Delta State University has done it again. The burly unofficial DSU mascot won high praise last year for starring in its own “Fear the Okra” promotional web video series produced by Ridgeland advertising agency Mad Genius. Recently profiled in the Mississippi Business Journal, the Fighting Okra’s makeover story has also been [...]

JACKSON — A former Delta State University employee has sued the school claiming it illegally discriminated against her by firing her because she has breast cancer. The suit was filed this month in Hinds County Circuit Court. Roseann Buck was hired in 2010 as executive director of the Bologna Performing Arts Center. She was diagnosed [...]

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves talks with MBJ video journalist Stephen McDill about school consolidation at the 2012 Delta Council meeting at Delta State University in Cleveland.