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5th Annual
Delta State Alumni Magazine Spring 2006
Issue 2
OLE DSU Graduates J.P. Coleman State Park in Iuka, MS
The Delta State Magazine is published by the DSU Alumni/Foundation with assistance from the Office of University Relations and Sports Information, Box 3141, Cleveland, Mississippi 38733, E-Mail: alumni@deltastate.edu 662-846-4705
August 3-6, 2006
President ............................Dr. John Hilpert Alumni-Foundation: Executive Director....................Keith Fulcher
For more information call Wayne Lee, Jr. ‘57 at 662-846-4560 or e-mail walee@deltastate.edu.
Alumni Secretary ..................Sharon Krugler Chief Financial Officer ............Deborah Cox Director Annual Giving ............Missy Pearce Director of Development ......George Miller
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Director of Alumni Affairs......Vicki Fioranelli Administrative Assistant ..............Ann Giger Bookkeeper ..............................Sharon Kuhn
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THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
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CAMPUS NEWS
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LAND HEFLIN, KAYAKING THE WORLD
Development Secretary ......Sheryl Stephens Annual Giving Secretary ........Dameon Shaw
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Office of University Relations: Director ................................Rori E. Herbison Photographer ................................Bill Moses Graphic Designer ..................Laura Fleeman
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Secretary................................Gloria Enriquez
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Sports Information Director........Matt Jones Board of Directors Delta State University Alumni Association: Bill Greenleaf, president; Daye Dearing, vice president; John Cox, secretary/treasurer; Arthur Johnston, past president; Jimmy Newquist, Foundation president; James Breland, Duncan Baird, Merry Claire Ballard, Jo Ann Clark, Derrick Cooper, Mark Davis, Amy Deer, Mandy Gardner, Tyrone Jackson, Wayne Lee, Jr., Lauren Lewis, Bettye Mitchell, Sasha Monty, Ted Poore, Beth Price, Steve Puckett, Mickey Robinson, Joe Saia, Will Simpson, Rileyann Smith, Wayne Smith, Doug Sullivan, Craig Verhage, Lynn Weaver Board of Directors Delta State University Foundation, Inc.: Jimmy Newquist, president; Frank Sibley, vice president; Judson Thigpen, secretary/ treasurer; Peter Jernberg, past president; David Abney, William Alford, Louis Baioni, John Brewer, Glenn K. Brown, Hunter Cade, Jeff Ross Capwell, Scott Coopwood, Harold Corbin, Billy Dorgan, Sr., Carl Easley, John Hamner, Timothy Harvey, Archie James, Tom Janoush, Ed Kossman, Jr., Jack Kyle, Dr. Derek Miles, Ned Mitchell, Mike Morrison, Douglas Murphy, Mike Neyman, Billy Nowell, Dr. Sam Polles, Carol Puckett, Nan Sanders, Rick Shepherd, Jim Tims, Brian Waldrop, Jeanne Walker, Janet Webb, Anne Weissinger, John Quon, faculty representative; Bill Greenleaf, Alumni President
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20 SPORTS 24 WITH THE CLASSES 31 FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT page 20
Delta State hails new student chief Delta State University Student Government Association outgoing President Valerie Orcutt (at left), a junior nursing major of Lorman, presents the president’s gavel to recently elected Student Government President, Emily Jennings, a junior political science major of Clinton. The presentation of the gavel and the inauguration of elected Student Government Association officers was held recently at the Lena Roberts Sillers Chapel on the Delta State campus.
Design and Layout by Coopwood Communications, Inc. Cleveland, Mississippi Note: As a cost saving measure only one magazine per household is mailed.
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