DSU Comptroller Receives Honor
Delta State University has announced that Jeremy Ricks, DSU’s Comptroller, has been selected as a participant in the 2025–26 Emerging Leaders Program, a signature professional development initiative of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). The program, brings together promising mid‑level business officers from institutions across the country. Now in its fifth year, […]
Strengthening Families Helps Workforce
As the Chief Executive Officer of Delta Lodging Group, Mississippi’s largest privately-owned hotel management company, I have seen firsthand how critical people are to the success of any organization. Our team is the backbone of our business—and when they thrive, so do we. That’s why access to affordable, reliable childcare isn’t just a family issue; […]
Cuz Studio & Sound
The special business of music and recording Originally from northeast Mississippi, Chris Parks, the owner of Cuz Studio in Merigold, has been in the Delta for twenty-five years. After “a memorable visit” to Delta State when looking at colleges, Parks moved to Cleveland to attend school on a football scholarship in 2000. While […]
Jeff Tarsi
Delta Native Now Leading Largest Global Ag Retail Company in the World Jeff Tarsi grew up on a farm in the Mississippi Delta, and as a young man, all he wanted to do was farm. But, when he graduated from Mississippi State in 1985, the farm economy was in a deep downturn and his dream of […]