CLEVELAND -- While most college students are preparing to close out the semester, students at Delta State University have been working to organize one of their biggest student-organized service projects to date — The Big Green Event.
Organized by Delta State’s Student Government Association, The Big Green Event is a one-day, student-run service project that will serve Delta State and the Cleveland area. During this year’s inaugural event, Delta State students will tackle more than 20 service projects on Delta State’s campus and around the Cleveland community.
Students will meet at Delta State’s McCool Football Stadium at 8:45 a.m. to pick-up supplies and select their project for the day. The projects will be completed between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Sites for this year’s event include the Cleveland Library, Downtown Cleveland, Pearmen Elementary, Wiley Garden and the DSU Child Development Center. Tasks include gardening, cleaning up, weeding, window washing, raking, etc.
To learn more, visit www.deltastate.edu/biggreenevent.
Delta State University is a four-year public institution whose nearly 3,000 students come from most U.S. states and more than 50 countries.
The university offers numerous unique programs, including the Delta Music Institute entertainment industry program, and is the only university in Mississippi to offer undergraduate and graduate aviation programs.
Situated in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, which is recognized as the birthplace of American music, Delta State has become the center of music and culture for the state and the region.
The university is also the academic center for the blues, offering an online blues studies curriculum that leads to a certificate for advanced study of blues music. In addition, Delta State offers top-notch academic programs in business, arts, sciences, nursing, and education, among other areas.
