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Delta State University, also known as DSU, is a regional public university located in Cleveland, Mississippi, United States, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. DSU is one of eight publicly funded universities in the state. ==History== The school was established in 1924 as a public institution by the State of Mississippi, using the facilities of the former Bolivar County Agricultural High School, which consisted of three buildings in Cleveland. On February 19, 1924, Senators William B. Roberts and Arthur Marshall cosponsored Senate Bill No. 236, which established Delta State Teachers College, which Mississippi Governor Henry L. Whitfield signed on April 9, 1924; the bill had been sponsored in the Mississippi House of Representatives by Nellie Nugent Somerville, first woman to serve in the state legislature.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Women Wielding Power-Mississippi )〕 The three buildings were Hill Hall, an administration and classroom building, Hardee Hall, a men's dormitory, and Taylor Hall, a women's dormitory. On February 14, 1924, James Wesley Broom was appointed president of the college and the college opened its doors on September 15, 1925. In May 1926, Broom died following complications from an ear infection, and William Zeigel was named his successor. The seal of the college was designed in 1928 as a project of an art class. World War II greatly affected the college. Anticipating the war in 1941, the college created a civilian pilot training program, which evolved into the current Commercial Aviation Department. When the war began, 254 Delta State students joined the armed forces. When the war ended, student enrollment at Delta State increased from 185 to 483. During the 1947 session of the Delta Council, Dean Acheson (Under-Secretary of State in Truman's administration) delivered a speech on campus that unveiled the Marshall Plan, detailing postwar relief for Europe.〔 In 1955, the name ''Delta State Teachers College'' was changed to ''Delta State College''. Delta State earned full accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1963, which eventually led to the opening of the graduate program in 1965. In 1974 the college changed its name to the current ''Delta State University''. In 1965 Delta State initiated a graduate program (Master of Education in Elementary Education, Elementary Supervision, Guidance, English, History, Math, Music, Social Studies, Business Education, Physical Education, and Science).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Timeline 2 – Delta State University )〕 From 1925 to 1967 the university had a White-only race admission policy. In 1967 racial segregation of DSU ended. The first African-American student, Shirley Antoinette Washington, enrolled at DSU.〔 In 2005 Delta State assisted evacuees from Hurricane Katrina by opening Hugh White Hall as temporary housing. On September 14, 2015, 45-year-old online geography instructor, Shannon Lamb, shot and killed 39-year-old assistant professor of American history, Ethan Schmidt, in his office at Jobe Hall. Lamb, who was also suspected of killing his girlfriend, 41-year-old Amy Prentiss, in their home in Gautier earlier that day, was then pursued by authorities. During the automobile chase, Lamb pulled his car over, jumped out, and attempted to flee. He was later found with a single self-inflicted gunshot wound and pronounced dead at a Greenville hospital. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Delta State University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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