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2024 Winokur Fellows
Stories from the field. Learn about the summer practicums of our Winokur Fellows in Mississippi.

Delta Scholar Sam Guerrero’s article is published in Public Service Review: Fall 2023
Samuel Guerrero, an Undergraduate Delta Scholar (2023 – 2024) from the University of Alabama, wrote an article in the Stennis Center for Public Service Review: Fall 2023, on the need for financial literacy education in U.S. public schools based on his…

Boston Conference (November 6-8, 2023)
Twelve Delta scholars and four faculty members from the Mississippi State University visited Boston from November 6-8, 2023 for the Boston Conference. The Delta Scholars program partner institutions, Harvard Law School and Brandeis University, hosted the…

What Rurality Can Teach Us About Relationships and Connections
Research in Rural Spaces: What Rurality Can Teach Us About Relationships and Connection.
Sophie Hathaway, a second-year Master of Science Candidate at the Department of Global Health and Populations, and her reflections of her summer internship…

Mississippi Today Interview with Dr. Bizu Gelaye and Dr. Jocelyn Chu
Q&A: Harvard Chan’s Program Leadership weighs in on improving Mississippi’s public health
An interview with the Program Director of the Mississippi Delta Partnership in Public Health, Associate Professor Bizu Gelaye, and Instructor…

Oluwapelumi Shodubi Undergraduate Delta Scholar, 2021 – 2022
Can you please introduce yourself?
My name is Oluwapelumi Shodubi, and I hail from Lagos, Nigeria. During my participation in the Delta Scholars program, I pursued a double major in Biology and Chemistry at Mississippi Valley State University.
What…

Shifting the Narrative
Shifting the Narrative
A beautifully written blog post by Jocelyn Chu on Shifting the Narrative in the Mississippi Delta.
