The Delta Collegiate is the award-winning, non-profit newspaper for Delta College that has been student run since 1961. The Collegiate runs one print edition monthly during the fall and winter semesters. We report on campus, local and national news all while continuously working to keep our online and social media presence as current as possible for our readers.
Our mission statement
The Delta Collegiate is an award-winning, student-run, multi-media news organization which strives to educate, entertain, and engage the Delta College community and beyond.
Meet the Fall 2024 Staff
Onnie Stone
Editor-in-Chief
Mikaila Bluew
Associate Editor
Norman Corrion
Managing Editor
Lindsey Welch
Illustrator & Page Designer
Austin Gonzales
Multimedia Journalist
Emma Blakley
Multimedia Journalist
Blake Metiva
Multimedia Journalist
Rileigh Benson
Multimedia Journalist
Rachel Walz
Multimedia Journalist
Maddox Salcedo
Multimedia Journalist
The advisor for the Delta Collegiate is Crystal McMorris, crystalmcmorris@delta.edu
Awards and recognition
Since first garnering two awards from the Michigan Community College Press Association (MCCPA) in 2014, the Delta Collegiate has since gone on to be recognized for more than 100 additional awards from the MCCPA, including first place for online newspaper and general excellence.
The Delta Collegiate was also recognized for multiple awards at the 2016 Michigan Press Association convention where they competed against universities and community colleges alike.
In March of 2018 and 2019, the Collegiate staff went to New York City for the College Media Association (CMA) spring convention. Members of the staff won second place in the CMA Iron Reporter challenge in 2018. Our online newscast, the Delta Beat, won the first place Apple Award for best online newscast in the nation in 2019.
At the 2023 Michigan Community College Press Association Conference the Delta Collegiate won 19 total awards, including a second place tie for the General Excellence category and the Janet Nellis Mendler Student Journalist of the Year for our page designer, Misty Barron.
Most recently the Delta Collegiate received 17 awards at the 2024 Michigan Community College Press Association Conference, including first place for overall newspaper. At the 2024 Michigan Press Association the Delta Collegiate also received 7 awards.