About Us

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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 2023 Staff

Misty Barron
mistybarron@delta.edu
Editor-in-Chief

Under construction…coming soon to a webpage near you!

Courtney Elisech
courtneyelisech@delta.edu
Social Media Manager

Under construction…coming soon to a webpage near you!

Heather Kittle
heatherkittle@delta.edu
Head of Video Productions

Under construction…coming soon to a webpage near you!

Onnie Stone
arionnastone@delta.edu
Photojournalist

Under construction…coming soon to a webpage near you!

Lindsey Welch
lindseywelch@delta.edu
Graphic Designer

Under construction…coming soon to a webpage near you!

Vincent Khan
vincentkhan@delta.edu
Multimedia Journalist

Under construction…coming soon to a webpage near you!

Austin Gonazales
austingonzales@delta.edu
Multimedia Journalist

Under construction…coming soon to a webpage near you!

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.