UNIVERSITY CENTER – Delta College needs your help voting for the new mascot that will represent the school! Voting ends on Jan. 24 so pick your favorite now!
Click here to vote for the Mascot. The choices for the new mascot are Duck, Whitetail Deer, Jackalope, and a Lumbercat.
The choices for the new mascot are Duck, Whitetail Deer, Jackalope, and a Lumbercat. Whitetail deer can be found in every Michigan county, and there are several types of ducks that frequent the state totaling in the thousands. While two of these animals are in fact real, a Jackalope and Lumbercat are both mythical animals.
When voting keep in mind that the criteria for the mascot is as follows:
- Something easy to recognize, understand, and pronounce
- Something that positively represents the image and values of the college
- Something that will reflect a Michigan identity
- Something unique and that is not duplicated in an area high school or university mascot
- Something that can be imagined as a costumed character at athletic events and other college activities
Last semester, Delta received more than 250 ideas for a new mascot from students to alumni and staff. Those nominations were then narrowed down to nine choices by the mascot committee. This process was followed up by group of student and staff delegates who rated those nine, and the committee brought the final selection down to four choices based on the ratings.
The Collegiate also reported on the possibilities for the new mascot and the history of “Peppie the Pioneer.”
If you have any questions please contact marketing@delta.edu.
Still think the college should keep a pioneer as our mascot. They’re discounting 60 years worth of alumni, alumni athletes, and retired staff. Two of the options aren’t even real.
Look up the definition of a pioneer. Then maybe look up a Jackalope.