Press Release

THIBODAUX – Deborah Raziano of Luling, director of Alumni Affairs at Nicholls State University, was recently elected Delta Zeta Sorority’s national president for the remainder of the 2002-2004 biennium in a special election held at the national headquarters in Oxford, Ohio.

“I consider this a tremendous honor,” Raziano said. “I think the leadership positions I have been afforded and the education I received here at Nicholls State, in addition to my valuable Delta Zeta experiences, are what have prepared me to take on the responsibility of leading Delta Zeta Sorority.”

Raziano is a member of Delta Zeta’s Kappa Alpha chapter at Nicholls State University, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education in 1974. She has served nationally for Delta Zeta since 1995, including a recent term as national vice president of membership development. Raziano is also a past recipient of the sorority’s Grace Mason Lundy Award given annually to members of Delta Zeta who are college seniors and leaders in campus and sorority activities.

As director of Alumni

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Affairs at Nicholls, she supervises the day-to-day activities of the NSU Alumni Federation and serves on numerous university committees, including the Homecoming Committee, which she chairs, and committees for the Sponsor A+ Scholar Wine and Food Tasting Extravaganza, the Nicholls State Hall of Fame and the Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence. In 2003, she was given the NSU Presidential Award for Professional Staff for outstanding service and professionalism. Raziano will continue her duties at Nicholls State while filling her term as Delta Zeta president.

She is also an active member of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and has served on the organization’s board of directors.