OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Education is offering a new online graduate program in K-12 educational leadership to offer working teachers throughout Mississippi an opportunity to advance their careers in school leadership. The online, 18-month program provides teachers a chance to earn either a Master of Education or Specialist in Education degree andRead the story …
UM Introduces Online Graduate Program in Educational Leadership
New curriculum designed for working K-12 teachers
May 16, 2018 by
UM Graduate Student Receives Fulbright Award
Higher education major Maria Mulrooney to teach in South Africa
May 15, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Maria Mulrooney, a University of Mississippi graduate student in higher education, has been selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program to serve as an English teaching assistant in South Africa next year. Mulrooney is among more than 800 students chosen for the program nationwide. The Palm City, Florida, native was selectedRead the story …
Education Professor Named Presidential Leadership Scholar
Hunter Taylor joins public, private sector professionals in national leadership program
March 13, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Hunter Taylor, an assistant professor in the University of Mississippi School of Education, has been selected into the newest class of the Presidential Leadership Scholars program, a leadership development program jointly run by the presidential centers of four former U.S. presidents. Taylor coordinates recruitment for the Mississippi Teacher Corps, an alternate-route teaching program that serves critical-needs classroomsRead the story …
Nobel Laureate to Present Benefits of Early Childhood Education
James Heckman to explain why investing in early learning is good for state economy at Jackson event
January 17, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Nobel Prize-winning economist James J. Heckman will present his research on how investments in quality early childhood education can yield exceptionally high economic returns at a free public event at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 25 the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. Open to anyone who registers online, the event is the second in a three-part seriesRead the story …
Education Alumna Proves She’s ‘Not a Quitter’
Oxonian Bettye Butler receives diploma at 87
December 27, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When Oxford resident Bettye Butler decided she was going to finish her bachelor’s degree after a 38-year hiatus from the University of Mississippi, she picked up the phone one morning to ask about her remaining few credits. “I’m not a quitter,” she told Billy Crews, development officer for the UM School ofRead the story …
Josh Magruder Named Counselor of the Year
State association honors UM professor for service
November 26, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Joshua Magruder, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Mississippi School of Education, has been named Counselor of the Year by the Mississippi Licensed Professional Counselor Association, a division of the Mississippi Counseling Association and the American Mental Health Counselors Association. Magruder, interim clinical coordinator at UM’s Clinic for Outreach and Personal Enrichment, or COPE, will beRead the story …
Willie Price Students Plant New Learning Garden at UM
Partnerships, volunteers help shape real food curriculum
October 23, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The seeds are planted for a new learning garden at the University of Mississippi’s Willie Price Lab School, which will allow the pre-K facility to integrate gardening and an understanding of food sources into its curriculum. Several 3- and 4-year-olds at Willie Price, part of the UM School of Education, recently planted radishes, lettuce,Read the story …
CELI, Local Groups Help Little Free Library Program Grow
Partners add six new book exchanges in Lafayette County
October 5, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library has teamed up with the University of Mississippi Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction and the LOU Reads Coalition to install six new Little Free Libraries in Lafayette County. The small book exchanges, which operate on a “take a book, return a book” basis, are at Lafayette County fire stationsRead the story …
State Higher Education Literacy Council Advances Teacher Preparation
Kellogg, Hardin grants fund training for elementary reading educators
September 22, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Members of Mississippi’s Higher Education Literacy Council, a group of college and university literacy professors, are part of a statewide effort to help new teachers use cognitive and educational research in the classroom. The project is funded by a $725,450 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan, and aRead the story …
Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program Admits 29 UM Freshmen
Unique scholarship funding extended for five more years, draws students from nine states
September 17, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The fifth cohort of the Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program at the University of Mississippi consists of 29 outstanding freshmen from nine states. With an average ACT score of 29.7, the group sets a high standard for the elite scholarship. The program, originally designed for secondary education majors, expanded to include special education and elementary educationRead the story …