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UM Hosts State Robotics Competition this Weekend

Center for Mathematics and Science Education prepares for fifth annual FIRST Tech Challenge

OXFORD, Miss. – Middle and high school students from across the state will compete in Mississippi’s fifth annual FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition Saturday (March 4) at the University of Mississippi. Hosted by UM’s Center for Mathematics and Science Education, judging begins at 7 a.m. in Tad Smith Coliseum. Public events begin at 10 a.m., and the competitionRead the story …

UM Volunteers Working at Career Expo in Tupelo

Three-day event designed to help junior high school students focus on opportunities

OXFORD, Miss. – More than 60 University of Mississippi staff and students are working to get area eighth-graders thinking about their future at the Imagine the Possibilities Career Expo this week. The event began today (Oct. 4) and ends Thursday (Oct. 6) at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo. With the Toyota Wellspring Education Fund atRead the story …

UM Summer Camps Offer Learning Opportunities for K-12 Students

Free preview of Ecology Camp set for April 23

OXFORD, Miss.­­­ – Students in kindergarten through high school are invited to the University of Mississippi campus this summer to enjoy a variety of fun academic experiences organized by the university’s Division of Outreach and Continuing Education. Programs are available to suit any student’s interests and weeklong camps on varying dates work well around summer vacationRead the story …

UM Lands $1.2 Million Grant to Benefit Math Teachers

Center for Mathematics and Science Education kicks off Project C4 to enhance classroom efforts

OXFORD, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education has awarded a $1.2 million grant to the University of Mississippi Center for Mathematics and Science Education to fund a professional development initiative that will benefit up to 120 math teachers in Mississippi public schools over the next three years. Dubbed the C4 Project, the Creating Continuity and ConnectionsRead the story …

UM Hosts Statewide Robotics Competition

Center for Mathematics and Science Education hosts fourth FIRST Tech Challenge

OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi middle and high school students will get to show off and compete with autonomous and driver-controlled robots they constructed in the state’s fourth robotics tournament at the University of Mississippi. The UM Center for Mathematics and Science Education will host Mississippi’s FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Tournament on Saturday (Feb. 27) atRead the story …

STEM Faculty Focus on Improving Instruction

UM workshop participants aim to enhance teaching in new and nontraditional spaces

OXFORD, Miss. – Aiming to reach new heights in their own instructional skills, some 70 University of Mississippi faculty members became students again Tuesday (Jan. 19). The UM science, technology, engineering and mathematics professors were participants in a two-day professional development workshop at the university’s Jackson Avenue Center. Authors Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent ofRead the story …

UM Center for Mathematics and Science Education Awarded $1.6 Million

Funding for STEM education center renewed for three years

OXFORD, Miss. – The Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation of Jackson has awarded $1.6 million to the University of Mississippi’s Center for Mathematics and Science Education to support its efforts to improve STEM education statewide over the next three years. The grant marks the third time Hearin has renewed funding for the influential center, which celebrates 10Read the story …

Day Camp Brings World of Ocean Science to North Mississippi Students

Registration open to sixth- through eighth-graders interested in STEM fields

OXFORD, Miss. – Middle school students from across north Mississippi are invited to sign up for a series of science, technology, engineering and math-related day camps that will give them a window into the life of a scientist who studies the ocean, an unusual treat so far from the coast. The Seafloor Science Remotely OperatedRead the story …

VISTA Project Needs Community-Minded Volunteers

Full-time, one-year placements supported by AmeriCorps

OXFORD, Miss. – The North Mississippi VISTA Project at the University of Mississippi is looking for dynamic individuals with a passion for helping others to serve as Volunteers in Service to America, commonly known as VISTAs. Each of these full-time, one-year placements is supported by AmeriCorps with a modest living allowance, health benefits and anRead the story …

UM Field Station Hosts Seafloor Science Camp

Middle school students plunge into deep-sea exploration technology at UM Field Station

OXFORD, Miss. – A dozen middle school students recently spent a week delving into deep-sea science and technology at a summer camp sponsored by the University of Mississippi’s Center for Mathematics and Science Education and the National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology at the UM Field Station. Students in the Seafloor Science and ROVRead the story …