Niemeyer Named Director of UM Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program

Educational leadership professor tapped to lead prestigious scholarship program at UM

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi educational leadership professor Ryan Niemeyer has been selected to lead the UM chapter of the Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program, a joint venture with Mississippi State University to award full scholarships to top-performing students who want to become teachers. The appointment marks the third major move at UM forRead the story …

MSU and UM Announce Joint Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program

Foundation grant funds full scholarship, honors college experience and greater incentives for careers in teaching

JACKSON—Mississippi’s two largest universities have joined forces to create an innovative program designed to attract the state’s best and brightest students into the field of education through a private gift totaling more than $12.9 million. The Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program, or MET, is a joint effort by the School of Education at the UniversityRead the story …