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USM’s Center for STEM Education is the only program in Mississippi to offer graduate degrees in math and science education.

We have the faculty and courses you need to advance your ability to share STEM concepts or engage in STEM education research.

11/09/2026

Congratulations are in order for Alyssa Staubach, PhD! Our newest Center doctor just successfully defended her dissertation, "Constructing Scientific Merit: A Critical Race Poststructuralist Analysis of the United States Patent System, 1870-1917." Dr. Staubach, an instructor at Mississippi State University’s Meridian campus, has now finished her climb !

10/09/2026

REMINDER: Sign up to join the 2027 Mississippi Science Olympiad coaches’ information meeting Thursday, September 17, from 4-6 pm via Zoom at msscioly.wixsite.com/scioly/coaches-workshop.

07/09/2026

Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for our next Biloxi S3 camp with our partners at MSU Extension from Sept 28-Oct 2!

Apply by Sept 8 at https://stembythesea.org/s3-camp-signup
Learn more about S3 at https://stembythesea.org/s3camps

Mississippi Sound Estuary Program MSU SWAPS Program

05/09/2026

Coastal homeschool and fall intercession students, don’t miss our next Biloxi camp with our partners at MSU Extension from Sept 28-Oct 2. But hurry, spots are filling up fast!
Apply by Sept 8 at https://stembythesea.org/s3-camp-signup
Learn more about S3 at https://stembythesea.org/s3camps
Mississippi Sound Estuary Program
MSU SWAPS Program

04/09/2026

Friendship took root this spring at Clara Elementary in Wayne County and Benndale Elementary in George County thanks to a generous Mighty Oak donation by First State Bank.
Now that fall planting season is almost here, it’s time to restart the Friendship Project!
Share friendship around the state by sponsoring oaklings from ’s 540 year-old Friendship Oak at Mississippi schools to support Center outreach programs like S3 Camps, STEMonDemand, STEMonTheGo, Science Fair, and more!
Sponsorship levels:
• ACORN: $10-100
• OAKLING: $150-200
• MIGHTY OAK: $250+
Think you might want to support the Center’s outreach programming by sponsoring a Friendship Oakling at a Mississippi school? Sign up here! https://usmforms.formstack.com/forms/friendship_sponsor
Contact [email protected] with questions.
First State Bank Education

03/09/2026

Oui, oui—we are everywhere you need to engage students in STEM learning! Check out all of our free, standards-aligned, activity-based K12 math and science lessons at https://stem-ondemand.org/.

01/09/2026

Center PhDs student Alisha Gibson leads the Mississippi Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (MAMTE) session at Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) Conference in Starkville. She’s also the current MAMTE President!

31/08/2026

The Center wishes to congratulate recent graduate Dr. Hannah McDuffie, who starts today as a Postdoctoral Scholar – Research for the Department of Teaching and Learning in the Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. In this role, she will work with a team translating real-world scientific practices into engaging experiences for middle school students in the greater Nashville area.

30/08/2026

28/08/2026

For some fun, see if you can identify everyone’s favorite recently-awarded Center Emeritus Professor Ken Rhinehart, shown here with the Mississippi College Soccer Club more than 50 years ago when he was a college freshman in 1975. Comment your guesses with a location/clothing description or picture snip. No spoilers if you already know!

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Monday	08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	08:00 - 17:00
Thursday	08:00 - 17:00
Friday	08:00 - 17:00

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+16012664739

Website

https://www.usm.edu/stem-education/

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