School of Education at Southern Miss

08/31/2026

Introduction to Literature: Language Arts is off to a great start this semester! 📚🌟

Dr. Christy Cumbest's students in CIR 306 jumped into their first hands-on activity by exploring Scarborough's Reading Rope to identify how the different strands of Word Recognition and Language Comprehension work together. Throughout their discussion, students learned about the Science of Reading and how to apply these concepts in their own classrooms and build confident, skilled readers!

Here's to a fantastic semester of hands-on learning and professional growth for these future educators! 🦅💛

08/28/2026

We loved catching up with everyone during the Gulf Park campus's Welcome Back Lawn Picnic! 🔅

CEHS Student Services Coordinator, Anna Graham, was thrilled to welcome our education and psychology students back to campus. After tabling the event, Anna shared that our students are fully energized and ready to take on the fall semester with their personal goals for the upcoming academic year.

We have no doubt that they are going to accomplish these goals and achieve great things! 🦅🎉

08/21/2026

We had a wonderful time welcoming back our faculty and staff at USM's annual convocation! 🎉

As CEHS Interim Dean Dr. Jeff Hinton reminded us, "Every interaction matters." Our School of Education faculty put those inspiring words directly into practice during the social event held at the Touchdown Club. They spent the day catching up, collaborating, and building new meaningful connections with both our returning and incoming faculty as we kick off the academic year!

We are so excited to carry on this spirit of connection into our classrooms, offices, and community partnerships. Here's to a fantastic year ahead! 🦅🌟

08/20/2026

80 Golden Eagle student teachers are headed to 66 schools in 39 districts this semester! 🍎🦅📚✨

📣 ALUMNI ROLL CALL:
Teacher education alumni, where are you now?! 👀 What advice/encouragement can you share?

08/04/2026

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07/31/2026

Check out these 43 amazing teacher residents who are kicking off the new school year in 14 partner school districts!

To learn more about our residency programs offered through the Mississippi Center for Apprenticeships & Residency in Education, visit usm.edu/mcare.

07/29/2026

Recently, we headed to the Rankin County School District to celebrate and support local educators during their district-wide Back-to-School Teacher Conference!

Drs. Kari Smith-Murphy and Angela Lowery, proudly represented the School of Education as they welcomed faculty and staff back for the new school year. We were excited to share some of the wonderful programs that SoE has to offer, ranging from the Teacher Assistant Program (TAP) for Elementary Education to Educational Administration and our other advanced Master's and doctoral degrees.

We are so grateful to Rankin County for inviting us to their conference. Supporting our community partners and helping fellow educators find their path to success is what we love to do!

To check out all of SoE's programs, please visit: https://www.usm.edu/education/index.php