MSU Dept of Counseling, Higher Ed Leadership, Ed Psych & Foundations

06/03/2026

Are you, or passionate about empowering individuals with disabilities? The online M.S. Rehabilitation Counseling Program at Mississippi State University is still accepting applications for general programming and funding through the RSA Scholarship. This scholarship is a federally funded opportunity (US Department of Education, H129B250039) covering tuition, a stipend, books, professional development travel, etc.

Apply by July 1 at grad.msstate.edu/apply. Reach out to our program coordinator with any questions - [email protected]

05/26/2026

Celebrating our faculty and staff who have reached milestone years of service! This week, they were honored during the university's Years of Service Ceremony.

We are thankful for their dedication and the meaningful ways they contribute to the College of Education.

05/13/2026

Congratulations to the winners of the College of Education 2026 Graduate Research Symposium!

🥇 Vikaas Manjunath, Kinesiology
🥈 Malerie Partain, School Psychology
🥉 Timothy Okunoye, Instructional Systems & Workforce Development

Join us in celebrating their hard work and innovative, faculty-guided research! 👏

05/13/2026

Congratulations to our spring 2026 PhD graduates! Your hard work, dedication, and perseverance have paid off, and we are so proud of all you have accomplished.

We can’t wait to see the impact you will make in your professions and communities. Wishing each of you continued success in this next chapter!

05/08/2026

As Mississippi State University continues to review the effects of the nation-wide Canvas outage and confirm its viability during this crucial final exam period, we have made the difficult decision to postpone today’s final examination schedule and allow those affected to have added time to recover any lost course materials and preparation time.

Exams scheduled for Friday, May 8th, will now shift to Saturday, May 9th following the same examination schedule. For exams and other Canvas-related activities that were affected during the outage, we ask that faculty work with their departments and colleges on a reasonable solution that allows students the opportunity to complete any exams or assignments.

Faculty are encouraged to download current copies of their Canvas course grade books and any other material needed to complete their courses out of an abundance of caution.

05/06/2026

05/04/2026

It has been a busy Spring semester for the program! We also want to recognize Mattie Williams for successfully proposing her dissertation earlier this semester. Hail State!

05/04/2026

We did not want the semester to end without a huge congratulations to our program coordinator, Dr. Hallie Smith!

Dr. Smith was recently promoted to Associate Professor, with tenure! Her promotion and tenure is an acknowledgment and reflection of her sustained excellence in teaching, research, and service. This accomplishment also highlights her dedication not only to our ABA program and the university, but to the field of Applied Behavior Analysis as a whole.

04/30/2026

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We're proud to recognize Dr. Daniel Gadke, a two-time recipient of the national Presidential Appreciation Award from the Trainers of School Psychologists! He received the honor this spring for his outstanding leadership, tireless dedication and exceptional service to the field. Read more through the link in the comments!