Ray Holt, Center for Mathematics and Science Education
by UM School of Education on April 18, 2013
April Student of the Month Ray Holt (center) works with Team Purple Thunder at the FTC state robotics tournament.
Story by J. A. Scott
University of Mississippi graduate student Raymond Holt dramatically impacted the worlds of computer science and flight in 1970 when he invented the world’s first microprocessor chip, a technological leap that enabled the U.S. military to run integrated flight control systems in the F-14 Tomcat fighter plane.
Forty-three years later, the retired Silicon Valley computer designer is using his engineering experience to teach children in Mount Olive, Miss., about science and robotics and is on the verge of receiving a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction [Read More…]
Amy Davis, UM Tupelo
by UM School of Education on March 26, 2013
March Student of the Month Amy Davis
Story and Photo by A. M. Abernathy
When University of Mississippi senior Amy Davis declared her major as education in 2011, the mother of three set two high goals for herself: to become a skilled instructor and to win an Ole Miss Taylor Medal, the highest academic honor given by the university.
Today, both wishes have come true for the Tupelo native. [Read More…]
Jonathan Cornell, MS Teacher Corps
by UM School of Education on February 6, 2013
February Student of the Month Jonathan Cornell
Story by J. A. Scott
Former University of Mississippi middle linebacker Jonathan Cornell has gone from breaking through offensive linemen to teaching Meridian High School students about African American literature and public speaking during his first year in the Mississippi Teacher Corps. [Read More…]
Tammie Eldred, UM DeSoto
by UM School of Education on December 10, 2012
December 2012 Student of the Month Tammie Eldred
Story by A. M. Abernathy
When University of Mississippi senior Tammie Eldred began student teaching at Strayhorn Elementary School in Tate county, she quickly noticed the rural school was in need of a proper sign—a predicament she would soon help solve.
Eldred, the December Education Student of the Month, organized and lead the effort by the UM DeSoto chapter of Teacher’s of Tomorrow [Read More…]
Angie Tracy, Elementary Education
by UM School of Education on November 19, 2012
November 2012 Student of the Month Angie Tracy
Story and Photo by A. M. Abernathy
North Mississippi Children at Okolona Elementary School and North Panola Junior High School may not know University of Mississippi senior Angie Tracy, but they have new reading materials this fall thanks to $3,000 in donations she helped obtain for the schools.
“It’s nice to see something happen with the gifts that I can give,” said Tracy, [Read More…]
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