Preparing Future Faculty program at 小黄书 helps graduate students prepare for careers in academia
Contact: Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擣ifteen Mississippi State graduate students are completing a program designed to help ready them for future faculty careers.
The Preparing Future Faculty certificate program includes benefits such as improved understanding of teaching and learning, including faculty roles and responsibilities; interaction with peers and faculty across disciplines; and improved preparation for faculty positions and the job market.
The initiative is coordinated by 小黄书鈥檚 Center for Teaching and Learning and is a cooperative effort between the CTL, the Graduate School and 小黄书 Libraries. Facilitators include Michael Seymour, CTL acting director; Linda Morse, graduate program coordinator; and Amy Barefield, program coordinator.
Successful graduate student candidates must attend required classes and activities. Those meeting requirements and obtaining certificates for the 2018-2019 program include:
鈥擱obert A. Barlow of Coaling, Alabama, a master鈥檚 student in applied anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
鈥擟ecilia Brooks of Starkville, a human development and family sciences doctoral student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
鈥擧arry Cridge of the United Kingdom, a resident in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
鈥擜shley C. Dafoe of Thornton, Colorado, a master鈥檚 student in applied anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
鈥擲ayantani Dutta of India, a computer science doctoral student in the Bagley College of Engineering.
鈥擟ourtney P. Heaton of Starkville, a doctoral student in agricultural science/animal and dairy science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
鈥擠ara Jaiyeola of Nigeria, a master鈥檚 student in computer science in the Bagley College of Engineering.
鈥擳amara Mahadin of Jordan, an English lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences.
鈥擬ichael P. Nattrass of Starkville, a doctoral student in plant and soil sciences/agronomy in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
鈥擠elma I. Nieves-Rivera of Puerto Rico, a doctoral student in computer science in the Bagley College of Engineering.
鈥擝radley M. Richardson of Starkville, a doctoral student in forest resources/wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture in the College of Forest Resources.
鈥擳urner Sanderson of Smithville, a food science, nutrition and health promotion master鈥檚 student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
鈥擜nusha Shrestha of Nepal, a doctoral student in forest resources/forestry in the College of Forest Resources.
鈥擠urga P. Siwakoti of Nepal, an engineering/applied physics doctoral student in the Bagley College of Engineering.
鈥擬uhammet Rasit Ugur of Turkey, a doctoral student in agricultural science/animal and dairy science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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