Points of Pride
- Home of the Kinesiology Department, which has a 95% acceptance rate for its graduates in allied health science professional schools nationwide.
- A $4.25 million federal grant will allow the Rehabilitation, Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision to conduct research on systems change, education, training, and outreach activities for people who are visually impaired.
- Our chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society is one of only five in the country to receive the national Chapter of Excellence award, recognizing the organization's outstanding abilities in promoting academics and service.
- The College of Education hosts an Annual Faculty/Student Research Forum, which showcases the scholarly activities of our people and provides information of interest to researchers in the college.
- Home of the Early Childhood Institute, which includes the National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives.
- We are the home of the only doctoral program in Community College Leadership in the South.
- Home of the Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute, a research and service unit whose mission is to improve writing and learning in Mississippi schools.
- Home of the T. K. Martin Center, the only comprehensive assistive technology center of its kind located on the campus of a major research university.
- Home of the Rehabilitation Counseling program, which is ranked 30th in the nation by U. S. News and World Report.
- Home of Mississippi's only Future Educators Association (FEA) at a four-year college or university.
- Home of the Education Policy Fellowship Program for Mississippi, which is affiliated with the national Institute for Educational Leadership.
- The Famous Maroon Band is the oldest band programs in the South, and one of the oldest in the nation.
- Home of the World Class Teaching Program, which has helped over 500 teachers become National Board Certified.
- Home of America Reads-Mississippi, which is dedicated to improving literacy and increasing the number of certified teachers in Mississippi.
- Home of The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Blindness and Low Vision, the only national center focused on employment and independent living of persons who are blind or visually impaired.
- The College of Education has been NCATE-accredited since 1961.
- Currently ranked 7th in the nation by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education for the number of baccalaureate degrees in education awarded to African Americans, and 11th for the number of Doctoral degrees in education awarded to African Americans.
- 22 graduates from Kinesiology were accepted into post-baccalaureate programs in the allied health sciences, including 14 who were accepted into physical therapy schools.