The University of Mississippi is sowing more seeds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics graduates to address the ever-growing demand for well prepared professionals in STEM fields.
Today, you can invest in the construction of a state-of-the art, 200,000-square-foot-plus building that will have a tremendous impact on current and future Ole Miss students, the economy of Mississippi and the nation. K-12 teachers will be trained here on how to excite students about STEM education.
Consider the case for a STEM facility on the Oxford campus:
- Only 17 percent of American college graduates receive degrees in STEM fields. This is lower than the average of 22 percent of college graduates receiving STEM degrees from the other countries and is much lower than the 40 percent of college graduates from China and Japan who receive STEM degrees.
- To secure economic progress and stability, it is critical for Mississippi to have 31,000 new college-educated STEM employees join the workforce as soon as possible.
- Ole Miss is hampered by limited teaching facilities. The barrier comes from the lack of sufficient instructional lab space for freshman- and sophomore-level courses. Most every student will have a course in the STEM facility.
- The trend is for STEM education to move from lectures to active learning, where students are given inquiry-based projects and work as teams. Students will learn content and take quizzes before coming to class. Classes will be interactive and space must be designed to facilitate this approach.
Giving Day is the perfect time to plant a seed and watch it grow! Help the university build the STEM facility, as we dream bigger, work harder and give more. This is an all-hands-on-deck effort.
Please make a gift! Thank you!
