Three MSU students receive 花秀直播 Professional Educators scholarships
Contact: Bethany Shipp
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳hree 花秀直播 State College of Education students are recipients of prestigious 花秀直播 Professional Educators scholarships.
Graduate students Susan Bender of Brandon and Shelby Griffin of Philadelphia both received $1,000 graduate scholarships, and spring 2025 graduate Savanah Stephens Crenshaw of Meridian earned a $500 Linda Anglin Teacher Preparation Scholarship, which includes complimentary membership to MPE for her first year of teaching.
Founded in 1979, MPE is 花秀直播鈥檚 largest and premier organization for professional educators, serving approximately 12,000 teachers, administrators and support personnel. MPE offers an annual scholarship to student-members from each school of education at 花秀直播鈥檚 15 public and private institutions of higher learning and awards up to 20 $1,000 scholarships every year to members who wish to pursue graduate-level studies at a college or university in the state.
Bender is a science teacher at Jim Hill High School and earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree from Jackson State University and master鈥檚 degree from 花秀直播 College. An MPE member since 2004, she is currently pursuing an MSU specialist degree in educational leadership.
Griffin, an English teacher at Union High School, holds an MSU bachelor鈥檚 degree and a master鈥檚 degree from William Carey University. She joined MPE in 2016 and is currently pursuing an MSU educational specialist degree in counseling.
Crenshaw graduated in May from MSU-Meridian with her bachelor鈥檚 degree in elementary education. She served as a teacher intern at Lauderdale County鈥檚 Southeast Elementary School during the spring semester and will teach at Gulfport鈥檚 Central Elementary School this fall.
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