Willie Price University Nursery School
Ms. Jennifer Angle, Director
110 Meek Hall
(662) 915-7444

The University Nursery School is operated by the Institute for Continuing Studies and is licensed by the Mississippi State Department of Health. It provides practical experiences for students enrolled in child development and related courses, as well as an on-site location for faculty and student research in the areas of psychology, counseling, curriculum development, communicative disorders, and nutrition. The center serves preschool children ages 3 to 5.

Institute for Continuing Studies
Charles L. Clark, Dean
E.F. Yerby Conference Center
(662) 915-7282
cstudies@olemiss.edu

The Institute for Continuing Studies provides professional development and public service for diverse populations, both within the state and across the region. By offering administrative and support services, as well as technical assistance, the institute enables the University's schools and departments to focus their teaching and research capabilities on the academic program development and evaluation aspects of their public service and continuing studies programs. The institute's courses and programs are offered on- and off-campus and include institutes, conferences, seminars, and teleconferences for professional development, and general interest and youth-oriented activities. Academic credit activities include independent study courses and off-campus courses at Tupelo, DeSoto Center-Southaven, and Jackson.

Mississippi Small Business Development Center
Mr. Walter D. Gurley, Director
B-10 Jeanette Phillips Drive
(662) 915-5001
msbdc@olemiss.edu

The Mississippi Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) is a statewide business-delivery system which employs the resources of seven universities, 13 community colleges, and the Mississippi Contract Procurement Center to provide Mississippi's small business community with business, international trade, government contracting, management counseling and training, and technical assistance. The program is administrated by The University of Mississippi, the designated "lead" institution for the MSBDC in Mississippi, under direction of the dean of the School of Business Administration and in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business Administration District Office in Jackson.

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Mississippi Teacher Corps
Professor Jim R. Chambless, Director
P.O. Box 2044
University, MS 38677
(800) 884-7606
eegm@olemiss.edu

The Mississippi Teacher Corps provides a framework for outstanding liberal arts graduates to become high school teachers in Mississippi. An intensive eight-week summer institute trains corps recruits in the skills needed for their transition to a teaching role; previous education course work is not required. After passing the National Teachers Examination and the Content Mastery Examinations for Educators, recruits qualify for alternative teacher certification with the Mississippi State Department of Education and contract to teach for at least two years in a public school district selected on the basis of local need. While teaching, corps members pursue a Master of Arts degree in secondary education from the University.

Psychological Services Center
Associate Professor Tom Lombardo, Director
308 Peabody Hall
(662) 915-7385

The Psychological Services Center (PSC) is an outpatient clinic that serves the University, Oxford, and surrounding communities with help with family, relationship, and self-concept problems, as well as for problems that can be more severe, such as depression, drug use, panic attacks and agoraphobia, and sexual assault. PSC therapists are advanced doctoral students in clinical psychology who are supervised by licensed clinical psychologists.

Speech and Hearing Center
Instructor Lara Di Lollo, Director
George Hall
(662) 915-7271

The center provides speech, language, and hearing evaluations and management, including hearing aid dispensing, to patients of all ages. Special services in audiology include auditory evoked response testing, electronystagmography, and tests of central auditory processing. Evaluations and therapy within the speech/language division address disorders of articulation, voice, fluency, child language, aphasia, dysarthria, and apraxia. The center is both a service facility and a student training site. Graduate students in speech/language pathology and audiology serve clients under the direct supervision of the departmental faculty. Clinical instruction is facilitated by state-of-the art clinical and instructional equipment.

University of Mississippi Writing Project
Dr. Cathy Stewart, Director
P.O. Box 9
University, MS 38677
(662) 915-6612
writingp@olemiss.edu

The Teachers' Writing Project, one of the 160 sites of the National Writing Project, conducts professional development workshops, research activities, and a Summer Institute for teachers.

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