Sponsor RMSS
Rural Medical & Science Scholars is a 4-week summer program for rising high school seniors, to help them determine if they want to pursue health-related careers. The program shapes students’ interest and understanding of medicine, health-related disciplines, and other STEM fields.
The Scholars shadow physicians, dentists, and other healthcare professionals, and they complete 1 month of health science college coursework and engage in didactic, observational, and experiential learning for 6 hours of college credit. Courses include Introduction to Health Professions and Applied Public Health Sciences: From Cells to Communities. Scholars also visit the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Not only do the Scholars make new friends with similar interests and goals, but they also get a taste of college life by living on the Mississippi State University campus.
Please support the Rural Medical & Science Scholars program. Whether you choose to sponsor an individual scholar or the program itself, a variety of opportunities are available for you to demonstrate your commitment to keeping future healthcare and other STEM professionals in Mississippi.
To give to the Rural Medical & Science Scholars program, please contact Mr. Will Staggers at (662) 325-2837.
Remember, every gift makes a difference.
2020 Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsor a Scholar: $2,400
Funds tuition, housing, textbooks, orientation materials, and training curricula.
Scholars in Clinical Shadowing: $1,500
Provides transportation for lunch, clinical shadowing, and the visit to the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Celebration of Scholars Dinner/Dinner with a Healthcare Professional: $1,500
Funds a formal dinner for scholars and healthcare professionals to promote networking and relationship-building opportunities.
Scholars in Engineering: $300
Funds supplies to engage scholars in health-, science-, and engineering- related careers.
Scholars in the Lab: $300
Funds supplies to teach suturing skills at the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine.
Scholars in Research: $300
Funds supplies to engage scholars in STEM-based research opportunities.
Scholars in the Kitchen: $300
Funds supplies to teach best practices for incorporating functional foods in diets.
Junior Master Wellness Volunteer Training: $500
Funds supplies and curricula to train scholars to promote health as Junior Master Wellness Volunteers, aiming to improve health literacy and encourage healthy lifestyle choices. Scholars earn community service hours.
2020 Sponsorship Levels
All donors will be recognized at the program’s Celebration of Scholars. Every sponsor will also be listed on the webpage. Size and placement of logos will be determined by the donation level.
Legacy Sponsor: $25,000
- Opportunities to network and continue relationship with scholars
- Two highlights on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
- Logo included in parent/student packet
- Logo on sponsor slideshow
- Logo on event T-shirt
- Logo on program banner
- Appreciation-video mention
- Opportunity to present a session to scholars (if desired)
- Invitation to Celebration of Scholars
Platinum Sponsor: $10,000
- Opportunities to network and continue relationship with scholars
- One highlight on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
- Logo included in parent/student packet
- Logo on sponsor slideshow
- Appreciation-video mention
- Invitation to Celebration of Scholars
Gold Sponsor: $5,000
- Logo included in parent/student packet
- Appreciation-video mention
- Invitation to Celebration of Scholars
Silver Sponsor: $2,500
- Appreciation-video inclusion
Bronze Sponsor: $1,000
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MISSISSIPPI STATE, Miss. -- High school juniors can explore health and science careers and get a jump on college during the Rural Medical and Science Scholars program this summer at Mississippi State University. The June 10-29 program is now accepting applications until April 1.
A Mississippi State University Extension Service specialist was recently reelected to the National Board of Public Health Examiners board of directors. Initially elected in 2020, David Buys, Extension health specialist and associate professor in the MSU Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion, will now serve a second two-year term.
RAYMOND, Miss. -- The rollout of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline offers more hope to individuals dealing with mental-health-related distress. That population includes farmers and farm workers, who are among those most at risk for suicide and mental health distress.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, male agricultural workers have the fourth highest suicide rate among men in all industries.
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- For Nathan Casburn, the land that has been in his family since the early 1900s is now more than simply his workplace.
The Tallahatchie County farm is a place of healing from an opioid addiction that began with pain medication prescribed after he was in a car accident during high school.
Casburn explained in a miniseries titled “On the Farm” that one of the biggest hurdles in his recovery was “saying I can’t do this on my own, and I need help with this.”
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- The Mississippi State University Extension Service is promoting a free water sampling campaign in seven Mississippi Delta counties.
Water samples will be analyzed for coliform bacteria and metals. Any Mississippi resident with a private well is eligible to participate. Test kits and detailed sampling instructions will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Participants can pick up sampling bottles April 26 to May 10 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the following MSU Extension county offices:
Success Stories
When Carey Williams decides he’s going to do something, he relies on patience, work ethic, and tenacity to find a way to get it done.
Extension destigmatizes mental health issues, one conversation at a time
When Colby Hardin first started working at the Arkansas Department of Corrections dairy farm, he prepared as if going to war.
Rural Medical & Science Scholars program provides insight, courage for careers
Zoe Fokakis is on her way to realizing her dream of becoming a physician scientist. That dream was partly fueled by her participation in the Rural Medical & Science Scholars program.
Extension food pantry serves rural community
On Tuesdays and Thursdays before lunch, Robert Jamison is usually exercising with people who have been his neighbors in Lambert for 30 years. The Quitman County Veterans Service Officer also volunteers for a food pantry there that serves about 800 local families every other month. The county does not have a grocery store, but the pantry, since it opened in 2014, has helped people in need.
Extension medical program offers career insights
He delayed his journey to become a doctor, but Johnny Lippincott has been intrigued by the field since childhood.
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Dr. Sonya Shipley - Rural Medical Scholars Alumnus
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