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Academic Development at UMMC

The Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center promotes the fullest capacities of individuals as academic leaders in education, service to the UMMC mission, and in cooperation with centers, divisions, and services, we focus on leadership, research & scholarship, and teaching development. Our programs and services for academic development include, but are not limited to: 

• Facilitating access to faculty development opportunities and information resources
  • Excellent Teacher
  • Faculty Focus
  • LEADER program
  • Milsaps Business Advantage
  • Office of Faculty Affairs
• Coordination of campus interprofessional education activities, including simulation-based education
  • Division of Continuing Health Professional Education
  • Office of Interprofessional Education
  • Student Liasion Advisory Council
• Coordination of student life activities and events to promote student success
  • Associated Student Body (ASB)
  • Office of Student Affairs
  • Student Success Series (S³)
• Management of selected community and pre-professional outreach programs
  • Academic Outreach
  • Academic Affiliations
  • Educational Enrichment Programs
  • Educational Observers
• Recognition of faculty for excellence in educational delivery
  • Regions Bank T.E.A.C.H. Prize
  • The Nelson Order of Teaching Excellence
  • The Academy for Excellence in Education

Email the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for more information.