Contact Information
Owings-McQuagge Hall (OMH), 116
118 College Drive, #5023
Hatttiesburg, Miss. 39406
Phone: 601.266.4568
Gold Card/Background Check
The Gold Card serves as documentation that you have met all admission requirements and have been officially admitted to the teacher education program at Southern Miss. When applying for the Gold Card, each student undergoes a background check. Students who pass the background checking process are issued a background check badge and considered eligible for admission to teacher education pending satisfaction of other admission requirements.
Teacher candidates issued Gold Cards prior to fall 2009 and currently enrolled in Southern Miss teacher education programs, as well as Southern Miss students enrolled in teacher education field or clinical experiences that do not require a Gold Card, also undergo a background check as part of University policy.
Please contact Sheri Dann for questions about Gold Cards or background checks.
Accreditation
When a school of education is NCATE accredited, it provides an assurance that the school’s teacher preparation program has met national standards set by the teaching field at large and has undergone rigorous external and impartial review by professionals, policymakers, and representatives of the public.
