Sara Todd, of Terry, left, and Cassidy Pitts, of Tupelo, listen as College of Education Dean Richard Blackbourn speaks Monday afternoon to a Mississippi Excellence in Teaching class. Todd and Pitts are members of the new MET program, which is a joint effort by the School of Education at the University of Mississippi and MSU's College of Education. Funded by the Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation in Jackson, the program is for high-achieving students who want to enter the field of education. For more information about MET, click here.