	Alumna of the Month - February 2009	Alumnus/Alumna of the Month Archives
	Ruth Maron

(Ruth Maron, MTC Class of 1999)

The Mississippi Teacher Corps Alumna of the Month is Ruth Maron. Ruth is a member of the Mississippi Teacher Corps Class of 1999. Ruth taught Spanish at West Tallehatchie High School in Webb, MS. Ruth grew up in Burlington, CT and graduated from Vanderbilt University.

What have you been doing since MTC?

I have the privilege of working with the University of Mississippi as a Study Abroad Advisor & Instructor to help provide UM students opportunities to study in Latin America, Spain and Portugal. I also coordinate the international student exchanges for UM, welcoming students from our international partner institutions to study abroad at the University of Mississippi.

What was the greatest reward of being a part of the Mississippi Teacher Corps?

Watching one of my former students graduate from the University of Mississippi.

What was the biggest challenge?

Trying to help students not give up on themselves.

The Mississippi Teacher Corps is the most competitive teaching program in the country. The two-year program, designed for non-education majors, recruits college graduates to teach in the Mississippi Delta and offers a host of benefits, including teacher training and certification, a full scholarship for a master's degree in education, job placement that includes full pay and benefits and, most importantly, the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of students in one of the poorest areas of the country.