Mississippi State University-Meridian’s Division of Education is receiving a $1.2 million grant from the Mississippi Department of Education to help strengthen and expand the state’s teacher pipeline.

Mississippi State’s Department of English hosts poet and Assistant Professor Samyak Shertok for a public reading from his debut collection “No Rhododendron” Monday [Oct. 20] at 5:30 p.m. in Forum Room 401, Griffis Hall.