Hairston awarded MPE scholarship

Special to Pelahatchie News

Rebekah Hairston, a resident of Pelahatchie and an education major at Belhaven University, is the recipient of a 2025 Linda Anglin Teacher Preparation Scholarship from the Mississippi Professional Educators (MPE). In addition to the $500 scholarship, Rebekah also received a complimentary membership to MPE for her first year of teaching. Hairston is a President’s List Scholar, the head tutor of the writing lab, and an active member in the Reformed University Fellowship campus ministry.

Founded in 1979, the Mississippi Professional Educators is Mississippi’s largest and premier organization for professional educators, serving approximately 12,000 teachers, administrators and support personnel. MPE serves members in pre-K through graduate education in both public and private institutions with the purpose of promoting better education for the children of Mississippi.  MPE offers an annual scholarship to an MPE student member from each School of Education at Mississippi’s fifteen public and private institutions of higher learning.