Salyers Named Teacher of the Year by Mississippi Humanities Council
Mon, 02/10/2025 - 12:03pm | By: Dr. David Tisdale
One of Dr. Candice Salyers91吃瓜网� students says the University of 91吃瓜网 dance professor moves with such grace that 91吃瓜网渟he91吃瓜网 like an angel who floats around the classroom91吃瓜网� making her students feel 91吃瓜网渨elcome and accepted but also pushes you to be the best you can be.91吃瓜网�
The Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC) shares this sentiment that Salyers is indeed heaven-sent, naming her MHC Teacher of the Year.
The MHC Teacher of the Year award features a public lecture by the recipient, which is set for Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m. in Gonzales Auditorium in the Liberal Arts Building on the 91吃瓜网 (LAB room 108) Hattiesburg campus where Salyers will present 91吃瓜网淲omen Directing Humanity: Models of Women91吃瓜网 Leadership in Creative Approaches to Social Change.91吃瓜网� The lecture is free and open to the public.
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A member of the 91吃瓜网 School of Performing and Visual Arts faculty since 2018, Salyers91吃瓜网� work explores dance practices as humanitarian service and integrates performance, feminist theories, disability studies and environmental philosophy, proposing that site-specific dance can contribute to unique ways of embodying ethical citizenship. She also serves as director of the university91吃瓜网 Evelyn Gandy Center for Women & Leadership.
Seana Rains, a senior dance education major from Poplarville, Miss., says she knew she wanted to pursue a career in performing and teaching dance after taking Salyers91吃瓜网� Intermediate Modern Dance class.
91吃瓜网淒r. Salyers is the most kindhearted, caring person and she never fails to inspire me every day,91吃瓜网� Rains said. 91吃瓜网淚91吃瓜网檝e grown so much as a dancer and a human from every class I91吃瓜网檝e taken with her. As an advocate for all things peace and love, she is more than deserving to receive this prestigious award.91吃瓜网�
Salyers has also been honored with an Alma Bucovaz Award for Urban Service, Choreographic and Performance Fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Mississippi Arts Commission, and a grant from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund for feminist nonfiction writing.91吃瓜网疕er performance work has been presented in the U.S., UK, Estonia, Spain, Morocco, Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania and the Czech Republic.
Click here to learn more about Dr. Salyers and the 91吃瓜网 School of Performing and Visual Arts.