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2nd Annual MEEA Conference 

Cultivating Environmental Connections;

Where Nature and Education Meet

Presented by the Mississippi Environmental Education Alliance in partnership with Mississippi State University

March 4 - 6, 2026 |  Starkville, Mississippi

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Registration is Open!

Early Bird Registration Rate: $100

Deadline for Early Bird Rate is 2/20/2026  

 

Full registration rate after 2/21/2026 $120.00 

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Student Registration Rate: $50

Project WILD Pre-Conference Workshop

(Must Register for the conference

in order to participate)

​​Registration Rate: $20

Self guided Field trip options are available

on Friday, March 6th morning

Call for Proposals 
              is open!

Conference Strands

  • Agriculture in the Classroom

  • Art in Nature

  • Natural Science

The deadline for submissions is January 30, 2026

Conference Schedule Overview

 

Wednesday, March 4

  • Breakfast on your own

  • Pre-conference Workshop - Project WILD 

  • Luncheon

  • Pre-conference Workshop - Project WILD  (cont)

  • Social Hour 

  • Dinner on Your Own

Thursday, March 5

  • Breakfast  on your own

  • Concurrent Sessions

  • Conference Welcome and Keynote Luncheon

  • Concurrent Sessions

  • Dinner on Your Own

Friday, March 6 

  • Breakfast on your own

  • Field Experiences 

Scholarship Information

MEEA is offering scholarships to attend the upcoming conference. The scholarships will be from $50.00 - $100.00 and are offered as a reimbursement. This means that you must pay for the conference in full, keeping receipts. Reimbursement for conference receipts must be received within 20 days of the event. You will recieve a Scholarship reimbursement form that will need to be filed with your receipts. The scholarships will be paid within 20 days after receipt.  

 

Complete every question/item on the application formto the best of your ability in order to qualify for the scholarship. 

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Items the scholarship can pay for; Registration (full or student), pre-conference workshop, hotels)

 

The deadline for applying for a scholarship is January 23, 2026

Lodging Information

There is not a specific hotel set-up for this conference.  There are several hotels close to the Franklin Center where the conference will be held.   

201 Locksley Way, Starkville, MS 39759

Become A Sponsor 

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

To Be Announced

Contact Us: meeainms@gmail.com

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