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Welcome to the website for
Mississippi University for Women. I am glad that you have
chosen to explore the wonderful opportunities that MUW can
offer you, and I feel certain that you will discover that
MUW can be a great fit for you.
At MUW, we believe that our strength lies in what we offer,
the personalized way that we offer it, our beautiful
historic campus, and the very fact that we are small enough
to meet the individual needs of our students. At MUW, our
courses are all taught by our excellent faculty, not by
graduate students. Indeed, as an MUW student, you will come
to know our faculty personally.
U.S.News & World Report’s 2008 edition of “America’s Best
Colleges” ranked MUW 10th among Southern public master’s
universities. In addition to being ranked by U.S.News, MUW
was named No. 8 of the top 50 best values for public
colleges and universities in the June 2007 edition of
Consumers Digest magazine and the 54th best value among the
top 100 public colleges in America, according to Kiplinger's
Personal Finance magazine.
MUW has an architecturally distinguished campus, with 23 of
our buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.
But our buildings aren’t just beautiful; they are also
functional for today’s student. Our dormitories have been
renovated into apartment-style residence halls, and our
academic buildings have been updated to include the latest
technology and equipment.
Because we feel it is important to continually work on
providing an educational experience that will truly prepare
our graduates, the University has implemented a Campus
Master Plan for Facilities that will provide strategic
planning for renovation and new construction for the next 20
years. Currently, over $16.6 million in new construction is
either underway or in final planning.
More important than our wonderful facilities is the
personalized approach to education that we take. Here, every
single student counts. In fact, our students enjoy an
approximate 13:1 student to faculty ratio.
Because we believe that what happens outside the classroom
can be as important as what happens inside the classroom, we
offer our students a vibrant campus life which is central to
any well-rounded college experience. We also provide
opportunities for exciting internships, study abroad
experiences all over the world, invaluable job placement
guidance, and assistance in gaining entrance to the nation’s
more prestigious graduate and professional schools.
Another exciting opportunity at MUW is the Ina E. Gordy
Honors College which promotes the education and scholarship
of honors students by offering an academically advanced and
intellectually stimulating curriculum and appropriate
co-curricular activities in a personalized environment. This
is the fourth year for MUW to have a Residential Honors
Program. In addition to living in Grossnickle Hall together,
they take classes together, study abroad in London the
summer after their freshman year and participate in field
trips and presentations from upper-level student mentors and
from faculty.
Yes, selecting a university will be one of the most
important decisions that you will ever make, and if you
choose MUW, you will have made an excellent decision. At MUW,
you will join a family that spans the globe and that will
help you make those contacts that you can use in your quest
for success and personal fulfillment, not just during the
time that you spend here as a student but throughout your
entire life.
The MUW family—our faculty, staff, students, and alumni—will
give you our very best.
And aren’t you worth the very best?
Dr. Claudia Limbert
President
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