FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 18, 2007
Contact: Joshua Hollis
(662) 329-7119

MUW’s Homecoming celebration set for April 20-22
  
COLUMBUS, Miss. – Mississippi University for Women will hold its annual Homecoming festivities this weekend.
   
Jan Miller, director of alumni relations said, “We want to make this a very enjoyable time for the alums to meet up with their friends, share old memories and see all the wonderful things that are happening on campus. The weather is going to be good and we’re going to have a really great time.”
   
As with previous years, numerous events have been planned for returning alumni, starting with registration in Whitfield Hall at 9 a.m. on Friday. After that, the class of ’57 will be honored at the Golden Girls Luncheon in the Pope Banquet Room at 11:30 a.m.
   
Throughout the remainder of the day, there will be group campus tours, which will also include a look at the newly-opened recreation center, a class of 1995 bench dedication and a reception for the class of 1957.
   
All this leads up to the Blues & Barbeque event at 5:30 p.m. on Shattuck Lawn. Hosted by the Student Programming Board and Beta Kappa Tau Fraternity, alumni are invited to bring their lawn chairs and blankets and lounge on the lawn with some relaxing tunes from area blues and jazz artists.
   
After finishing off their barbecue sandwiches, alumni may head over to Annunciation Catholic Church for a performance of John Rutter’s “Requiem” by the MUW Chorale at 8 p.m. Limited seating is available for this event.
   
On Saturday, early birds can enjoy a breakfast at the Wesley Foundation from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
   
The Long Blue March begins at 10:15 a.m. on front campus, followed immediately by Convocation in Whitfield Hall at 10:30. At noon, the Alumni Achievement Award Luncheon will be held in the Pope Banquet Room.
   
A new event this year is the Hearin and SGA Reunion in Cochran Hall, room 303 at 3 p.m.
   
Other events for Saturday include an open house at the Culinary Arts Institute and the Women’s Center for Entrepreneurship, a reception and exhibition for graduating senior art students in Shattuck Hall, reunions for four-year, two-year and inactive social clubs, a lemonade lounge, a Golden Girls open house at MUW President Claudia A. Limbert’s home, downtown tours of Columbus, Columbus’ Own Art Exhibit and Wine & Cheese Reception, featuring the jewelry of student Melody Vydas and quilts by Annis Cox, at the Rosenzweig Art Center, reunion class dinners, a dinner for the class of ’47, a musical theater concert in Cromwell Theatre and Young Alumni Party at Zachary’s.
   
Sunday concludes the Homecoming festivities with a prayer service in Carrier Chapel and a Farewell Jazz Brunch, with music from Brice Miller and Friends.
   
Tickets are required for many of the events. For more information, please contact MUW’s Office of Alumni Relations at (662) 329-7295.