November, 2009:

• Nursing professor to speak at conference

• Campus recreation has Red Shirt Drill Week at MUW

• MUW’s Department of Music and Theatre presents `A Christmas Pudding’

• Two MUW communication professors have original research published

• CHAMPS to host Super Saturday Workshop for Teachers

• MUW graduating seniors exhibit artwork and host reception

• Whitehead named 2009 Humanities Teacher of the Year

• Comptroller office recognized by Secret Shopper program

October, 2009:

• MUW legal studies department hosts law seminar

• Art students help provide resources to Columbus High School art department

• Dr. Bill Mayfield guest speaker at Town & Tower Club meeting

• Local students experience college life at MUW

• Nawrocki has prints accepted into shows

• MUW police chief to speak to high school students about smart choices

• MUW nears completion of DRU process, continues to seek public input

• International Series to focus on contemporary China

• MUW supports `Empty Bowls for Hunger’ event

• British Invasion hits MUW

• MUW counseling services offers free, online mental health screenings

September, 2009:

• MUW faculty member given business award

• MUW PKP chapter recognized as Chapter of Merit

• Annual Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium at MUW set for Oct. 22-24

• MUW nursing hosts health fairs across Mississippi

• MUW’s fall science workshops explore wildlife and the water cycle

• MUW hosts Sexual Assault Awareness Week

• MUW includes public in DRU process

• MUW to host Campus Safety Day

• Early alert system at MUW warns students about unsuccessful behaviors

• Women's Center for Entrepreneurship hosts business events

• MUW nursing students share H1N1 virus knowledge with community

• Mayfield to speak at international conference

• Community health leaders share knowledge with MUW nursing students

• CHAMPS Project to host conference

August, 2009:

• MUW to host Suicide Prevention Week Sept. 6-11

• Preservation and renovation in the works for MUW campus

• Former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen to speak at MUW’s Welty Gala

• MUW at halfway mark on disaster plan

• U.S.News recognizes MUW for its 'strong commitment to teaching'

• Nawrocki’s prints accepted in exhibitions

• MUW campus buzzing with activity

• Limbert announces Reneau University as new name she will recommend to IHL

• Faculty members awarded grant for cancer awareness promotion

July, 2009:

• MUW staff showcase their talents at Farmers’ Market

• Move-In Day kicks off MUW Welcome Week festivities

• MUW has new dean for School of Professional Studies

• MUW’s Common Reading Initiative selects Melissa Delbridge’s `Family Bible’

• White wins top honors at International Miss Phi Beta Sigma pageant

• Ceremony to be held for nature trails at Plymouth Bluff Center

• Kennedy Meaders named MUW police chief

June, 2009:

• Renaming process nears end; joint statement issued by MUW and Eudora Welty family

• MUW graduate students participate in HEARTS summer reading program

• MUW to host Summer Discovery camp at Cook for gifted students

• MUW summer enrollment up

• MUW takes another step in renaming process

• MUW’s Center for Creative Learning host summer reading program

• MUW hosts Governor’s School and Culinary Camp for Kids

May, 2009:

• MUW and MSMS host TEAMS Institute this summer

• MUW’s summer science workshop topics range from aquatic plants to astronomy

• MUW nursing has noteworthy accomplishments

• Biddy directs production of `Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ in Jackson

• Hilliard named post secondary Educator of the Year at Link banquet

• First finalist for MUW provost/VPAA position to visit campus next week

• Senior exit project at MUW more than lights, camera, action

• Community living and Print Shop recognized for going 'above and beyond'

• MUW faculty member receives William J. Stickel Award

• MUW Alumni Association announces Board of Directors

• Oppenheimer named MUW Faculty Member of the Year

• Kerzel receives Kossen Faculty Excellence Award at MUW

• MUW faculty members elected to state nursing organization board

• Smith reads short story at Emerson College

• Peavey Electronics president to address MUW graduates on May 9

• MUW’s Academic Success Mentor Program a success with IHL

• Nawrocki has prints accepted in shows

• Alumna Dr. Bridget Pieschel to speak at MUW Mag Chain ceremony

April, 2009:

• CDC reports everyday actions to stay healthy

• MUW art students `Drawing Out Success’ for local high schools

• Two more campus offices recognized by Secret Shopper program

• MUW seniors exhibit artwork and host reception

• Town & Tower meeting April 22

• MUW Homecoming April 17-19

• Study: Waverley most favored new name; agency to conduct additional research

March, 2009:

• MUW Art & Design Building dedication March 25

• Women’s Center for Entrepreneurship to host open house

• Wilson wins honors for presidential coverage

• Destination Imagination state competition at MUW

• MUW art professor announces upcoming art exhibitions

• MUW begins disaster planning effort

• Welty short story to be featured as part of 125th celebration

• New campus initiative no longer a secret

February, 2009:

• MUW turns 125 on March 12; community invited to birthday party

• National energy policy, economic growth focus of conference to be held at MUW

• Student, faculty member to be recognized by HEADWAE program

• MUW art students garner awards at Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition

• MUW provost/VPAA search in full swing

• MUW historians and political scientists hit the road

• MUW theatre department presents Tennessee Williams’ classic

• MUW health fair to feature screenings; open to public

• MUW student named Mississippi Miss Phi Beta Sigma 2009

• Nawrocki’s prints accepted in exhibitions

• Roberts participates in communication workshop for Tupelo Boy Scout Troop

• Testing of potential university names under way; public input requested

• MUW Honors Forum Series Presents Mark Zupan

• MUW to host College Aspirations workshop

January, 2009:

• MUW seeks to internationalize campus through partnerships in China

• University one step closer to new name

• Ina E. Gordy Honors College announces Forum Series line up

• New university chorale ensemble to begin performing

• CHAMPS Project to host conference

• Potential university names to emerge at MUW meeting

• Women’s Center to Host Resource Conference

• MUW celebrates 125th anniversary

December, 2008:

• Law enforcement workshop held at MUW

• MUW continues partnership with local school district

• MUW recognized by SACUBO

• Four inducted into Mississippi Hall of Master Teachers at MUW

• Author Clifton L. Taulbert to address educators at MUW

• Professor to contribute to ABC production

• Town & Tower hosts holiday meeting

November, 2008:

• AT&T Teaching Circles for 2008-09 announced

• Faculty member publishes book

• MUW students earn top honors in art competition

• MUW offers Project Citizen workshop

• Essay contest announces winners

• Crossroads program awarded nearly $170,000

• MUW to host naturalization ceremony on campus Dec. 4

• MUW’s December Graduates’ Recognition Ceremony set for Dec. 5

• Montalto receives composer’s award

• Threadgill Series presents holiday concert

• Sorrels to be honored with tree planting at MUW

• Stark Center to host Wellness Happy Hour

• Brown to discuss `The Black Prairie: Mammoths, Milkweeds & Moths’

October, 2008:

• Jordan accepts position at Georgia College & State University

• Honorary art society auction to aid local schools

• MUW Music and Theatre Presents Holiday Feast

• MUW’s Ward receives invitation to New Orleans literary festival

• CHAMPS Project to host conference

• MUW Naming Committee seeks suggestions

• MUW’s Roberts receive prestigious SPRF award

• MUW offering entrepreneurship concentration

• MUW to graduate first group of online business students

• Town & Tower Club to host fall luncheon meeting

• Hilliard named 2008 Humanities Teacher of the Year

• Bragg returns to MUW as part of Common Reading Initiative

• MUW to host Women’s Health Awareness Week

• Sodexo facilities division celebrates 118,000 labor hours without an incident

• Annual Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium set for Oct. 16-18

• Drew Shankle Journalism Scholarship Fund established at MUW

September, 2008:

• Farrell interns at restaurant in Ireland

• `Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse' caters to young audience

• Employment expo set for Oct. 1 at MUW

• Master’s program prepares teachers for leadership roles

• Public administration certificate targets individuals in government

• Christine Todd Whitman to headline MUW’s Welty Gala

August, 2008:

• MUW Naming Committee members selected

• MUW ranked a top Southern public master’s university fifth year in a
  row

• MUW Women’s Center hosts Entrepreneurship Week Sept. 8-11

• MUW Senior Kalich receives culinary scholarship

• Crawford to speak Sunday at MUW's Plymouth Bluff Center

• MUW presents 'The Taffetas: A Musical Journey through the Fabulous Fifties'

• MUW Center for Creative Learning appropriated $300,000 for new
  initiative

• Whitehead’s story chosen for Best of the Web anthology

• Author Rick Bragg to lead MUW’s Common Reading Initiative discussion

• MUW’s graduate nursing program awarded grant

July, 2008:

• Ethics certificate program part of Life Long Learner Application at
  MUW

• MUW taps Gooden for assistant director of alumni relations

• Students and teachers exchange ideas at MUW summer camps

• ‘Refuse To Be A Victim’ program held at MUW

• MUW receives largest single gift ever at $3.26 million

June, 2008:

• MUW philosophy professor helps organizations solve their ethical
  problems

• MUW campus newspaper transitions from print to digital

• MUW police chief accepts position at Ole Miss

• Free workshops offered through the MUW Women’s Center for Entrepreneurship

• MUW part of nursing consortium

• MUW hosts various camps this summer

• Holcombe promoted to executive director of development at MUW

May, 2008:

• Bean receives Kossen Faculty Excellence Award at MUW

• MUW receives No Child Left Behind grant for summer math program

• MUW graduate nursing program has 100 percent pass rate on ANCC exam

• MUW to award three Medals of Excellence

• Local educators learn new strategies at meeting and exposition in Salt Lake City

• MUW graduates to continue their studies at Harvard and Johns Hopkins

• Dr. Delene Willis Lee Scholarship Fund to help non-traditional students

• Biddy named post secondary Educator of the Year at Link banquet

• MUW Senior Art Exhibition reception Friday

• MUW’s TVA Investment Club earns $3,000 in 2007

• WCBI-TV’s Aundrea Self to speak at MUW Mag Chain ceremony

• SACS president to address MUW graduates on May 10