Four faculty members in Mississippi University for Women’s Department of Sciences and Mathematics have received Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Awards to conduct research with undergraduates this summer. Dr. Benjamin Onyeagucha and Ogbonna Osondu work in the lab. Dr. Davida Crossley, associate professor of microbiology; Dr. Michael Dodson,…
Mississippi University for Women has named Dr. Kim Whitehead as interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. She will assume the position July 1, pending approval by the Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning. Whitehead will succeed Dr. Scott Tollison who will serve…
The newly certified Dr. Kenneth “Kent” Hawkins never planned to return to school. After earning his associate degree in 2009, bachelor’s degree in 2013 and master’s degree in 2017, Hawkins felt satisfied. It became a running joke of sorts between Hawkins and his friend, Dr. Shonda Phelon, chair…
The annual, free summer science camp, hosted by Mississippi University for Women’s Department of Sciences and Mathematics, will return for another year, July 13-16 in Parkinson Hall on The W’s campus. Dr. Michael Dodson speaks with a group of campers during a previous science camp. “The Department is…
Growing up in a small town just outside of Tuscaloosa, Sara Grace Ramey knew one thing, she did not want to attend college at a South Eastern Conference (SEC) school. Sara Grace Ramey “On the contrary, I wanted a smaller school where, when I went into the classroom,…
