Join the W Department of Music as we celebrate senior music major, John Luke Lollar and his academic journey! This event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Julia Mortyakova, Professor and Department Chair for Music, and Dr. Valentin Bogdan, Professor of Music, will be performing selections on the piano. This is the first Honors Forum Series of the Spring 2026 semester.
Fant Memorial Library
1100 College St, Columbus, MS, United States
Join the W Department of Music for a musical afternoon as our talented music faculty and majors perform in Fant Memorial Library. You can take a study break, grab a book and a coffee at the library’s cafe, and enjoy some wonderful tunes with us!
Join the W Department of Music as we celebrate Black History Month – featuring performances by the W Ensembles, Students, and Faculty! This event is free and open to the public.
Do you know what the attorney general's office is responsible for? What about the mayor? Test your knowledge of local government in this interactive game developed by the Southern Poverty Law Center. This installment of the Spring 2026 Honors Forum series aims to get students and community members thinking about the government officials who impact […]
The W Department of Music is proud to showcase our voice students’ hard work – please join us for a wonderful evening of music featuring an array of different genres. This event is free and open to the public.
Sheryl Jefferies, independent scholar and oral historian, will speak about three contemporary southern women artists, including MUW alum and Columbus native Elayne Goodman. Sheryl is a contributing author for Beyond Discards: Junk Appropriation in Global Art and editor and producer of a podcast. This event is part of the Women's College Colloquium Speaker Series. The […]
The W Department of Music presents New Music at the W, a recital of modern and contemporary concert music in a mesmerizing fusion of genres. This event is free and open to the public.
Friendly City Books
118 N 5th Street, Columbus, United States
But what about men? The spring sessions of 1884 Fellow Lessa Harvey's Feminist Book Club begin with Caitlin Moran's examination of masculinity in What About Men? Join the book club for a conversation about the ways contemporary culture influences masculinity. 1884 Fellow Lessa Harvey started this book club as part of her Nancy Yates Community […]
Fant Memorial Library
1100 College St, Columbus, MS, United States
Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at The W, Julia Mortyakova will discuss how she founded the International Music by Women Festival. She will also perform songs by a female composer. This event is part of the Women's College Colloquium Speaker Series. The theme for the Spring 2026 colloquium series is “Women and […]
The tenth annual international Music by Women Festival will be held March 5-7, 2026 on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women. The festival will feature concerts of new and historic music written by women composers historically as well as in the present day. Concerts will be taking place each day at 10 A.M. […]
Dr. J. Janice Coleman is a quilter, storyteller, and professor of English at Alcorn State University. Her collection of works includes a quilt inspired by Toni Morrison's Beloved as well as one featuring a life-sized image of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer titled Is This America? Her works, including quilts, cotton sacks, pillowcases, pincushions, […]