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Hats off to a great first week!
2026-08-21 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | The Nest
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Owlfest
2026-08-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Bryan Green Gazebo
Petting zoo, horse rides, dunking booth, bungee trampoline, & more!

RSO Training Day!
2026-08-22 08:30 - 13:00 | Cochran Hall, 1205 3rd Avenue South, Columbus, MS, 39701, United States

Mud Volleyball Tournament
2026-08-22 15:00 - 17:00 | Mud Volleyball Court

Glow Party
2026-08-22 20:00 - 22:00 | The W Room

Luau & Dive In Movie
2026-08-23 18:00 - 21:00 | Stark Recreation

Welcome to Whitfield
2026-08-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Whitfield Hall, 1100 College Street, Columbus, MS, 39701, United States

Mamba Day Basketball Tournament
2026-08-24 17:30 - 20:00 | Stark Recreation

Involvement Fair
2026-08-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Pohl Gym

Film Screening: "Conquer by a Drawn Game"
2026-08-31 18:00 - 20:00 | Nissan Auditorium (Inside Parkinson Hall)
Mississippi University for Women presents “Conquer by a Drawn Game,” the fourth episode from the new Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution.
This episode covers the period from January 1777 to February 1778. As America braces for a third year of devastating war, British commanders launch campaigns to take Albany and Philadelphia. General Howe beats General Washington at Brandywine and Germantown, while the Continental Congress flees Philadelphia. But the Americans’ surprising victory over General Burgoyne at Saratoga opens the door for France to officially support the United States.
​The entire documentary is 6 episodes total with each episode running approximately 2 hours in length. The W will show all episodes throughout 2026.
​​Admission is free and open to the public.​
​For more information, call the MUW Department of History, Political Science, and Geography at (662) 329-7390.

Public Talk: "Making It Personal: Reading the Correspondence Between Lydia Maria Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason, of Virginia"
2026-09-28 08:00 - 17:00 | The W Campus, 1100 College Street, Columbus, 39701, United States
Dr. Bonnie O’Neill will present “Making It Personal: Reading the Correspondence Between Lydia Marie Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason, of Virginia” in September 28, 2026, at the downtown branch of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System.​​
​In the weeks following John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, newspapers published a clutch of letters between the well-known abolitionist Lydia Maria Child, Virginia Governor Henry Wise, and Margaretta Mason, the wife of a Virginia Senator. Widely reprinted in both northern and southern papers, the letters revisited familiar arguments on both sides of the slavery debate. More than that, they addressed the perennial question of how Americans ought to discuss controversial political issues—and who gets to participate in those discussions. These letters reveal the intensely personal nature of public life in a time of national crisis and the incivility that presaged armed conflict.
Dr. Bonnie O’Neill is professor of English at Mississippi State University. She is the author of “Literary Celebrity and Public Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States” (Georgia, 2017), which explores how an expanding celebrity culture affected authorship and civic discourse.​​
This program is sponsored by a Mississippi Humanities Council America250 Grant.
For more information, call the CLPLS at 662-329-5300.

Film Screening & Costume Contest: "The Soul of All America"
2026-10-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Nissan Auditorium (Inside Parkinson Hall)
Mississippi University for Women presents “The Soul of All America,” the fifth episode from the new Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution, but this time, we’re dressing up for Halloween! Come in your most authentic Revolutionary garb; the best-dressed patriot will win a prize!
The fifth episode covers the period from December 1777 through May 1780. George Washington and the Continental Army spend the winter at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Conditions are horrible. Many soldiers are sick, clothing is scarce, and men go for days with barely any food. People die, and as morale plummets, other men simply go home. There is talk of mutiny. Slowly, Washington turns things around, but the French-American alliance changes the war and moves it to other theaters: the sea, in Indian Country, and in the South. Navies battle off England and in the Caribbean, while armies advance in Indian Country and the South; the British take Charleston. Learn more about the episode, the key players, and critical documents at PBS.
​The entire documentary is 6 episodes total with each episode running approximately 2 hours in length. The W is showing all episodes throughout 2026.
​Admission is free and open to the public.​
​For more information, call the MUW Department of History, Political Science, and Geography at (662) 329-7390.

Under The Oaks
2026-10-31 10:00 - 15:00 | The W Campus, 1100 College Street, Columbus, 39701, United States

Film Screening: "The Most Sacred Thing"
2026-12-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Nissan Auditorium (Inside Parkinson Hall)
Mississippi University for Women presents “The Soul of All America,” the sixth and final episode from the new Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution, but this time, we’re dressing up for Halloween! Come in your most authentic Revolutionary garb; the best-dressed patriot will win a prize!
The final episode covers the period from May 1780 through the drafting of the Constitution in the summer of 1787 and George Washington’s selection as the first president of the United States of America. Learn more about the episode, the key players, and critical documents at PBS.
​The entire documentary is 6 episodes total with each episode running approximately 2 hours in length.
​Admission is free and open to the public.​
​For more information, call the MUW Department of History, Political Science, and Geography at (662) 329-7390.
