Mississippi University for Women’s Plymouth Bluff Environmental Center is expanding accessibility and improving the visitor experience through facility and trail renovations made possible by recent local and state grant funding. “We are very thankful to MDOT and PACCAR for providing the funds to help improve our facility,” said Chandler Lester,…
Three family science faculty from the Department of Psychology and Family Science at Mississippi University for Women will give presentations at the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 17-22. Dr. Dorothy Berglund, Dr. Youn Mi Lee and Dr. Cecy Brooks will each participate in…
Mississippi University for Women is celebrating first generation students during First-Gen Week, Nov. 10-14. A first-gen student is a student whose parents or guardian did not complete a bachelor’s degree. “First-Generation students make up over half of The W’s student body, and the entire campus community is committed to helping…
Festival goers peruse the offerings from local artisans at the Under the Oaks art Festival on The W’s historic campus. Mississippi University for Women is partnering with the Columbus Arts Council for the third year in a row to bring the Under the Oaks art festival to campus. Set for…
The Leslie Farrell Threadgill Lecture and Artist Series returns to Mississippi University for Women’s campus, with a performance by the MUW Threadgill Series Orchestra, Saturday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Kossen Auditorium in Poindexter Hall. “Over the years the Threadgill Series has provided us with a variety of performances,”…
Located in historic Columbus, Mississippi, The W was founded in 1884 as the first state-supported college for women in the United States. Today, the university is home to 2,371 students in more than 70 majors and concentrations and has educated men for 40 years. The university is nationally recognized for low student debt, community and social mobility which empowers students to BE BOLD.
Be Bold.
