Mississippi University for Women’s Vandergriff College of Nursing and Health Sciences continues to rank among the top programs in the nation and lead the state in nursing education. Niche.com recently recognized The W among the top-10 public universities and colleges and No. 29 in its 2026 Best Colleges for Nursing…
Open Enrollment is here, and the Office of Human Resources at Mississippi University for Women is ready to assist W employees with their health insurance needs. The 2025 Open Enrollment period runs from Oct. 1-31. Open Enrollment is a set, yearly period where individuals can sign up for, make needed…
Lynn P. McConnell, speech-language pathologist at Mississippi University for Women, has earned the Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) certification by the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). Lynn McConnell “From the beginning of my career in augmentative communication, earning the ATP certification from RESNA has been a…
Ashley M. Jones will return to Mississippi University for Women to keynote the 37th annual Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium, set for Oct. 23–25, 2025. Jones will present her new poetry collection, “Lullaby for the Grieving.” Ashley M. Jones “At the Welty Symposium, literature comes alive as invited authors take to…
The Women’s College at Mississippi University for Women will welcome Kimberly Griffin, a W alum and founding publisher of the Mississippi Free Press, to campus for a “Fireside Chat” as part of the Women’s College Colloquium Speaker Series, Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. in the Gail P. Gunter Room…
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.
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