Katy Simpson Smith Novelist Katy Simpson Smith returns as the keynote author at the 35th annual Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium, Oct. 19-21 with her fourth novel, “The Weeds,” a meditation on the lives of two women from two centuries as they catalogue the flora of the Roman Colosseum. A Jackson…
African American undergraduate students Diane Hardy, Barbara Turner and Laverne Greene, and graduate students Jacqueline Edwards, Mary Flowers and Eula Houser, stepped foot on the campus of Mississippi University for Women in 1966, facing all manner of ridicule to open the door for future generations of African American students. The…
Mississippi University for Women’s newly-formed ethics bowl team is preparing to compete in the Mississippi Ethics Bowl Challenge, beginning Wednesday, Oct. 18. Jill Drouillard “Ethan Davis, the assistant director for the Center for Practical Ethics at the University of Mississippi reached out to me regarding the Mississippi Ethics Bowl Challenge…
Mississippi University for Women’s Music Therapy Clinic was founded in 2020, right on the cusp of the COVID-19 pandemic, which halted any plans for offering programs to the general public. However, with things seeming more akin to “normal” now, the clinic is looking to kick off its planned music program…
Over the summer, news broke that Mississippi University for Women had suffered a tragic loss. Music professor, Dr. Joe L. Alexander, had suddenly passed away. Dr. Joe L. Alexander “There is so much that can be said about Dr. Alexander. He was a wonderful colleague, a consummate musician and a…
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.
