Edgar Serrano knows the power of networking. Erinn Holloway, Dr. Reyna Vergara and Edgar Serrano For more than 13 years, Serrano worked to help build a furniture company in Tupelo into a multi-million dollar operation that did business throughout the world. Serrano is building similar networks in his current role…
Kudzai Munyavi isn’t content to follow the beaten path. Author Anastasia C. Curwood, left, and Kudzai Munvayi at the Martha Swain Lecture Series in March on The W campus. Chisholm wrote the book “Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics.” Munyavi served as moderator. If she was, Munyavi would…
Leadership comes naturally to Dr. Dorothy Kerzel. And while her titles have changed throughout the years, Kerzel has remained committed to her guiding principle: to do what is right for the students, her department and the Mississippi University for Women. After 26 years of service at The W, Kerzel earned…
Mississippi University for Women Music Therapy professor Carmen Osburn and Music Therapy assistant professor Dr. Jon Fessenden recently were appointed to national positions. Osburn, who is in her 17th year at The W, has been appointed co-chair of the American Music Therapy Association’s Academic Program Approval Committee. Fessenden has been…
Several professors in Mississippi University for Women’s Department of Sciences and Mathematics have been awarded a NASA Inspires Futures for Tomorrow’s Youth (NIFTY) grant to hold The W Science Camp from 8 a.m. to noon July 10-14 at Plymouth Bluff Environmental Center. The camp will be for local 9- to…
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 2,193 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. Tower with Blue.
