Mississippi University for Women’s Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) and Kossen Center for Teaching & Learning (KCTL) will host the 2025 Faculty Undergraduate Research Mentor (FURM) Institute at the Fant Memorial Library, May 13–16. In its second year, the FURM Institute is an innovative faculty development program that empowers instructors…
Mississippi University for Women has awarded Dr. Jiben Roy the title of professor emeritus of chemistry. With a career in higher education spanning 50 years, Roy is recognized for his contributions to the field of chemistry both at The W and beyond. Dr. Jiben Roy and Dr. Scott Tollison “Dr.
Children with a passion for science and nature can look forward to an exciting opportunity this summer at the Plymouth Bluff Environmental Center, where Mississippi University for Women’s Department of Sciences and Mathematics will host a free, four-day Science Camp, July 14–17, from 8 a.m. to noon each day. Michael…
Karol Lagodzki, an alumnus of Mississippi University for Women, is one of five finalists for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel for his work, “Controlled Conversations.” Karol Lagodzki The PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel honors a debut novel of exceptional merit by an American author who has not previously published…
Ethan Wilkins, of Vernon, Alabama, a junior biology major at Mississippi University for Women, will spend his summer with a lab coat thanks to a $6,500 scholarship from the Mississippi IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE). Ethan Wilkins and Dr. Ghanshyam Heda work in Heda’s lab. Wilkins will work…
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.
