With any large undertaking, there is always a “why.” For Bernesha Mclemore, graduate nursing student at Mississippi University for Women, her reason for everything is her autistic son. “The reason that I want to step away from bedside nursing and go the nurse practitioner route is to be more present…
Mississippi University for Women received three separate nominations in The Commercial Dispatch’s “Best of the Triangle” for 2025. Dr. Brandy Larmon and Dr. Hope Durst The “Best of the Triangle” is a yearly competition where the public decides who is the best at what they do by voting. The contest…
Mississippi University for Women’s Department of Speech-Language Pathology has been recognized for its outstanding contributions to the State of Mississippi, being named the top program in the state by SpeechPathology.org. “It is an honor to be recognized as the best SLP degree program in Mississippi,” said Dr. Catherine Cotton, interim…
Graduating seniors Khayla Gray (communication), of Columbus, and Jarius Ware (associate of science in nursing), of Pontotoc, have been named Miss and Mr. MUW for the 2024-25 academic year. Jarius Ware and Khayla Gray The awards are part of the graduating class’s Hall of Fame, and winners are elected by…
When the COVID-19 Pandemic hit in 2020, Cloe Duvall was working as a nurse aide. It was then she knew what she wanted to do with her life: become a nurse. Cloe Duvall Already a student at another university in Mississippi, she had heard about Mississippi University for Women’s prestigious…
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.
