Jeff Henderson, award-winning chef, New York Times bestselling author and television personality, will be the featured speaker for Mississippi University for Women’s 2025 Welty Gala at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at the Trotter Convention Center in downtown Columbus. Chef Jeff Henderson “It’s a privilege to host Chef Jeff Henderson…
Mississippi University for Women will celebrate summer graduates during the annual commencement ceremony Friday, July 25 at 11 a.m. in Rent Auditorium, Whitfield Hall, on The W’s campus. The ceremony will feature students graduating from the Vandergriff College of Nursing and Health Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, College of…
Mississippi University for Women will launch a Master of Science in Culinary and Hospitality Education in fall 2025, making it one of the few such programs in the nation and the only one in Mississippi. Mississippi University for Women’s 40,000-square-foot Culinary Arts Institute is the largest purpose-built facility for culinary…
Mississippi University for Women is continuing its partnership with the Columbus community for the annual Community Read Program, which recently kicked off its newest installment. This year, the Community Read Committee has selected “The Barn” by Wright Thompson. “Each selection is an attempt to connect themes within our community and…
Since his time at Sale Elementary School in Columbus, Aven Norwood has known about Mississippi University for Women. Aven Norwood “We would have these events called enrichment camps,” he said. “That was where, for a week, if you scored high enough on your state test, you could come over to…
