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The W launches automatic admission to master’s program in speech-language pathology

Tuesday, August 05, 2025

Undergraduate students at Mississippi University for Women pursuing a degree in speech-language pathology will soon have a streamlined path to graduate school, with automatic admission to The W’s master’s program beginning fall 2025. The recently approved automatic admission program offered through The W’s speech-language pathology program will allow students who…

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Mortyakova receives Mississippi Arts Commission Fellowship

Friday, August 01, 2025

Julia Mortyakova, chair of the Department of Music at Mississippi University for Women, has been awarded a $5,000 Performing Arts Fellowship award from the Mississippi Arts Commission. Dr. Julia Mortyakova The fellowship is a portion of the more than $1.7 million in grants and fellowships MAC awarded in Fiscal Year…

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Driven by Purpose: W student balances motherhood and a dream career

Thursday, July 24, 2025

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…

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Caledonia educator earns master’s to better every student

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Local educator Katie Studdard teaches 110 students daily. Her passion to meet the needs of all learners led her to become a student again. Katie McDill Studdard This week, Studdard will begin her sixth year as an art teacher for Caledonia Middle School and 20th year overall as an educator,…

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