The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, the state’s only public residential high school for academically gifted students, will be highlighted at Town & Tower’s Thursday, June 27 meeting on the campus of Mississippi University for Women. Program speakers will include Ginger Tedder, who was recently named executive director of…
Mississippi University for Women is once again partnering with the community for the annual Community Read Program, which kicked off in May. This year, the Community Read Committee has selected “First Gen: A Memoir” by Alejandra Campoverdi. “The Community Read Committee saw so many opportunities for programming that would be…
Brian Merkel is returning to the Mississippi University for Women Athletics Department as its assistant athletics director. Merkel, who started the Owls’ men’s basketball program in 2018 and served as its head coach until 2021, began his new duties at The W on June 3, 2024, after spending the past…
Mississippi University for Women kicked off its 43rd annual Mississippi Governor’s School Sunday, and it will run through Saturday, June 15. This year’s program has brought 60 high school scholars from across the state for the two-week, tuition free residential learning experience. “We have 60 of the state’s brightest and…
The Center for Women’s Research & Public Policy (CWRPP) at Mississippi University for Women welcomed a new class of leaders to the NEW Leadership® Mississippi program this week. Each summer the program brings together college students from across the political spectrum and from a wide range of racial, ethnic, educational,…
