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Paying it Forward

Instead of thinking about the days to follow after graduation Saturday, Aug. 2, Savannah Tubbs was thinking about the one way she could improve the lives of other students before she left campus.

Since 2010, Mississippi University for Women has been recognized on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll on three occasions. Community service at The W provides an opportunity for students to develop into leaders, not just leaders in our community, but leaders across the region and the United States.

Clock Tower: En Plein Air

Ask Mississippi artist Wyatt Waters how he paints, and his likely answer will be "the hard way." He doesn't paint from photographs. He doesn't believe in using rulers for architectural subjects. He paints using a wooden easel of his own design and construction. And he paints in the moment.

Getting to the Core

Common Core is coming to a school near you this fall, and teachers, students and parents are entering new territory.

A Love for Learning

While Thomas Richardson has just completed his fourth year of teaching, he still sees himself as the student.

Endowment to Help Students, Permanent Collection

Mississippi University for Women's art gallery has always had a special place in Larry Feeney's heart; the retired art professor is hoping that it will have the same effect on others thanks to an endowment established in his honor.

Diane Legan Howard Art History Lecture Series

Diane Legan Howard's passion for the arts can now be enjoyed by many others thanks to a lecture series established in her honor.

Mock Trial Team Fosters Teamwork

Mississippi University for Women is now a member institution of the American Mock Trial Association, along with more than 350 other universities and colleges in the United States.

All The World is a Class: New Paths for Working Students

Haley Harris has a full-time job at a community college in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. She holds an undergraduate degree in business from Th e W, and she wants to earn her master's. A new online degree program launched by The W last summer offered her the chance to reach her goal.