• 2024 Music by Women Festival

    Kossen Auditorium (Inside Poindexter Hall)

    The Mississippi University for Women’s eighth annual Music by Women Festival will be held in the historic Poindexter Hall on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women. The festival will include papers, presentations, lecture recitals, and performances all relating to the subject of music composed, taught and performed by women. The festival will feature […]

  • Nissan Auditorium, Parkinson Hall

    The 2024 Martha Swain Speaker’s Series Lecture will be held at 6 pm on Thursday, March 7 in Parkinson Hall’s Nissan Auditorium. This year, we will welcome Dr. Cassie Turnipseed to campus for a lively and engaging discussion of the life and legacy of Mississippi’s fearless daughter, Ida B. Wells-Barnett. The event is free and […]

  • Commencement

    Rent Auditorium

    College of Arts & Sciences Bill & Jo-Ann Vandergriff College of Nursing & Health Sciences (Associate of Nursing, Bachelor of Nursing, Doctorate of Nursing) Ceremony begins at 1 p.m. Doors open at noon.   Bill & Jo-Ann Vandergriff College of Nursing & Health Sciences (Kinesiology, Public Health, Speech-Language Pathology) College of Business & Professional Studies […]

  • 2025 Music by Women Festival

    Kossen Auditorium (Inside Poindexter Hall)

    The Mississippi University for Women’s ninth annual Music by Women Festival will be held in the historic Poindexter Hall on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women. The festival will include papers, presentations, lecture recitals, and performances all relating to the subject of music composed, taught and performed by women. The festival will feature […]

  • Feminist Book Club Session #1

    Friendly City Books 1500 N 5th St, Columbus, MS, United States

    At the club’s first session, members will discuss Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me. Lessa Harvey, an 1884 Fellow in the Women’s College, created this feminist book club after working at Friendly City Books as a Nancy Yates Community Engagement Fellow in the summer of 2025.

  • Feminist Book Club Session #2

    Friendly City Books 1500 N 5th St, Columbus, MS, United States

    At the club’s second session, members will discuss The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick. Lessa Harvey, an 1884 Fellow in the Women’s College, created this feminist book club after working at Friendly City Books as a Nancy Yates Community Engagement Fellow in the summer of 2025.

  • Feminist Book Club Session #3

    Friendly City Books 1500 N 5th St, Columbus, MS, United States

    At the club’s last fall session, members will discuss Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay. Lessa Harvey, an 1884 Fellow in the Women’s College, created this feminist book club after working at Friendly City Books as a Nancy Yates Community Engagement Fellow in the summer of 2025.