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SUMMARY:Eudora Welty's Birthday
DESCRIPTION:The W celebrates the birthday of our most famous alumna\, Eudora Welty\, born this day in 1909.
URL:https://www.muw.edu/womenscenter/event/eudora-weltys-birthday/
LOCATION:The W Campus\, 1100 College St\, Columbus\, MS\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural Calendar,Special Events,Women's Mission
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SUMMARY:Women’s History Trivia Night
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Women’s History Month with a fun\, fast-paced Trivia Night hosted by the Women’s College in collaboration with Munson Brothers Trading Post! Test your knowledge of trailblazing women\, landmark movements\, pop culture icons\, and lesser-known stories that shaped history. Grab a delicious slice of Munson Bro. pizza while you’re at it!
URL:https://www.muw.edu/womenscenter/event/womens-history-trivia-night/
LOCATION:Munson Brothers Trading Post\, 301 S 2nd Ave\, Columbus\, MS\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Social,Special Events,Students,Women's History Month,Women's Mission
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260325T160000
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SUMMARY:1884 Fellow Lessa Harvey's Feminist Book Club: Session 2
DESCRIPTION:Octavia Butler’s dystopian Parable of the Sower is the feminist book club’s next spring read. Whether you are new to speculative fiction or a long-standing fan\, join this discussion of Butler’s prescient novel. 1884 Fellow Lessa Harvey began this book club as part of her Nancy Yates Community Engagement internship.
URL:https://www.muw.edu/womenscenter/event/1884-fellow-lessa-harveys-feminist-book-club-session-2/
LOCATION:Friendly City Books\, 501 5th St N\, Columbus\, MS\, United States
CATEGORIES:Campus Event,Community Events,Cultural Calendar,Reading,Special Events,Students,ThoughtfulLearning,Women's History Month,Women's Mission
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260324T180000
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SUMMARY:Women’s History Trivia Night
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Women’s History Month with a fun\, fast-paced Trivia Night hosted by the Women’s College in collaboration with Munson Brothers Trading Post! Test your knowledge of trailblazing women\, landmark movements\, pop culture icons\, and lesser-known stories that shaped history. Grab a delicious slice of Munson Bro. pizza while you’re at it!
URL:https://www.muw.edu/womenscenter/event/womens-history-trivia-night-2/
LOCATION:Munson Brothers Trading Post\, 301 S 2nd Ave\, Columbus\, MS\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Social,Special Events,Students,Women's History Month,Women's Mission
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SUMMARY:Three Years in the Life of Fannie Lou Hamer: An American Catalyst for Change
DESCRIPTION:Dr. J. Janice Coleman\, a quilter\, storyteller\, and professor of English at Alcorn State University\, will be speaking about and displaying her collection of quilts\, cotton sacks\, and pillows inspired by the life of Fannie Lou Hamer. One quilt she will be displaying features a life-sized image of Mrs. Hamer. To view some of Dr. Coleman’s works\, visit her online museum\, the Mississippi Delta Shotgun Sewn Arts Museum at https://mdssam.omeka.net. This event is part of the Women’s College Colloquium Speaker Series. The theme for the Spring 2026 colloquium series is “Women and the Arts” and honors the Women’s College’s inaugural study away trip to New York City with The W’s Art Department.
URL:https://www.muw.edu/womenscenter/event/women-and-the-arts-j-janice-coleman-quilter-and-storyteller/
LOCATION:Gail P. Gunter Room\, Fant Library
CATEGORIES:Arts,Campus Event,Community Events,Cultural Calendar,Special Events,Students,Women's History Month,Women's Mission
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SUMMARY:Special Performance by Julia Mortyakova
DESCRIPTION:Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at The W\, Julia Mortyakova will discuss how she founded the International Music by Women Festival. She will also perform songs by a female composer. This event is part of the Women’s College Colloquium Speaker Series. The theme for the Spring 2026 colloquium series is “Women and the Arts\,” which honors the Women’s College’s inaugural study away trip to New York City with The W’s Art Department.
URL:https://www.muw.edu/womenscenter/event/special-performance-by-julia-mortyakova/
LOCATION:Fant Memorial Library\, 1100 College St\, Columbus\, MS\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Campus Event,Community Events,Concert,Concerts,Cultural Calendar,Library,Library Event,Music,Special Events,Students,Women's History Month,Women's Mission
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SUMMARY:The Ice Age of Making Babies and (Pro)creating Meaning in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:Research presentation by Dr. Jill Drouillard\, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and MUW Humanities Faculty of the Year. Hosted by the Women’s College.
URL:https://www.muw.edu/womenscenter/event/the-ice-age-of-making-babies-and-procreating-meaning-in-the-21st-century/
LOCATION:Gail P. Gunter Room\, Fant Library
CATEGORIES:Campus Event,Cultural Calendar,Special Events,Women's History Month,Women's Mission
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SUMMARY:Martha Swain Speaker Series: Anastasia C. Curwood
DESCRIPTION:Come and hear Anastasia C. Curwood talk about the life and experiences of Shirley Chisholm\, whose 1972 bid for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party made history and paved the way for further women’s political activism.  Curwood is the author of the forthcoming biography\, Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics (2023) and the author of Stormy Weather: Middle-Class African American Marriages between the Two World Wars.
URL:https://www.muw.edu/womenscenter/event/martha-swain-speaker-series-anastasia-c-curwood/
LOCATION:Nissan Auditorium (Inside Parkinson Hall)
CATEGORIES:Cultural Calendar,Lecture,Special Events,Students,ThoughtfulLearning,Women's History Month
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SUMMARY:Homecoming 2023
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.muw.edu/womenscenter/event/homecoming-2023/
LOCATION:The W Campus\, 1100 College St\, Columbus\, MS\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Special Events,Women's History Month
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230320T160000
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Dr. Flonzie Brown Wright
DESCRIPTION:The W’s Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion Council welcomes Dr. Flonzie Brown Wright to campus for a celebration of DEI Award winners. During the Civil Rights Movement\, Wright helped register thousands of voters in Mississippi. She was the first African American female elected official in Mississippi post-Reconstruction and authored the best-selling autobiography Looking Back to Move Ahead\, which chronicles her journey growing up in a small Mississippi town through her work in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. She worked directly with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many other humanitarian activists\, both locally and nationally. Her experiences are documented in a 1997 film entitled Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders (which is being screened earlier this month\, on March 7). Dr. Wright will speak and a reception and book signing will follow at 5. Free and open to the public.\n4-6 p.m.
URL:https://www.muw.edu/womenscenter/event/a-conversation-with-dr-flonzie-brown-wright/
LOCATION:Kossen Auditorium (Inside Poindexter Hall)
CATEGORIES:Cultural Calendar,Lecture,Special Events,Students,Women's History Month
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230312T000000
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SUMMARY:Charter Day
DESCRIPTION:On this date in 1884\, the Mississippi state legislature passed the charter founding the Industrial Institute and College (II&C)\, the first publicly funded college for women in the United States. The school would go on to become The W.
URL:https://www.muw.edu/womenscenter/event/charter-day/
LOCATION:MS
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Women's History Month
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