The Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning recently approved two new degree programs at Mississippi University for Women which are aimed at transfer students and public safety administrators. “These programs are unique to the state and to MUW as we now have a complete workforce development package that works with the majority of students transferring from junior colleges and community colleges,” said Dr. William “Bill” Mayfield, dean of the School of Professional Studies. “Further, with the public safety degree, we are serving a very unique niche that takes them above and beyond the typical criminal justice degree.”Read the full story.

Chuck D, leader and co-founder of the legendary rap group Public Enemy, will be the guest speaker for the Gordy Honors Forum Series at Mississippi University for Women on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 6 p.m. in Nissan Auditorium, Parkinson Hall. A political activist, publisher, radio host and producer, Chuck D is the author of two critically-acclaimed books and was named one of the 100 most influential black Americans by Ebony magazine.” Read the full story.

The Department of Health and Kinesiology at Mississippi University for Women will host its annual community health fair on Wednesday, Feb. 24. This event will be held in the Emma Ody Pohl Building from 9 a.m. to noon. More than 30 wellness and health promotion industry representatives from all over North Mississippi will be present to distribute information on cancer prevention, nutrition, fitness and much more. Read the full story.

Mississippi University for Women has been awarded a 2009–10 Campus Action Project (CAP) grant from AAUW for STEM Intervention, which will break through the barriers to entering and staying in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields faced by women and girls. Select fifth grade classrooms in the Starkville Public School District will have three visits by working scientists and mathematicians, teaching a lesson out of the Mississippi science curriculum and answering questions about working in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematical career field. Read the full story

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