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Gallery Talk: Día de los Muertos
Ralph Hudson Gallery 1162 5th Ave N, Columbus, MS, United StatesProfessor Erinn Holloway will give a gallery talk about the Día de los Muertos tradition on Thursday, November 3 at 12:30pm.
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Social Justice Speaker Series – Dr. Ebony O. Lumumba
Gail P. Gunter Multi-Purpose RoomYou are invited to the first Social Justice Speaker Series event of 2023. Join Dr. Ebony O. Lumumba, founder of Mothers Obtaining Justice and Opportunities (MOJO). The 2023 Social Justice Speaker Series is sponsored by Fant Memorial Library, The Office of Academic Affairs, The Office of Housing & Residence Life, the Office of Student Life, […]
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Humanities Teacher Lecture: “The Games We Play and What They Say About Us”
Gail P. Gunter Room, Fant LibraryDr. Nora Corrigan presents "The Games We Play and What They Say About Us: Gaming from the Ancient World through the Renaissance.” January 30, 5-6pm, Gail Gunter Room, Fant Library
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Music by Women Festival 2023
Poindexter Music Hall 305 Ginkgo Lane, Columbus, MS, United StatesJoin the W Department of Music as we host our 7th annual Music by Women Festival! Alongside lectures, we have 6 concerts a day you can attend during the duration of the festival. 9 am | 11 am | 1 pm | 3 pm | 5 pm | 8 pm For the full schedule, please […]
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Honors Forum Series: Screening and Discussion of Joyce Chopra’s Lady Director
Nissan Auditorium (Inside Parkinson Hall)Join the Ina E. Gordy Honors College for a film screening and discussion of women in the film industry. Library Journal says, "Award-winning film director Chopra's memoir pulls no punches. . . She candidly describes navigating sexism and abuse in the film industry; her start as a documentarian; her groundbreaking autobiographical short Joyce at 34; […]
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Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders Film Screening & Discussion
Tiered Classroom Fant Memorial LibraryJoin Fant Memorial Library for popcorn, a movie, and discussion as we celebrate black women’s activism in the Mississippi Civil Rights movement! Winner of Best Documentary at the Pan African Film Festival, this documentary explores the crucial grassroots activism of Black women whose names you may know (like Fannie Lou Hamer) and those you probably […]
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Social Justice Speaker Series – Sadé Meeks
Nissan Auditorium (Inside Parkinson Hall)You are invited to the first Social Justice Speaker Series event of 2023. Join Sadé Meeks, founder of Growing Resilience in the South (GRITS). Sadé is a 2015 graduate of The W. The 2023 Social Justice Speaker Series is sponsored by Fant Memorial Library, The Office of Academic Affairs, The Office of Housing & Residence […]
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A Conversation with Dr. Flonzie Brown Wright
Kossen Auditorium (Inside Poindexter Hall)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 […]
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Social Justice Speaker Series – Dr. Tim Lampkin
Gail P. Gunter Multi-Purpose RoomYou are invited to the first Social Justice Speaker Series event of 2023. Join Dr. Tim Lampkin, founder and CEO of Higher Purpose Co. The 2023 Social Justice Speaker Series is sponsored by Fant Memorial Library, The Office of Academic Affairs, The Office of Housing & Residence Life, the Office of Student Life, the Culinary […]
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Martha Swain Speaker Series: Anastasia C. Curwood
Nissan Auditorium (Inside Parkinson Hall)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 […]
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Honors Forum: Nell Peel Wolfe Lecture Series
Nissan Auditorium (Inside Parkinson Hall)Nell Peel Wolfe Lecture Rose Hackman Journalist and Author of Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power Hackman is a British journalist based in Detroit whose work on gender, race, labor, policing, housing, and the environment in The Guardian has brought international attention to overlooked American injustices and policy issues. In Emotional […]
Dr. Dr. Jon Ignacio Moreno, “A crucial step in functional genomics – phenotype complementation.”
Parkinson Hall 1102 4th Avenue South, Columbus, MS, United StatesDr. Jon Ignacio Moreno from the Department of Biological Sciences, Alcorn State University, will be giving a presentation in 117 Parkinson Hall on Wed 11 Oct. He will talk about his research into the functioning of mitochondria, the energy-generating organelles of the cell. The talk is titled, ““A crucial step in functional genomics – phenotype […]