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Featured Featured Event Series Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium

Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium

The W Campus 1100 College Street, Columbus, United States +1 more

The Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium is held each October in honor of The W's most famous alumna. A diverse group of Southern writers and scholars are invited to present their work. A highlight of the symposium is the announcement of the Eudora Welty Prize for an unpublished book of scholarship. All Symposium events will be […]

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Featured Featured Event Series Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium

Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium

The W Campus 1100 College Street, Columbus, United States +1 more

The Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium is held each October in honor of The W's most famous alumna. A diverse group of Southern writers and scholars are invited to present their work. A highlight of the symposium is the announcement of the Eudora Welty Prize for an unpublished book of scholarship. All Symposium events will be […]

Free
Featured Featured Event Series Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium

Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium

The W Campus 1100 College Street, Columbus, United States +1 more

The Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium is held each October in honor of The W's most famous alumna. A diverse group of Southern writers and scholars are invited to present their work. A highlight of the symposium is the announcement of the Eudora Welty Prize for an unpublished book of scholarship. All Symposium events will be […]

Free
Featured Featured Event Series LGBTQ+ History Month

LGBTQ+ Movie Night: Coming of Age in Cherry Grove

John C. Fant Memorial Library 1200 5th Avenue South, Columbus, MS, United States

In celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month, Fant Memorial Library is hosting a screening of the documentary Coming of Age in Cherry Grove. About the film: Founded in 1869, Cherry Grove (Fire Island, NY) is considered by most to be the first openly LGBTQ community in the United States. It has become known as one of […]

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December Commencement

Rent Auditorium (Inside Whitfield Hall) 1100 College Street, Columbus, MS, United States

Mississippi University for Women will celebrate December graduates with Commencement ceremonies Friday, December in Rent Auditorium, Whitfield Hall, on The W’s campus.

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Swain Speaker’s Series Lecture

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 […]

Charter Day

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.

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Homecoming 2024

The W Campus 1100 College Street, Columbus, United States

Underneath the Lintel

Kris Lee, associate professor of literature and philosophy, will be in a revival performance of the one-act play "Underneath the Lintel," onstage at the Playhouse in Starkville hosted by the Starkville Community Theatre. Having won awards at state, regional and national competitions in 2023, the show has been invited to headline the Fort Worth Fringe […]