Leadership comes naturally to Dr. Dorothy Kerzel. And while her titles have changed throughout the years, Kerzel has remained committed to her guiding principle: to do what is right for the students, her department and the Mississippi University for Women. After 26 years of service at The W, Kerzel earned…
Mississippi University for Women Music Therapy professor Carmen Osburn and Music Therapy assistant professor Dr. Jon Fessenden recently were appointed to national positions. Osburn, who is in her 17th year at The W, has been appointed co-chair of the American Music Therapy Association’s Academic Program Approval Committee. Fessenden has been…
Several professors in Mississippi University for Women’s Department of Sciences and Mathematics have been awarded a NASA Inspires Futures for Tomorrow’s Youth (NIFTY) grant to hold The W Science Camp from 8 a.m. to noon July 10-14 at Plymouth Bluff Environmental Center. The camp will be for local 9- to…
Four students have been selected to participate in the 2023 W Summer Scholars program, an initiative run by Mississippi University for Women’s Office of Undergraduate Research. They are Hailey McCool, Hailey Reel, Rie Trask and Alyssa Vernon. The Summer Scholars program, in its fifth year, is a chance for students…
Aly Vernon has an enhanced appreciation for the planning and preparation that go into a big collaboration. In 1909, President William Howard Taft visited campus. The research Vernon and Mississippi University for Women professor Dr. Erin Kempker conducted into President William Howard Taft’s visit to Columbus and the Industrial Institute…
Located in historic Columbus, Mississippi, The W was founded in 1884 as the first state-supported college for women in the United States. Today, the university is home to 2,227 students in more than 70 majors and concentrations and has educated men for 40 years. The university is nationally recognized for low student debt, diversity and social mobility which empowers students to BE BOLD.
Be Bold. Tower with Blue.
