Seven Mississippi University for Women voice majors advanced to the semifinal round and three advanced to the finals at the Southern Regional Student Auditions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Jerry Brown, Moira Cairns, Shakia Butler, Tiffani Jernigan, Ri’Carrdo Byrd, Aaron Rishel, Ricky Dubuisson “Our W singers invested…
Arts & Sciences
A variety of music ensembles will fill the Connie Sills Kossen Auditorium in Poindexter Hall at Mississippi University for Women Tuesday, Nov. 8 and Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. On Nov. 8, The W’s Jazz Ensemble will present its fall performance filled with jazz and rock classics, such as…
Sarah Grace Evans knows the value of real-world experience. Karina Garcia and Sarah Grace Evans The importance of that experience is magnified when you can speak a second language and assist people in their native tongues. Evans was one of three students who gained that experience in the spring 2022…
Mississippi Delta novelist Steve Yarbrough returns as the keynote author for the 34th annual Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium, Oct. 27-29 in Mississippi University for Women’s Poindexter Hall. Steve Yarbrough Yarbrough has received many awards for his fiction, including the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Fiction, the Richard…
Mississippi University for Women graduate Bailey Howell recently had her honors project published in the journal “Integrative Organismal Biology.” Bailey Howell The article, titled “Geometric Morphometrics Reveal Shape Differences in the Toes of Urban Lizards,” was published in August and co-authored with Kristin M. Winchell and Dr. Travis Hagey, an…
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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 2,193 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.
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