Five graduating seniors from Mississippi University for Women will mark the completion of their undergraduate art programs with their capstone thesis exhibition, which will be on display at the Mississippi University for Women Galleries from Nov. 2 through Dec. 2. A reception will be held Nov.3 from 5:30-7p.m. The artists…
Arts & Sciences
The Mississippi University for Women Galleries will hold painting sessions this week for non-art and art majors as part of its outreach efforts. At 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, a collaboration between the Columbus Arts Council (CAC) and The W will provide non-art majors an opportunity to paint an Ody…
Mississippi University for Women Department of Music presents a duo piano recital,“The Art of Duo Pianism,” with faculty Julia Mortyakova and Valentin M. Bogdan. The concert will take place Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 7:30 pm, in Poindexter Hall, Kossen Auditorium. “We hope that both The W and the Columbus…
Sonya Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day returns to the Mississippi University for Women campus on Monday, Oct. 3, in Nissan Auditorium in Parkinson Hall. The event, which was started more than 20 years ago by Jane Wenstrom and supported in part by a grant from the Association of Women in…
Maggie Ellis needed a broader historical context. Maggie Ellis Working to complete a bachelor’s degree in History, Ellis opted to take Dr. Erin Kempker’s Women in American History class because they felt it would help the research they were doing for their capstone project that was focused on 19th-century women’s…
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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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