The evolution of Ellen Ann Fentress’ work continues. A project that originally started as essays about segregation academies in the state of Mississippi has changed names to include stories from public schools. The revamped website, which is called “The Admissions Project: Race and the Possible for Southern Schools,” has been…
Kristi DiClemente enjoys planning, organizing and staying busy. Kristi DiClemente DiClemente intends to put those skills to good use in her new role as chair of Mississippi University for Women’s Department of History, Political Science, & Geography (HPG). “I’m really excited about the opportunity to continue the work of my…
COLUMBUS, Miss.– The struggles weren’t real to Jazmin Roman. Jazmin Roman As one of the top students in her class at Forest High School, Roman didn’t grasp how much some of her English Learner (EL) classmates struggled to complete their work. It wasn’t until Roman participated in the Spanish Service-Learning…
Dr. Susan Hurley, associate professor of voice at Mississippi University for Women, presented a lecture recital at the International Congress of Voice Teachers earlier this month in Vienna, Austria. Dr. Susan Hurley Hurley, the founding artistic director of an annual ”AIDS Quilt Songbook”benefit concert in Phoenix, Arizona, presented a lecture…
Music always was a passion Payton Tanner shared with her father. Payton Tanner Rusty Tanner taught Payton to appreciate older country music, 1970s rock n’ roll and other genres of music. Their musical bond carried over to church, where they would sing old hymns together and harmonize. Payton’s bond with…
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.
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