Six Mississippi University for Women voice students advanced to the semifinals and three won prizes in the finals at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Southern Regional Conference and Student Auditions Nov. 8-11. Aaron Rishel, Dr. Susan Hurley, Moira Cairns, Ricky Dubuisson II The preliminary and semifinal student competition…
Arts & Sciences
The faculty of Mississippi University for Women’s Family Sciences program, which is part of the Department of Psychology and Family Studies, presented their research at the National Council on Family Relations’ (NCFR) Conference in Orlando, Wednesday, Nov. 8. Dr. Dorothy Berglund and Dr. Cecilia Brooks The faculty consists of Dr.
Dr. Reyna Vergara understands the power of language. Erinn Holloway, Edgar Serrano and Dr. Reyna Vergara Now Vergara, an assistant professor of Spanish at Mississippi University for Women, wants to pair that power with advocacy to help foreign language students and teachers in the state of Mississippi. Vergara set that…
On Thursday, Oct. 26. Mississippi University for Women’s Forum Series hosted by the Gordy Honors College welcomes Margaret Renkl, author and contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, where her essays appear each Monday. Renkl will discuss her new book, “The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year,” which offers…
Katy Simpson Smith Novelist Katy Simpson Smith returns as the keynote author at the 35th annual Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium, Oct. 19-21 with her fourth novel, “The Weeds,” a meditation on the lives of two women from two centuries as they catalogue the flora of the Roman Colosseum. A Jackson…
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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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