Mississippi University for Women senior Leah “Kendry” Crabtree will be trading the Friendly City for the Windy City following graduation as she joins the prestigious Prosthetics and Orthotics master’s program at Northwestern University in Chicago. The program only admits 48 students a year, and it boasts a rigorous set of…

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Mississippi University for Women announced Dr. April Greenway as Faculty Member of the Year during the 2024 spring commencement ceremonies. Dr. Scott Tollison, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs; Heather Fasciocco Stone, MUWAA president; Megan Holbrook, president of the Honors Student Council; and Dr. April Greenway “Dr. Greenway’s…

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It was a normal Monday for Teddy Burton, a senior in Mississippi University for Women’s Vandergriff College of Nursing and Health Sciences. He was going about his day as usual, when a “Code Blue” rang out throughout the halls. It signified a patient going into cardiac arrest. See, Burton was…

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About The W

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.