Mississippi University for Women, the first state-supported college for women in the United States, will celebrate Women’s History Month throughout March. “It’s important to recognize the contributions, histories and legacies of women trailblazers every day, but especially during Women’s History Month. Women have made so many outstanding contributions to society…
Women’s Mission
The seventh annual international Music by Women Festival will be held on the campus of Mississippi University for Women March 2-4. The festival will feature concerts of new and historic music written by women composers as well as academic presentations and lecture recitals presented at historic Poindexter Hall. “We are…
Mississippi University for Women’s Department of Health and Kinesiology will host a series of events on mental and physical health for Women’s Health Awareness Week Oct. 11-13. Dr. Ocheowelle Okeke “Sometimes we approach our striving for fitness and health in a frantic manner. This Women’s Health Awareness Week let us…
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…
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.