African American undergraduate students Diane Hardy, Barbara Turner and Laverne Greene, and graduate students Jacqueline Edwards, Mary Flowers and Eula Houser, stepped foot on the campus of Mississippi University for Women in 1966, facing all manner of ridicule to open the door for future generations of African American students. The…
Women’s Mission
Mississippi University for Women’s Department of Health and Kinesiology is gearing up to host this year’s Women’s Health Awareness Luncheon. The event will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11 in the Pope Banquet Hall on The W’s campus. This year’s speaker will be Dr. Pam Lacy OB/GYN, who…
Callie Poole, Mary Dozier and Ben Porter have found a partner in Mississippi University for Women. Now Poole, Dozier and Porter will come together at The W to take the first step on a shared mission. At 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 9, in the Fant Memorial Library’s Gunter Multipurpose Room,…
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…
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…
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.