This year's read-aloud will feature The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. Walls' book was the 17th most banned book from the 2010s, and she is the Welty Gala speaker for 2024. The first 25 people to sign up to read will receive a free copy of The Glass Castle. Sign up at libguides.muw.edu/bannedbooks
Meet author and historian Anastasia C. Curwood and get a signed copy of her new autobiography of Shirley Chisholm at Friendly City Books in downtown Columbus. Chisolm was a trailblazing politician and Black feminist, and Curwood will discuss her life and impact at 7PM on The W’s campus. In addition to her biography, Shirley Chisholm: […]
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.
Be Bold. Tower with Blue.
