Marching Forward
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- Written by Anika Mitchell Perkins
On May 9, Daysha Humphrey will proudly walk across the stage of Rent Auditorium to accept her degree in communication.
Welcome to your home away from home
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- Written by Sayonara Jones
You eat there. You sleep there. You study there. You also make lifelong friends there. Just as much learning takes place there as it does in the classroom. Welcome to your residence hall, an integral part of the college experience, which offers cultural, recreational, social and academic growth.
The Line Starts Here
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- Written by Tyler Wheat
Every W student has a story to tell. Each story has unique beginning, but all have a common thread that ties them all together - The Long Blue Line.
Caring in Action
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- Written by Maridith Walker Geuder
Jerry Gravat has gray hair, but he holds on to a dream he has cherished since he was much younger.
A Challenge & An Opportunity
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- Written by Maridith Walker Geuder
Many high school seniors have their sights set on the end of their final year: graduation, parties and a summer of fun between finishing their last exam and beginning their next academic undertaking.
A Foundation for the Future
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- Written by Tyler Wheat
On May 31, 1965, Miss Emma Ody Pohl, secretary of the MSCW Foundation, signed the charter of incorporation to be filed with the state of Mississippi for the legal creation of the Foundation with the goal of providing Mississippi University for Women support and encouragement to enhance and enrich The W.
Outreach & Innovation: A Community Effort
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- Written by Anika Mitchell Perkins
Chances are if you live in Columbus, Lowndes County or one of the surrounding cities, your life has been impacted by one of the many programs run by the Office of Outreach and Innovation on the campus of Mississippi University for Women.
An Artist, Recognized
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- Written by Maridith Walker Geuder
During her junior year of high school in Sumner, a small Mississippi Delta hamlet, Patti Carr Black could count her classmates by using less than 10 fingers. When the county schools consolidated the following year as West Tallahatchie High School, her 1951 graduating class was 30 students.
Sacred Spaces
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- Written by Maridith Walker Geuder
Marchita Mauck, a Columbus native, entered The W in 1960 with the intention of becoming an English and history major, a goal she pursued until her junior year. It was then she was assigned a student worker job in the art department and crossed paths with Professor Mary Evelyn Stringer. That meeting changed the course of her career—and her life.
Weeks of Success
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- Written by Anika Mitchell Perkins
Kyla Norwood is familiar with the term 'namaste'—the way of greeting another in the Indian Hindu culture. The 11-year-old also can you tell you a thing or two about saris, a drape commonly worn by women of India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
More Visions
- Pillars of Purpose: University Priorities
- A United Liberal Arts Voice
- University Challenges Donors to 'Be the Light'
- A Summer of Enrichment
- Building a Bridge: Low-residency MFA programs find synergy among artists
- DEI Council Committed to Change
- Mise en Place
- Classnotes - Fall 2021
- Deaths - Fall 2021
- MUW Foundation Giving Societies - FY 21