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Mississippi University for Women News

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Sunday Oct 5 | The Webster Progress-Times

Dr. Huffman returns home to practice medicine

From Press Reports It's been a long time coming but Jack Huffman, M.D., has returned to his hometown of Eupora to practice medicine and he couldn't be happier.

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Related Topix: Eupora, MS, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Tunica, MS, Nursing, West Point, MS

Fri Oct 03, 2008

Hattiesburg American

Purvis student named semifinalist

Purvis - Boram Lee of Purvis is one of 11 students at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science named recently as a semifinalist in the 54th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

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Related Topix: Purvis, MS, Columbus, MS

Wed Oct 01, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

Merging universities could solve problems

In a state with more universities than it can afford, an opportunity to adjust that surplus is at hand.

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Related Topix: Columbus, MS, Mississippi State University

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Hattiesburg American

Foundations may be monitored

JACKSON - The state College Board continues to wrestle with how to govern universities' affiliations with alumni and fundraising groups that are private but serve a public purpose.

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Related Topix: Lowndes County, MS

Sun Sep 28, 2008

Meridian Star

Opposes MUW name change

It disturbs me that MUW President Claudia Limbert and her public relations gurus are promulgating the idea that changing the name of Mississippi University for Women is "non debatable" or a "done deal." I would ...

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Related Topix: Opinion

Sat Sep 27, 2008

Greenwood Commonwealth

No comments posted.

As Mississippi University for Women awaits a committee report on finding a new name for the school, a recent story from a Tupelo newspaper makes a good point: Plenty of colleges and universities have changed ...

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Related Topix: The w's, Pop/Rock, Opinion

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Laurel Leader-Call

Homecoming Court 2008 announced at JCJC

Jones County Junior College announces its 2008 Homecoming Court. Elections were held in September and students chose the following ladies to represent them during Homecoming.

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Related Topix: Bay Springs, MS, Jasper County, MS, Stringer, MS, Quitman, MS, Sport, Drama, Comedy Movies, College

Wed Sep 24, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

Universities see overall gain

The slowing economy and rising cost of attending college have kept some Mississippi students away from university campuses in the past year.

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Related Topix: Delta State University, Madison County, MS, University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University

Mon Sep 22, 2008

Meridian Star

MUW's new name to reflect study body, encourage student growth

When Mississippi University for Women President Claudia A. Limbert announced last month that a committee had been formed to recommend a new name for MUW - one without "women" - not all reactions were favorable ...

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Related Topix: Meridian, MS, Columbus, MS, Standardized Testing, Education, Marketing

The Clarion-Ledger

Moderator Jim Lehrer knows importance of job

Jim Lehrer has fond memories of Mississippi. 'I enjoyed many a snootful of bourbon there in Jackson with Eudora,' says Lehrer, referring to the late author Eudora Welty.

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Related Topix: Columbus, MS, Natchez, MS, Jackson Metro, Oxford, MS, US Politics, US News

Sun Sep 21, 2008

Meridian Star

New name would add, not take away from The W

As preparations get under way for the 125th anniversary of Mississippi University for Women in 2009, school officials are considering the university's future.

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Fri Sep 19, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

Enrollment: Has tuition reached 'tipping point?'

In science and medicine, there is a concept that the state College Board may soon discover with its recurring tuition hikes called 'the tipping point.' That's the point in an evolving situation that leads to ...

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Related Topix: Delta State University, Mississippi

Thu Sep 18, 2008

WAPT

MSU Sees Spike In Student Enrollment

Mississippi State University has grown by nearly 800 students to bring it back to its previous standing as the state's largest university.

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Related Topix: Mississippi State University, Mississippi Government, Mississippi

Wed Sep 17, 2008

WGRE-FM Greencastle

Prof. Rick Musser '69 to Discuss Media's Challenges in Mississippi Speech

September 14, 2008, Greencastle, Ind. - "Local students and residents on Monday will get a chance to learn from a longtime journalist and media professor how different forms of media are converging into a ...

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Related Topix: University of Kansas, Kansas, DePauw University

Mon Sep 15, 2008

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

MUW seeks new name for the future

BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal Mississippi University for Women's name change is an non-debatable point.

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Related Topix: Columbus, MS, Marketing, Oxford, MS, Delta State University, Mississippi State University

Sat Sep 13, 2008

The Daily News-Record

Seeing The Valley Through A Viewfinder

Greg Versen photographs the Campus Center at Eastern Mennonite University. Versen moved to the Valley in 1977 to teach social work at JMU.

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Related Topix: Eastern Mennonite University, Internet, Science / Technology, James Madison University, Mississippi College, University of Tennessee

Thu Sep 11, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

Universities decry plan to restructure

Some lawmakers are pushing legislation that would restructure the state's public university system and give each school its own board of trustees.

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Related Topix: Delta State University, University of Mississippi, Thad Cochran, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Tue Sep 09, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

Hearing set on MUW, alumni feud

The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for Sept. 30 in Jackson in the appeal of a Lowndes County judge's order requiring Mississippi University for Women to restore ties with the alumni ...

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Related Topix: Lowndes County, MS

Meridian Star

Business Beat

EMSH's Glazar given Askew Award East Mississippi State Hospital's Director of Interdisciplinary Programs, Ann Glazar, was recently selected as the 2007 Mississippi recipient of the George C. Askew Award, which ...

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Related Topix: Mississippi State, MS, University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Meridian, MS

Sun Sep 07, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

Campuses not totally insured

The University of Mississippi's Lyceum and Mississippi State University's Lee Hall may be defining structures on their respective campuses, but neither is protected by property insurance.

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Related Topix: Mississippi State University, University of Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi

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