Mississippi University for Women News

One way or another, sweeping changes are on the way for Mississippi University for Women.

Marcie Pinson was recently named director of housing/student activities. She previously served as secretary to the vice president of student services and student recruiter.

Mississippi University for Women's Creating High Achievement in Mathematics and Problem Solving project will host a Super Saturday Workshop for Teachers, this Saturday.

Conversations about mergers and closures among the state's public universities are really nothing new.

The state College Board is taking a renewed interest in lowering textbook costs amid the system's financial crisis.

Parents of Caledonia elementary and middle school students are re-evaluating whether or not to allow their children to receive the H1N1 vaccine after nine high-school students went to the hospital Wednesday with complications from the vaccine.

With alumni divided over a name change and talk the school might be more useful as a satellite campus of another university, Mississippi University for Women faces many challenges, but local legislators agree it's an institution with a potentially bright future.

Dr. Kim Whitehead, professor of English and religious studies at Mississippi University for Women, has been named the 2009 Humanities Teacher of the Year by the Mississippi Humanities Council.

Local students and high-risk residents soon will have opportunities to get vaccinated against the H1N1 swine flu.

Shot By Ella Photoart, L.L.C., owned by Florida photo-artist Ella Chabot, a graduate of Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, announces the launch of its custom couture and limited edition T-shirt line, "Get Shot By Ella." Custom Couture T-shirts, imprinted with butterflies, fuchsia skies, and an ever changing kaleidoscope of funky, ...

A quick look around the Golden Triangle reveals no shortage of ways for goblins large and small to get into the festive spirit.

As each day passes, the discussion surrounding the renaming of Mississippi University for Women more resembles the Abbott and Costello comedy skit, 'Who's on First?' Who is on first and who is in charge? Seems everyone has their own idea of what the school should be renamed , yet no consensus has developed for any of the names offered.

With the state's next legislative session two and a half months away, questions abound as to whether or not renaming Mississippi University for Women will be on the agenda.

By Jeannetta Edwards Daily Times Leader Belzoni, Mississippi might be considered a "one-horse town" ... if they had a horse.

COLUMBUS, Miss. - A collection of about 270 items by or about Eudora Welty has been donated to Mississippi University for Women.

Claudia Limbert's announcement this week that she will retire as president of Mississippi University for Women in June, has some people hoping her decision will put the brakes on a proposed name change for the university.

COLUMBUS, Miss. - Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Mississippi native Natasha Trethewey will deliver the opening address Thursday for the 2009 Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium at Mississippi University for Women.

The mission to rename Mississippi University for Women will likely lose momentum now that MUW President Claudia Limbert has announced she'll retire next year.

Shortly after being diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia in May 2004, Dorinda Hickey's concern shifted.

Civil disobedience was a way of life. Freedom songs reverberated, setting the tone for sit-ins and protest marches.