Mississippi University for Women News

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.

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.

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.