This fall, Mississippi University for Women’s Office of Continuing Education will offer 29 courses as part of its community Life Enrichment Program. "I am impressed with the increasing number of community members who want to sign up for our courses and with people like Peter Imes, Ralph Null and Rufus Ward, who are experts in their field and volunteer to teach our courses," said Dr. Barbara Moore, director of continuing education. Read the full story.

Mississippi University for Women recently received a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support its Science Enrichment Program. The Science and Mathematics on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway grant will provide funding over a two-year period for continuing science and mathematics education opportunities for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, teachers and the general public in Northeast Mississippi. Read More.

Mississippi University for Women officials are reporting increased activity on campus with the opening of the semester. According to Dr. Hal Jenkins, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, they have added new sections in nursing, communication, music and philosophy. “We raised the class size on most general education courses such as art and music appreciation, history, literature surveys, speech, mathematics and philosophy as well as some of the lower division courses in several majors. We have hired additional adjunct faculty to teach the added sections,” he said. Read the full story.

Students in the political science program at Mississippi University for Women interned locally, regionally and nationally this summer. Dr. Brian Anderson, professor of political science, described this as the largest and most widely active group of political science interns ever. “Internships in political science are essential because there's only so much a professor can tell/show students in a classroom about the use of power in politics, the importance of administrative process, etc. They have to get out in the environment of government/politics and experience it firsthand,” Anderson said. Read the full story.

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