College Board head: MUW name change remains 'focal point' 11/20/2009 11:35:00 AM JACKSON — Thursday’s College Board meeting left more questions than answers, as the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning discussed Gov. Haley Barbour’s proposal to merge five of the eight state-funded universities.
Well-wishers show Limbert support as she announces retirement 10/13/2009 10:12:00 AM The reaction was all love for Mississippi University for Women President Dr. Claudia Limbert as she announced her retirement at Cochran Hall on the MUW campus.
MUW president Limbert says she's retiring 10/12/2009 9:48:00 AM Mississippi University for Women President Dr. Claudia Limbert announced her retirement today, months before the state College Board is expected to consider her proposal to change the name of the nation’s first state-supported college for women.
Reneau chosen as new name for MUW 8/10/2009 10:30:00 AM It’s Reneau. Mississippi University for Women President Dr. Claudia Limbert announced the school’s choice for a new name this morning at a faculty/staff convocation.
And received a standing ovation from a full-house at Nissan Auditorium.
Reneau University 8/10/2009 10:22:00 AM The saga to find a new name for Mississippi University for Women enters a new phase today. With this morning’s announcement by MUW President Claudia Limbert that the campus choice is Reneau University, the rough and tumble business of selling it to the IHL Board, Legislature and alumni begins.
‘Men with ballast and women whose hair is not blue …’ 8/10/2009 10:22:00 AM One of the first steps in promoting unity and harmony where differences and controversy exists is to find “common ground.” Something that both sides can agree to. In the MUW name change conflict, there is one element that most thinking, caring friends of The W should be able to endorse. That is: We all want to see the university survive and once again thrive.
Birney Imes: Embracing name change 8/8/2009 9:54:00 PM Tomorrow on the campus of Mississippi University for Women an unveiling of sorts will take place. At a convocation service Monday morning MUW President Claudia Limbert is going to announce the school’s new name. Well, sort of, more like the hoped-for new name.
The name Limbert will offer — decided after innumerable campus meetings, focus groups, marketing studies and much spirited debate in these and other opinion pages — is being touted as the choice of the campus community. But, as Limbert has said, this is a state issue, not a campus issue.
A new identity: School’s president to reveal choice for new name 8/8/2009 9:41:00 PM Wesley Ellis is a professional photographer, husband, dad and all-around nice guy. No one would mistake him for a female, yet his 1998 diploma is from Mississippi University for Women.
“Being a male grad from the W, it has never hindered my ability to get a job,” Ellis, 35, said last week from his photography studio in Forest.
Steve Mullen: For MUW, a Sallie Reneau-sized task 7/15/2009 Where’s Sallie Reneau when you need her?
Reneau was possibly the most persuasive woman Mississippian of her day. In 1856, at age 18, she convinced Mississippi’s governor and legislature to charter a state university for women — never mind that such a thing had never been done before, in any state.
Now, Reneau’s own name is on a very short list of proposed new names for the Mississippi University for Women.
Reneau, Waverley favored by MUW group 6/12/2009 A committee charged by Mississippi University for Women President Dr. Claudia Limbert to give her recommendations for a new name for the school saw the most promise in the names Reneau University and Waverley University, during a session held Thursday on campus.
Claudia Limbert: A thoughtful, deliberate naming process 4/26/2009 As many of you know, MUW is in the process of finding a new name. The process has been thoughtful and transparent, and all the documents relating to it are on our Web site.
‘Welty University’ gets ok from family 4/11/2009 As the debate continues to over what Mississippi University for Women eventually will call itself, one person, whose opinion might matter greatly down the road, has weighed in.
Many MUW students disagree with claims choices evoke racism 4/9/2009 While the NAACP and Ward take exception to two of the three names, the choices don’t seem to bother those who will be most affected by the change — current MUW students.
NAACP disputes MUW name choices 4/9/2009 The NAACP has come out against two of the new names the Mississippi University for Women is considering.
MUW wants Welty considered for new name 4/8/2009 Mississippi University for Women is asking the Cirlot Agency to vet a new potential name for the university.
Will it be Waverley? Or Welty? 3/25/2009 In a poll battle of potential new names for Mississippi University for Women, Waverley University has edged above the rest. But a surprise contender may be considered as a finalist: Welty University.
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