The Mississippi University for Women has admitted men for decades, but whether to give it a more gender-inclusive name has been a subject of debate. The institution’s president is among those advocating a new monicker, and today she made known her choice; she would like it to become Reneau University, in honor of an alumna who had pressed state officials to establish a college for women 150 years ago. Any change would have to be approved by the state’s higher-education board and the Legislature.
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3 Responses to A New Name Is Suggested for the Mississippi University for Women
simslibrary - August 11, 2009 at 6:25 am
Welty University (as in Eudora) is better, a lot better.
–a Mississippian stuck in Louisiana.
imawgirl - August 12, 2009 at 12:09 am
I think had anyone BUT Claudia Limbert suggest this, it may have been better accepted. As a graduate of MUW (with numerous aunts and cousins who are MSCW graduate and a grandmother was a graduate of II&C), I understand that things change. I took my daughter to MUW this past Saturday – and left a happy new “W” girl. She called me Monday, not at all pleased to learn that she may be attending Reneau University in the near future.
tridaddy - August 13, 2009 at 8:52 am
Will the quality of the education change? I think not. Will one of the best buys in education cease to exist? I think not. I didn’t attend the “W”, but my son did. A name change is a minor hiccup. Let’s move on. Also, stuck in Louisiana.