Zac Carlisle
Copy Editor
MUW’s Department of Education recently received a $90,000 grant to help local math teachers improve their teaching ability.
The grant, known as “No Child Left Behind, Improving Teacher Quality,” will be used by the department to conduct a four-week summer program for 20 local middle-school math teachers. This program will take place from June 2-27.
Evan Fox
Entertainment Editor
Comic book films have become extremely popular in the past nine years, starting with “Batman Begins.” Looking at the slate of upcoming projects, fans wonder if too many are being made.
Comic book fans enjoy (more or less) seeing their favorite characters getting the proper film treatment. Marvel has done a great job building its cinematic universe, and DC has done well with Batman and Superman.
Daysha Humphrey
Reporter
The Department of Health and Kinesiology hosted an Alcohol Awareness Week on campus March 11-13.
The week consisted of different activities that helped raised awareness on how alcohol could jeopardize and affect an individual. The activities that were hosted are as followed:
Mark Huerkamp
Reporter
The MUW Office of Diversity Education and Programs and the MUW Leadership Program organized the “Disability Awareness Experience,” on March 12 at 6 p.m. The experience combined interaction with expert presentations to increase appreciation of people with disabilities such as mental, visual, physical or auditory impairments.
Daysha Humphrey
Reporter
Career Services at Mississippi University for Women hosted a Nursing Career Fair on Thursday, March 13, in the Pope Banquet room.
Towanda Williams, assistant director of Student Life/Career Services, stated that the purpose for hosting the event was to bring hospital facilities, recruiters and employers to campus so that students could apply for job opportunities.
Evan Fox
Entertainment Editor
March is going to be action packed for movie fans, with the release of the first wave of blockbusters.
March 7 sees the release of “300: Rise of an Empire.” The film is a prequel/sequel that details the rise of Xerxes into a god-king. The movie also follows the Athenian fleet as it tries to defeat the Persian navy at the Battle of Artemisium.
Daysha Humphrey
Reporter
Mississippi University for Women is offering a new Master of Arts in women’s leadership this 2014 fall semester.
“This program brings everything together about women’s leadership. People who are leaders and who hold leadership positions in different areas should have some type of degree towards that specific area,” said Bridget Pieschel, Director of Center for Women’s Research and Public Policy
Reagan Graham
Reporter
Next week, MUW will host a campus visit by the Southern Association of College and School Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), which is the latest part of its reaccreditation process with the regional organization. Faculty and administration have been working hard for several years to submit documentation on behalf of the university, and the on-site visit is part of the process.