Megan Withrow
Reporter
Going to an interview can be extremely scary and overwhelming. Most of us have tons of questions about how we should dress, when we should arrive and how to act. Here are some tips and tricks from Towanda Williams, career specialist at The W, that will help people breathe more easily throughout the interviewing process.
What should one wear to an interview?
Mission Improvable provides on the spot laughter for The W
Ryan Savage
Reporter
The Student Programming Board hosted an event on Nov. 10 in Nissan Auditorium featuring a traveling improvisation group known as Mission Improvable.
Mission Improvable stars actors who pretend to be secret agents who travel around to bring laughter out of random “missions.” The agents play games and create scenarios on the spot out of the suggestions made by the audience. The group would first call out which game was going to be played and then take suggestions from the audience that contained random and wacky answers throughout the night: including scuba diving in mashed potatoes with an air tank filled with cheese flavored mustard.
Weekly Update 11/20/2015
Topics Include:
Tuition Increase Proposal
W Smokeout
TVA Presents Check to The W
Special Thanks to:
Chris Richardson - Talent
Patrick Wiggins - Broadcast Director
Jessica Barnett - Teleprompter
Marines lay boots on campus for first time in 6 years, share their leadership techniques
Braxton Maclean
Staff Photographer
The Student Success Center hosted the first visit from the Marine Corps in six years with its Student Success Career Leadership seminar on Oct. 15.
At 4:15 p.m., the assembly room was far from full, and by 4:30 p.m., approximately 20 of the expected 50 students were in attendance. Capt. Clifton Payton, a Marine Corps Officer Selection Officer, and the Student Success Center’s Towanda Williams stood by as Maj. Leigh Ross began the main presentation.
Hip-hop line dancing comes to the W
Chris Richardson
Reporter
Two women have brought hip-hop line dancing to The W — and they are hoping it is here to stay.
LeAnn Alexander, director of Campus Recreation, and Ashley Hill, Student Success Navigator for the College of Arts and Sciences, hosted the first class at Stark Recreation Center on Nov. 2 from 6-7 p.m. in the Aerobics Room. Alexander shared how the idea of the class was started.
Tupelo film festival includes works from those at The W
The W walks to lunch
Frederick L. Brown
Reporter
Passport to Wellness hosted its second annual “Walk to Lunch” on Oct. 21 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The event began with registration at the front gates of the university. At the gate, the Passport to Wellness ambassadors assisted participants in registering for the event with a sign-in sheet and special stickers. The stickers could then be used to get discounts at nearby businesses.
BlackList gives back with Be The Match
Liz Bosarge
Reporter
The BlackList Alumnae Association and BlackList Honorary Social Club held their annual “Rattle Them Bones 5K” for Be The Match Registry on Oct. 17 at the W campus.
It was the first year that the BlackList groups partnered with the Brotherhood of Beta Kappa Tau to host the event. The event proceeds were given to Be The Match, in honor of Eddy Doyle, a BKT founding father who recently died of cancer.
Weekly Update 10/30/2015
Stories include: Mississippi's State Flag on The W's Campus, Dessert Extravaganza, "Can I Kiss You?", "Wait Until Dark", Home Run Derby, Dodgeball, Casseroles and Ghosts
Special thanks to:
Frederick L. Brown - Talent, Writer
Chris Richardson - Talent, Writer
Patrick Wiggins - Broadcast Director, Writer
Jessica Barnett - Teleprompter
IJM holds night of prayer for trafficking victims
Megan Withrow
Reporter
The W’s International Justice Mission joined Wesley Foundation in a night of prayer on Oct. 14 for victims of human and sex trafficking.
This is one of many events that IJM has held on campus, even though it is relatively new to The W. The goal of many of these events is to bring awareness to the hurt and pain that some people have to go through on a daily basis. Human and sex trafficking affects most of America, and more than nine million people across the world are victims.