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MUW name change to improve its viability.(NEWSWATCH)(Mississippi University for Women)(Brief article)

Women in Higher Education

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Truth in advertising is coming to The Mississippi University for Women, which has been admitting men since 1982 and currently allows hundreds of them to take classes. Now it's about to capitalize on the notion.

President Claudia A. Limbert is ready for a change. A 30-member naming committee started last September, sifting through more than 1,000 suggestions for new names for the college. They have narrowed down the list to three possible choices: Reneau University, Waverly University and Welty-Reneau University.

Sally Reneau is a founding mother; Waverley is a nearby antebellum mansion and Eudora Welty is a Pulitzer-prize winning author who attended the school. "All these names are excellent, ...

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