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Nina

United States

(former teacher, former beauty consultant, homemaker)

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http:// www.muwalumni.com

Comments:

• So good for my self esteem!

  Mississippi University for Women

  28 May 2008

  My becoming a graduate of Mississipi University for Women has been so good for my self esteem! One of my friends once casually asked me where I went to college. I replied "Mississippi University for Women". He's originally from Arkansas, so I wasn't sure that he had even heard of MUW. To my surprise and joy, he exclaimed, "You went to the W? I should have known. There's just something about a W grad!" That is a typical reaction, and sometimes I get good-natured teasing about my graduating from "that fancy girls' school". I've met guys who have graduated from the W; and they, too, have had many doors open for them as a result of their having Mississippi University for Women on their job appilications. And, then, there are the young people. My daughter and her friend were once in a little gift shop in Oxford, MS. Michele, my daugher, picked up a copy of SOUTHERN GRACE, the cookbook published by the historic MUW Alumnae Association. She said to her friend, Paula, "This is where my mom went to college." Paula exclaimed, "Your mom went to the W?" "Yes, and she seems quite proud of it." "They all are..." Yes, we are...