Leaders of Mississippi University for Women made a new proposal Tuesday to shed the school's gender-specific name in a way they hope will be accepted by alumni who fondly call their alma mater “The W.” The public institution would become Wynbridge State University of Mississippi and would still market itself as “The W," if legislators approve the plan. The name change would happen July 1.
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Survey says Wynbridge. While results of The Mississippi University for Women’s most recent renaming survey were not made public by press time Friday, President Nora Miller confirmed Wynbridge garnered the highest approval among survey respondents, outpacing two other options: Wynbright and Welbright.
Mississippi University for Women got more pushback than its leaders expected when they rolled out a new name for the institution. Alumni especially piled on. Mississippi University for Women, which has been coeducational since 1982, has long been