Kathryn Grace Albritton received the 2024 Student Leadership Award during Honors Day at William Carey University. The year-end event recognizes students for outstanding academic achievements. Dr. Valerie Bridgeforth, WCU vice president for student affairs, made the presentation. “The Student Life…
After a historic 2024 baseball season, the William Carey Crusaders fell just short in their pursuit of the NAIA Avista World Series. Making…
In February, more than 60 nursing students graduated from William Carey University campuses in Hattiesburg, Tradition/Biloxi, and Baton Rouge, La. The university has received word that this group of new registered nurses went on to achieve a 100 percent pass…
William Carey University announces the promotion of Dr. Cassandra Conner to associate provost for distance learning. As she assumes this new role, she will also remain vice president of the Tradition campus, a position she has held since 2021. As…
Both William Carey University's baseball and softball teams were quite busy on the diamond Saturday. The Carey baseball team…
William Carey University sponsored two missionary trips over Spring Break 2024. Students and faculty from Cooper School of Missions & Ministry Studies and the Baptist Student Union traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina. The team visited the International Baptist Theological Seminary…
Carey Dinner Theatre’s 50th anniversary season opens in July – and the first step in this long tradition is choosing performers, backstage designers/technicians, and front-of-house workers. Auditions for cast members and interviews for crew will be held Saturday, March 23,…
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced William Carey University as the winner of the 2024 Women's Team Sportsmanship Award. The award is presented each year to the team that displays expectational sportsmanship, character, and ethical conduct during the ITA NAIA National…
William Carey University will be honoring the military with an event at Camp Shelby on February 1. The event is open to the military community and to the public. The guest speaker is retired U.S. Army Ranger Jeff Struecker who…
A major gift from the Asbury Foundation will help ensure that William Carey University’s College of Health Sciences can attract and retain high-quality faculty members to train the next generation of health care professionals. “The Asbury Foundation has taken the…
On Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, at approximately 10 a.m., Hattiesburg Police officers responded to shots fired in the 600 Block of Tuscan Ave., near William Carey University in Hattiesburg. There were no injuries in the incident. Two juveniles were arrested…
William Carey University’s newest president has had a busy first 100 days in office. President Dr. Ben Burnett, who took office in August, says the first…
With teachers in high demand, the last thing we want is currently-licensed teachers to lose their certification. That’s what William Carey’s School of Education is trying to prevent.…
William Carey University Tradition Campus hosted a retirement reception today for the school’s president of 15 years. Friends, faculty, and former students gathered at the school…
William Carey University Tradition Campus is looking forward to hosting their scholarship dinner. It is scheduled to be held April 26th at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center and…
A teacher shortage has been affecting our state. Today, William Carey University held its first ever teacher shortage conference at the Tradition Campus in Biloxi. For over five years,…
Both William Carey University’s School of Pharmacy and Memorial Hospital have worked to develop healthcare professionals on the Coast and keeping them on the Coast. When two…
The William Carey University School of Pharmacy has received full accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. William Carey is one of only a few accelerated pharmacy…
The William Carey University School of Pharmacy has received full accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). Located at WCU’s Tradition campus, the School of Pharmacy is one of only a handful of accelerated programs in the country.…
Due to the threat of severe weather, offices on both the Hattiesburg and Tradition (Biloxi) campus will close at 3 p.m. today. Night classes will not meet on either campus.
In an effort to end the shortage of teachers in our state, the Harrison County School District and William Carey University partnered up today, signing a ‘Grow your Own’ agreement. The agreement allows for selected Harrison County…
Due to impending hazardous weather the William Carey University Hattiesburg campus will be closed on Monday, February 15. Professional schools will set their own schedules. In light of the strong possibility of ice on roadways and the freezing temperatures tonight,…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WXXV) — After record-breaking summer and fall enrollments, William Carey University has posted yet another record – its largest winter enrollment in the history of the university. The school welcomed students back this week with an overall 8…
