William Carey University
William Carey University was founded by W. I. Thames in 1892 as Pearl River Boarding School in Poplarville, Mississippi.In 1911, W. S. F. Tatum acquired the property and offered it as a gift to the Baptists, and the school reopened as Mississippi Woman's College.On January 21, 2017, the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine was severely damaged after being struck by a tornado, as was nearly every building on campus.[8][9] In the 2017 edition of U.S. News & World Report America's Best Colleges, William Carey University was ranked No.On October 23, 2007, the board of trustees at William Carey University (WCU) unanimously voted to authorize Tommy King, president, to employ a dean for the College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM).The rationale was to open the COM to address the severe shortage of physicians in Mississippi and surrounding states and to impact the healthcare of rural Mississippians.William Carey University's Department of Theatre & Communication began in 1915 by Kate Downs P'Pool.In 2001, William Carey's production of And David Danced was selected for presentation at the National Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival in Washington, D.C.The department produces three productions per year, normally a drama, a children's theatre piece, and a comedy or musical.It is the only such program on the Gulf Coast comprising southern Mississippi, southwestern Alabama, and southeastern Louisiana.CareyBSU offers Bible studies, ministry to the surrounding area and apartments, mission opportunities, and "Priority Lunch."The university is served by a newspaper, The Cobbler, which publishes once a month and alternates between a print and online edition.