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Tanner Chapman ’26 has been awarded The Steve and Riea Lainoff Crop Trust Fellowship in Honor of Cary Fowler ’71. The fellowship is made possible thanks to the generosity of Steve and Riea Lainoff, parents of Brian Lainoff ’11 and Mark Lainoff ’15.
The Rhodes College chapter of the Tennessee National Consortium for Teaching about Asia hosted two educator workshops in May focused on “Teaching Asia in a Changing World.”
Rhodes employees Charles Gatewood, Laura Jacobsen, Danielle Donze, and Ed Trouy were honored with the college’s 2026 Outstanding Staff Awards at the annual Service Recognition Brunch held on May 22.
Rhodes College, a nationally ranked liberal arts institution, is the recipient of a $100,000 Program Development Grant from the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE).
Founded in 1776, The Phi Beta Kappa Society is America’s oldest academic honor society. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding liberal arts students at leading colleges and universities across the nation.
Annual awards were presented at the 177th Commencement Exercises of Rhodes College held May 16 to
graduating seniors GraceAnne Hodgson, Abigail Figueroa, and Jasmine Jeffries; Prof. David McCarthy; and Richard Huddleston, the college's bursar.
graduating seniors GraceAnne Hodgson, Abigail Figueroa, and Jasmine Jeffries; Prof. David McCarthy; and Richard Huddleston, the college's bursar.
The 177th Commencement of Rhodes College will be held Saturday, May 16, at 8:30 a.m. in the Hubert F. Fisher Memorial Garden on campus. Tickets are required for seating, and the program will also stream live at www.rhodes.edu.
Rev. Dr. Dorothy Sanders Wells, who is a member of the Rhodes Class of 1982 and Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humanities at the 177th Commencement of Rhodes College. The ceremony will be held May 16.
Six graduating seniors’ portraits are being added to Rhodes College’s Hall of Fame on the second floor of Southwestern Hall. The honorees are Jasmine Jeffries, Olivia Mack, Joshua Morris, Ariyana Muesse, Jude Shive, and KK Sowers.
Graduating senior Yasmine Pirlepesova is the fifth Rhodes student selected to receive a Fulbright U.S. Student Award for 2026-2027. The biology major is the recipient of the competitive Fulbright Study/Research Award and will conduct research in Nepal.