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Dr. Sarah Rollens, associate professor of religious studies at Rhodes College, recently published an inaugural editorial, along with Dr. Robert Myles of Wollaston Theological College, in the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus.
The Student Life First-Generation Programming Committee at Rhodes College has been working to create more intentional programming for its first-gen students.
Non-biology majors in the BIOL 105: Everyday Evolution: Genes, Diversity, and Society course recently had the chance to participate in hands-on scientific research involving migratory birds after visiting the Arkansas State Bird Observatory.
Rhodes College alum Aaron Fitzgerald ’10 has been named to the Grist 50 list, which features leaders and innovators from across the country who are working on solutions to the planet’s most pressing challenges.
Sixteen seniors from Rhodes are competing for Fulbright U.S. Student Awards to be used 2024-2025.
She is working at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art on a three-year appointment as a fellow of the Art Bridges Foundation.
Incoming students over the summer were asked to read His Name Is George Floyd, winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa as part of Rhodes Reads. The authors will speak on campus Oct. 26.
As part of Rhodes College’s 175th anniversary celebration, University of Oxford professor Emma Smith will present “What Is Shakespeare’s First Folio—and Why Should I Care?” on Oct. 19.
Jennifer M. Collins will be formally installed as the 21st president of Rhodes College on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023.
History major Sam Frank ’24 serves as the 2023-2024 president of the Honor Council, which interprets and implements the Honor Code that each student signs at the beginning of their first year at Rhodes.