Rhodes ranks among the top institutions in the nation for study abroad participation, according to the Open Doors 2025 Report on International Educational Exchange released by the Institute of International Education. “Study abroad continues to be one of the top reasons students choose Rhodes College,” said Dr. Erin Hillis, executive director of Rhodes’ Buckman Center for Global Engagement. “Consistent placement in Open Doors’ national rankings affirms how committed Rhodes faculty, leadership, families, and students are to global education. This is an important part of our graduates’ success in their interconnected world.”
Anaya Bond ’27 Receives SPARK Award for Service to Mid-South Chapter of the American Red Cross
Anaya Bond ’27, a Rhodes College environmental sciences major from Jackson, TN, has been honored as one of the 2025 recipients of the SPARK Awards. These awards celebrate individuals, nonprofits, corporations, and schools across 13 different categories who are igniting change and making a positive impact in the Greater Memphis community.
January 07, 2026
Rhodes Computer Science Students Among Winners of Memphis City Hackathon
Rhodes college computer science majors Karti Bomb ’27, Jack Seigerman ’26, and Juan Perdomo ’27 were members of winning teams at the third City of Memphis Hackathon. The 36-hour competition was organized by the City of Memphis, Innovate Memphis, and a steering committee comprising local tech professionals and entrepreneurship organizations. Participating teams utilized their technical skills and creativity to develop solutions to various challenges facing the City of Memphis.
January 06, 2026
Gunter Gaupp ’16 Honored with National Award for Chamber Music Composition
Rhodes College music alumnus Gunter Gaupp ’16 is the 2025 winner of The American Prize Charles Ives Award in Chamber Music, which honors the finest contemporary chamber music composers in the U.S. in professional, college/university, high school and community divisions. Gaupp is recognized in the professional division for his composition Is This/This Is It, written for two violins, a viola, and cello.
December 16, 2025
New Bike-Share Station Coming to Rhodes College
Rhodes College will be part of a bike-sharing program to enhance mobility and community engagement in Memphis. A new bike station provided by the non-profit organization Explore Bike Share is scheduled to be installed on Dec. 16 at the Rhodes College Bookstore, located on the college’s West Campus.
December 15, 2025
Book by Prof. Shadrack Nasong'o Receives 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award
A book by Rhodes College international studies professor Dr. Shadrack Nasong'o has received the 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award. The prestigious honor reflects the best scholarly titles reviewed during the previous calendar year and chosen by editors of Choice, which is a publishing unit of the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.
December 15, 2025
Rhodes College’s Meeman Center for Lifelong Learning Announces Spring 2026 Session
Registration is underway for the Spring 2026 session of the Meeman Center for Lifelong Learning at Rhodes College. The center offers non-credit courses designed for adult learners, with options ranging from single sessions to multiple meetings. Engaging courses are expertly guided by Rhodes professors and cover a variety of topics from history and literature to current events.
December 11, 2025
Chi Nguyen ’28 Awarded Prize in Cartography Competition
Chi Nguyen, a sophomore urban studies major from Hanoi, Vietnam, received second place in the Map Gallery Competition at the 24th annual Memphis Area Geographic Information Council Conference held Nov. 20-21. She presented her project titled “Examining Crosstown Mid-Autumn Festival and Vietnamese Cultural Impacts in Memphis.”
December 10, 2025
Reading the City’s Streets: Exploring New York City Through a Literary Lens
Rhodes College’s New York City Internship program has provided students the opportunity to spend a semester studying theater and history in the Big Apple since 2019. This past summer, a new program., Literary NYC: Reading the City, shifted the focus to the written word to immerse students in the rhythm of one of America’s oldest and greatest cities.
December 08, 2025
Rhodes Historical Review Awarded Prize from Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society
Rhodes Historical Review, a student-edited journal published by the Rhodes chapter of the Phi Alpha Theta history honor society, has secured second prize in the honor society’s undergraduate print category of the 2025 Nash History Journal competition. Sarah Dassinger and Muhammad Waraich of the Rhodes Class of 2025 served as co-editors of the award-winning edition. Dr. Sarah Ifft Decker, associate professor of history, serves as faculty advisor.
December 02, 2025
Rhodes Students Awarded Honors for Presentations at Biomedical Research Conference
Rhodes students Christopher Karohl ’27and Jennifer Bui ’26 received honors at the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence conference held Nov. 7-8, in Fayetteville, AR. The conference included participants from colleges and universities in Arkansas and surrounding states who presented research in the biological sciences, physics, and chemistry and biochemistry.
November 21, 2025