Rhodes College today announced a $2 million gift from The Rhodes Family Foundation to name the director’s position for the college’s Center for Career and Professional Development. This will be the college’s first endowed staff position. The gift supports the center’s vision of “ensuring all students graduate from Rhodes College prepared, engaged, self-aware, and confident in their abilities both to lead and to fulfill professional, academic, and personal goals.”
Prof. Evelyn Perry to Receive Award for Book on Diverse Milwaukee Neighborhood
At Rhodes, she teaches a variety of courses that focus on urban and community sociology, culture and inequality, social problems and research methods.
December 18, 2017
Community-Minded Student Entrepreneurs Selected to Speak at Upcoming TEDxMemphis
They are sophomore educational studies majors Kynnedy Tuggle and Cinthya Bolanos. The event is Jan. 6 at the Halloran Centre.
December 14, 2017
Nominees for Watson Fellowship Propose Self-Designed Research Projects to Travel the Globe
Rhodes seniors Jennifer Bitterly, Daniela Garcia, and Kathleen “Tate” Mulligan are competing for the one-year $30,000 grant.
December 13, 2017
United Nations Foundation Fellow Seabelo John Mobilizes Programs with Global Impact
The globally conscious business major founded a UN campus chapter at Rhodes to host service projects and forums and lend visibility to the UN’s goals.
December 13, 2017
Thirteen from Rhodes to Compete for Fulbright Awards
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for English teaching assistantships as well as for individually designed study/research projects. Winners will be announced throughout Spring 2018.
December 13, 2017
D.J. Coker Named DIII AFCA All-American
D.J. Coker '19 has been named to the 2017 AFCA Division III Coaches' All-America second team by the American Football Coaches Association.
December 12, 2017
Department of International Studies Awards Newly Created Buckman-Mollerup Scholarships for Study Abroad
Anne Healy, Lily Flores, and Sophie Tsagronis are the first to receive the Buckman-Mollerup Global Leadership Awards, a new study abroad scholarship created thanks to the generosity of Bob Buckman and Joyce Mollerup.
December 11, 2017
QuikFix: Entrepreneurs Parker Pell and Ben Siegel Launch Successful Startup
Parker Pell and Ben Siegel launched a successful business venture connecting local homeowners needing odd jobs done with students who can do the work.
December 08, 2017
Mock Trial Team Adds New Trophy to Rhodes Collection
Rhodes A mock trial team won the University of Iowa invitational held Dec. 2-3.
December 06, 2017
Racial and Cultural Imitativeness by Early Americans Is Subject of New Book by Prof. Jason Richards
His teaching and research interests at Rhodes include early and 19th-century American literature, postcolonial studies, and critical race theory.
December 05, 2017