Rhodes Boasts Fifth Fulbright Student Award Grantee—Yasmine Pirlepesova ’26

Graduating senior Yasmine Pirlepesova is the fifth Rhodes student selected to receive a Fulbright U.S. Student Award for the 2026-2027 academic year. She is the recipient of the competitive Fulbright Study/Research Award and will conduct research in Nepal, focusing on innovative methods of educating youth and advocating for rural communities facing challenges related to climate change.

Suiting Up: Students Launch New Beekeeping Club

The decline of honey bee populations due to pesticide use and climate change has been the buzz for quite some time, so Eilidh Jenness ’17 and other Rhodes students have begun donning beekeeper suits and learning ways to help these “pollination superstars” thrive.

IS Students Engage With Policy, Institutions on DC Connection Trip

Fourteen Rhodes international studies (IS) majors got a chance this summer to experience life in the nation’s capital as participants in the department’s annual D.C. Connection trip. The trip gives students a look at life inside the Beltway, where their academic endeavors come face to face with the real world. Joining the students were Dr. Jennifer Sciubba, associate professor of international studies; Dr.