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.”
Rhodes′ Phi Beta Kappa Chapter to Induct New Members
The Rhodes College Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (Gamma of Tennessee) is pleased to announce that the following students from the Class of 2017 have been invited to join the Society as Members-in-Course.
April 04, 2017
Award-Winning Collection of Essays by Prof. Amy Benson Slated to Publish in May
Seven Years to Zero, new work by Rhodes College creative nonfiction professor Amy Benson, is slated to publish in May.
April 04, 2017
2017-2018 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards: Jill Fredenburg ’17 to Teach in Estonia
Jill Fredenburg, a senior art major from Memphis, TN, has been selected to receive a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant for the 2017-2018 academic year.
April 03, 2017
Rhodes Trustee Cary Fowler Featured on CBS’ “Sunday Morning”
Cary Fowler ’71, vice chair of the Rhodes Board of Trustees, was featured on CBS’ “Sunday Morning” April 2 about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway.
April 03, 2017
4th Annual Senior Citizens Prom a Success
The 2018 Class Council hosted the 4th Annual Senior Citizens Prom in the BCLC Ballroom. Members of the J.K. Lewis Senior Center, along with a contingent of Rhodes students, danced the night away.
March 31, 2017
Participants of Rhodes’ CityLynx Employment Program Provide GED Assistance to Inmates
Rhodes students can volunteer with HopeWorks, an outreach program that works to help break the cycles of crime, addiction, and poverty through empowerment and education.
March 31, 2017
Greek and Latin Students Succeed at National Convention
Four Rhodes students recently represented the college at the annual convention of Eta Sigma Phi, the national honorary society for classical studies.
March 31, 2017
The Clayborn Temple Unites Rhodes Students Past and Present
Beginning in June 2016, senior Jay Hedges began working under Rob Thompson ’99 as a member of a momentous community effort to restore a historic church in downtown Memphis.
March 30, 2017
Two Alumni Receive National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships
Rhodes alums Mark Sellers ’15 and Katie Hatstat ’16 were awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships this year.
March 28, 2017