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.
2017-2018 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards: Savannah Muir ’17 to Teach in India
Savannah Muir, a senior economics and mathematics major from Gaithersburg, MD, has been selected to receive a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant for the 2017-2018 academic year.
April 04, 2017
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