Art Senior Seminar Students Gain Professional Insights from Visiting Artists and Faculty Critiques
In a process unique to art majors and minors, Senior Seminar students recently had the first of two formal, and very public, critiques of their work at the Evergreen Art Studios. Visiting critics included Memphis artist Terry Lynn and Patricia Lee Daigle, assistant professor of art history at the University of Memphis and director of the Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art. Rhodes art and art history faculty also joined the students for the critique.
Rhodes Engineering Club Selected for American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Competition
The Rhodes Engineering Club is excited to announce it will participate in the Student Design Build Fly Competition, sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Spring 2017.
Jay Hedges Leads Rhodes Student Government
Jay Hedges ’17, from Little Rock, AR, is majoring in political economy, with an urban studies minor. He serves as the 2016-2017 president of Rhodes Student Government (RSG), which represents the students and their interests to the administration and works to foster a well-rounded community that encourages growth.
Student Spotlight: Class of 2020
Join us in welcoming the new class of Rhodes students.
Kayla Wilson ’17 Sails Across Atlantic Ocean in Climate Change Research Expedition
Rhodes chemistry major Kayla Wilson ’17 has been sailing across the Atlantic Ocean with other upper-level science students on a state-of-the-art oceanographic research vessel.
Erica Smythe ’17 Is Latest Rhodes Student Helping Brooks Museum Strengthen Community Ties
Erica Smythe ’17 is working as a curatorial intern executing gallery openings as well as archiving the Brooks Museum’s impressive exhibition history.
Prof. Testa Publishes Article in Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Dr. Rylan Testa of the Department of Psychology has co-published “Suicidal Ideation in Transgender People: Gender Minority Stress and Interpersonal Theory Factors” in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
Survey Says: Things to Be Thankful For
We asked students, from first-years to seniors, what they were thankful for at Rhodes, and here’s what they told us.
Fulfilling a Goal: Kelsey Sweeney ’17 Attends Chinese Studies Institute
This past summer, Kelsey Sweeney ’17 accomplished a goal she set in her first year at Rhodes: to study Chinese in China.