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.”
Class of 2020 Visits National Civil Rights Museum
Touring historical landmark and museum leads to reflection.
November 08, 2016
First-Year Experience
The first year of college life can bring challenges to even the most outgoing, well-adjusted student. Rhodes aims to ease that transition.
November 08, 2016
Prof. Huebner Publishes Two History-Related Analyses on Election Day
Prof. Timothy Huebner of Rhodes’ Department of History has published two op-eds on this election day that apply lessons from historical events in the 1860s to the 2016 Presidential Election.
November 08, 2016
Prof. Hughes’ Country Soul Honored by Association for Recorded Sound Collections
Dr. Charles L. Hughes, director of Rhodes’ Memphis Center, has been awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections for his book.
November 07, 2016
Prof. Gibson Leads Discussion About James Baldwin at Indie Memphis Film Festival
Dr. Ernest L. Gibson III of the Rhodes Department of English was invited by the Indie Memphis Film Festival to introduce Raoul Peck’s documentary on James Baldwin, “I Am Not Your Negro,” which premiered at Studio and encored at Hattiloo Theater on Nov. 5.
November 07, 2016
A Q&A with Brooks Lamb, President of the Honor Council
Brooks Lamb ’17, a history major from Chapel Hill, TN, serves as the 2016-2017 president of the Honor Council.
November 03, 2016
Adam Cruthirds '20: Adam's Army Works to Benefit St. Jude
Adam Cruthirds ’20 was having one of the most exciting summers of his life when he was diagnosed with cancer.
November 03, 2016
Gen Z
Like colleges across the country, Rhodes welcomes the next great generation of scholars, Gen Z. Known as self-starters, self-learners, and self-motivators, Gen Z students present a new slate of challenges for recruitment and retention. As it always has, Rhodes rises to the occasion.
November 02, 2016
Rhodes’ Food Recovery Network Featured in Memphis Daily News
Rhodes’ Food Recovery Network was established to collect, weigh, and record food from the college’s dining hall to distribute to local soup kitchens.
November 02, 2016
Rhodes & Beyond
Helping turn around a failing school motivates these alumni teachers.
November 01, 2016