Dr. David Mason, whose research involves theater and religion, tied his spring 2017 lab to McCoy Theatre’s third production, “The Rhodes Cycle.” Mason set out to introduce students to the communal staging methods used by towns during the Middle Ages to present dramatized versions of biblical events known as cycle plays.

Nathaniel Plemons, a senior history major, recently was awarded second place in the world history category for his paper delivered at the Phi Alpha Theta History honor society regional conference.

Rhodes student affiliates of the American Chemical Society hosted middle school students on March 25 for Chemistry Day at Rhodes.

Rhodes College juniors McKenna Davis and Matthew Huber are among 240 sophomores and juniors nationwide selected as Goldwater Scholars for the 2017-2018 academic year.

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.

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.

Seven Years to Zero, new work by Rhodes College creative nonfiction professor Amy Benson, is slated to publish in May.

What to do in Memphis in April

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.

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.