Dr. Scott Newstok, professor of English and executive director of the Spence Wilson Center for Interdisciplinary Humanities at Rhodes College, has been awarded a four-year grant from the State Research Agency of Spain. This award will support his scholarship on the multilingual heritage of early modern English across legal, religious, political, and literary discourses. Newstok’s project was one of 37 funded among 254 applications; in the three-year history of Spain’s research program, he is the second recipient who works in the humanities, and the only recipient from a liberal arts college.
Rhodes Ranked in Top 50 Among Kiplinger’s “Best Values in Liberal Arts Colleges” for 2017
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has announced its annual list of best value colleges and universities that combine a high-quality education with affordability.
December 16, 2016
Rhodes’ Associate VP Bud Richey Recognized as a Leader in Education
Bud Richey, associate vice president for external programs at Rhodes, received the 2016 SPARK Award for "Leader of the Year" at a ceremony aired on WKNO-TV on Dec. 12.
December 14, 2016
Professor Clinton and Student Fellows Reconstruct Ancient House
On Nov. 5, 2016, Prof. Miriam Clinton of the Department of Art and Art History spoke at a conference in Athens on "New Approaches and Paradigms in Greek Architecture."
December 13, 2016
Rhodes Trustee Cary Fowler Publishes Book About Global Seed Vault
Rhodes trustee and alumnus Cary Fowler ’71 has been in town signing copies of his new book, Seeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault.
December 12, 2016
Marjorie Hass Named Next President of Rhodes College
Rhodes College today announced the appointment of Marjorie Hass as its 20th president following a unanimous vote by the Board of Trustees.
December 11, 2016
Korey Henkle ’17 Broadens Interest in Law with Community Legal Center Internship
Senior Korey Henkle is finding new ways to help others through his internship with the Community Legal Center (CLC), which was established in 1994 and is located in downtown Memphis.
December 09, 2016
Rhodes Alumna Selected as SEC Leadership Development Program Fellow
Dr. Angi Bourgeois, head of the Department of Art at Mississippi State University, is among 52 selected as 2016-17 Southeastern Conference Academic (SEC) Leadership Development Program Fellows.
December 08, 2016
Rhodes Students Win Top Prizes for GIS Presentations
Rhodes students recently presented their geographic information system (GIS) research projects at the Mid-South GIS Conference held Nov. 16 and 17 in Memphis. Samantha Ramsey ’17 (pictured; environmental science and French double major) won the annual GIS scholarship for her presentation, “Bottled Water Economics in Washington State.”
December 06, 2016
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.
December 05, 2016
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.
December 02, 2016