A team of Rhodes College students from the Research for Action Lab, over the course of 18 months, collaborated with local organizations Play Where You Stay, the Heights CDC, and Dragonfly Studio to conduct a community needs assessment and create a revitalization blueprint for Treadwell Park in the Highland Heights neighborhood in Memphis. The team focused on identifying community priorities, understanding park usage, and addressing environmental challenges.
Memphis Magazine Interviews President Troutt About the Love of Learning and a Lasting Legacy
Rhodes College President William E. Troutt will retire in June 2017, after 18 years as president of the college.
November 09, 2016
Field Hockey Team Headed to NCAA Championship
For the second consecutive season and the fourth time in school history, the Rhodes College field hockey team has been selected to participate in the NCAA Division III Championship.
November 09, 2016
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