First-Year Students Sign the Honor Pledge

Shelby County Schools (SCS) are just a couple of weeks into the new school year, and there are already plenty of opportunities for volunteers, according to a recent SCS news release.

Ryan Reardon, a 1994 Rhodes biology alumnus, has been awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

America has great doctors, hospitals and medical research facilities, but not everyone benefits equally, according to Dr. Kendra G. Hotz.

McCoy Theatre’s production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” won an Ostrander for Best Musical Production in the college division plus five other awards.

This is the 11th consecutive year the Russian Studies program has been awarded a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA).

Dr. Judith Haas, associate professor of English at Rhodes College, was presented the 2016 Jameson M. Jones Award for Outstanding Faculty Service.

Prof. Victor Coonin of the Department of Art and Art History is mentioned in an article about Michelangelo’s David in The New York Times Magazine.

Prof. Tim Huebner has published a new book, Liberty and Union: The Civil War Era and American Constitutionalism.

In 1984, Rhodes alumna Melanie Smith Taylor ’71 won an Olympic gold medal.