Rhodes Student Government (RSG) represents the interests of students to the rest of the campus—faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, and friends of the college. In addition to the RSG officers and Student Senate members, which are elected by a student body-wide vote, there are four governmental bodies: the Allocations and Student Organizations Commission, Community Standards Council, Honor Council, and Rhodes Activities Board. This year’s officers talked to us about their responsibility to represent not only organizations, but also the values that define our campus culture.
Faculty Focus: Dr. Jennifer Sciubba
What do Dr. Jennifer Sciubba from the Department of International Studies and George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, and Madeleine Albright have in common?
July 14, 2016
Matthew Broussard ’20 Receives National History Honor
Matthew Broussard, an incoming first-year student from Baytown, TX, won two awards—the George Washington Leadership in History Award and the Legacy Award—for his presentation at the 2016 Kenneth E. Behring National History Day (NHD) Contest in June.
July 14, 2016
Nathan Smith ’17 Selected as Summer Intern for Office of Arkansas Attorney General
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has accepted 17 students for her internship program. Rising senior Nathan Smith is among them.
“My goal is to provide invaluable service-learning opportunities for interns,” says Rutledge. “This internship program allows students to work in the public service sector and enhance their collegiate experience, enabling them to be more career ready.”
Smith is an anthropology/sociology major from Little Rock. He graduated from LISA Academy in 2013.
July 13, 2016
Prof. Nelson Reviews New Novel by Richard Russo About Small-Town America
Prof. Michael Nelson of the Department of Political Science has published a review of Richard Russo's new novel Everybody’s Fool for the Claremont Review of Books. The book tells the goings on of a small town in upstate New York.
July 13, 2016
Faculty Expertise: Prof. Bremer Makes Case for Mason Temple Becoming a National Monument
Prof. Thomas Bremer teaches courses on American religious history including Religious Diversity in America, American Sacred Space, Religion and Tourism. There have been recent talks by church and city officials about whether or not Mason Temple, central headquarters of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) denomination and where Dr. Martin Luther King made his famous “Mountaintop” speech, should become a national monument.
July 13, 2016
Finding Something in Yourself
What is the value of a Maymester course? Quite a lot, according to the research of one educator/participant.
July 11, 2016
Senior Seminar Results in Neuroscience Research Grant for Sumner Magruder ’16
Sumner Magruder ’16, a neuroscience/biomathematics/computer science bridge major, received a grant from the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) travel award program to conduct research at the University of Gottingen, Germany. BIF is an independent, non-profit organization that supports up-and-coming junior scientists and promotes basic research in biomedicine.
July 11, 2016
Putting the “Camp” in Campus
Rhodes puts the “camp” in campus every summer for hundreds of elementary, middle school, and high school students.
July 11, 2016
Summer Service Fellow Angelle Henkelmann Joins Disaster Relief
When Angelle Henkelmann ’18 chose the American Red Cross of the Mid-South in Memphis for her Rhodes Summer Service Fellowship, she didn’t expect to end up in West Virginia. But when a devastating flood hit the state in June and the call went out for volunteers, she answered.
Robert Wallace of the Red Cross Mid-South chapter related the story on the chapter’s Facebook page:
July 08, 2016
Ellie Fratt ’18 Wins 2016 STEM Scholarship to Continue Research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Rhodes rising junior Ellie Fratt is a 2016 recipient of the B.A. Rudolph Foundation’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Scholarship, which is making it possible for her this summer to continue previous research conducted at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
July 07, 2016