Rhodes College Announces $2M Endowment to Support New Center for Career and Professional Development

Rhodes College today announced a $2 million gift from The Rhodes Family Foundation to name the director’s position for the college’s Center for Career and Professional Development. This will be the college’s first endowed staff position. The gift supports the center’s vision of “ensuring all students graduate from Rhodes College prepared, engaged, self-aware, and confident in their abilities both to lead and to fulfill professional, academic, and personal goals.”

Ask Rhodes

Savvy readers will recall way back to our fall issue when Kathryn Anderson ’87 inquired about a tasty sandwich served in the Lynx Pub.

Creative Connections

The ways in which Memphis and Rhodes intertwine are especially evident in the arts. Memphis is a place where artists can thrive, and Rhodes students are connected in meaningful ways to arts organizations all over the city.

The Power of Big Ideas

 

Outside Barret Library, a light layer of white covered the Rhodes campus. Inside Barret 051, a cavernous space typically reserved for group meetings, teams of students huddled together, heads down, diligently working on laptops.

Making a Difference at Promise Academy

Five days a week, Rhodes senior Jessica Ramey heads over to Promise Academy, an elementary charter school in Memphis’ Hollywood neighborhood, to assist first-grade students with their daily lessons.

2016 Awards

The GSST Program is pleased to announce the winners of our 2016 academic awards.