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.”
Radhika Puri ’16 and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Create Helmet Safety Program
Rhodes senior Radhika Puri has created a helmet safety program in partnership with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. During her junior year at White Station High School in Memphis, TN, Puri suffered a traumatic head injury after falling off her bicycle. She was not wearing a helmet and as a result of her injuries, underwent care in Memphis and Atlanta hospitals. She missed nine weeks of her junior year in high school.
May 04, 2016
Prof. Huebner Weighs In on Conversation About 1866 Memphis Massacre
In March, Prof. Timothy Huebner of Rhodes’ Department of History presented a lecture at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library titled “A Massacre in Memphis: The Bloody Race Riot of 1866.”
May 04, 2016
ODK Inducts New Members Demonstrating Scholarship, Leadership, and Service
Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), the national honor society which recognizes scholarship, leadership and service in extracurricular activities, has inducted new members into the college’s Phi Circle.
New members from the faculty and staff are Dr. Zachary Casey, assistant professor of educational studies; Brian Foshee, director of physical plant; and Timothy Lucas, associate director of physical plant.
May 04, 2016
Former Wellesley College President to Deliver Baccalaureate Address
Dr. Diana Chapman Walsh, President Emerita of Wellesley College, will deliver the Baccalaureate address and will receive the Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree at Commencement.
May 03, 2016
Students Presented 2015-2016 Awards by Departments and Programs
At the college’s annual Awards Convocation hosted by Academic Affairs on April 29, various Rhodes departments and programs recognized outstanding students.
May 03, 2016
Celebrating our Legacies
The annual legacy photo has been taken for decades, an indication of how fully our alumni value their Rhodes experience as something cherished, to be shared with and bequeathed to younger family members.
May 03, 2016
A Lasting Image
Rhodes Students Preserving the Work of Memphis Photographer Ernest Withers
May 03, 2016
E-Portfolios Give Students a Place to Reflect
Enhancement of the learning experience through reflection lies as close as the nearest keyboard for students participating in the Mellon Grant-funded e-portfolio project.
May 03, 2016
Legacy of Science: An Old-Fashioned Love Story
Robertson Hall naming connects college’s past to its future.
By Lynn Conlee
This is a love story. It is not a typical story about the sciences. Or a stone-by-stone account of a new building. Or merely a tale of successful alumni. Yet, science and buildings and alumni play the main characters in this story. Other key characters are education and gumption. And that makes this a perfect love story about Rhodes College.
May 03, 2016
Newstok and Blankenship Win Clarence Day Awards for Outstanding Teaching and Research
Dr. Scott Newstok and Dr. Carole Blankenship are recipients of Rhodes’ faculty honors for outstanding teaching and research.
April 29, 2016