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.

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. 

At the college’s annual Awards Convocation hosted by Academic Affairs on April 29, various Rhodes departments and programs recognized outstanding students.

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.

Rhodes Students Preserving the Work of Memphis Photographer Ernest Withers

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. 

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.

Dr. Scott Newstok and Dr. Carole Blankenship are recipients of Rhodes’ faculty honors for outstanding teaching and research.

Theodore Nollert will teach in Vienna, Austria as part of the Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship Program administered by Fulbright Austria on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education.

The latest app to come out of Rhodes College is Hound Dog, developed by Sam Reid ’16 and his longtime friend Sammy Gonzales-Luna of Princeton University.