Dr. Scott Newstok, professor of English and executive director of the Spence Wilson Center for Interdisciplinary Humanities at Rhodes College, has been awarded a four-year grant from the State Research Agency of Spain. This award will support his scholarship on the multilingual heritage of early modern English across legal, religious, political, and literary discourses. Newstok’s project was one of 37 funded among 254 applications; in the three-year history of Spain’s research program, he is the second recipient who works in the humanities, and the only recipient from a liberal arts college.
Prof. Jeffrey Jackson Says Disaster Planners Can Learn From the 1910 Paris Flood
“The Paris high water of 2016 was the worst in more than 30 years, but it came nowhere close to the historic and disastrous levels of the city’s 1910 flood, when the Seine reached more than 20 feet above its normal height,” according to Dr. Jeffrey H. Jackson, associate professor of history at Rhodes.
July 07, 2016
Prof. Sciubba Joins Council on Foreign Relations
Dr. Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba, associate professor of international studies at Rhodes, has been invited to join the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations as a five-year term member. CFR is a highly-selective organization with 4,900 members world-wide, including Madeleine Albright, Bill Clinton, Dan Rather, and Condoleeza Rice. The organization also is the publisher of Foreign Affairs magazine.
July 06, 2016
Compassionate Campus Initiative: A Q&A with Prof. Mark Muesse
On June 18, Rhodes held a day-long retreat on campus for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members. The event was sponsored by the Compassionate Campus Initiative (CCI), which is led by Prof. Mark Muesse of the Department of Religious Studies and composed of faculty, staff, and students who have been charged by President William E. Troutt to seek out and execute ways to make Rhodes a kinder and more mindful community.
July 06, 2016
Summertime . . . and the Livin' Is Busy!
Rhodes students trade summers at the beach for research, excavation, and education.
July 05, 2016
Court Was In Session This Summer for Rhodes’ First Mock Trial Academy
Twenty-five talented high school students from all over the country staged final mock trials on campus June 25 after participating in Rhodes College’s first Mock Trial Academy.
June 28, 2016
Record-Breaking Year for Rhodes Students Accepted into Med Schools
Rhodes graduates who apply to medical school are accepted at a much higher rate than the national average.
June 28, 2016
Annika Gage ’16 Receives William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India
Annika Gage ’16 of Ann Arbor, MI, recently learned she is a 2016-2017 recipient of the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India.
June 27, 2016
Dr. Herbert Hill ’67 Working on Breathalyzer to Test Drivers Under the Influence of Marijuana
Dr. Herbert Hill ’67, who was a chemistry major at Rhodes, has spent more than four decades pioneering ways to detect chemical signatures based on the movement of a substance’s component ions.
June 27, 2016
Legalized Gambling Rising in America, According to Prof. Nelson
Prof. Michael Nelson of the Department of Political Science writes on various subjects including the American Presidency, English composition, sports, music, history, and sociology. His latest article in The Weekly Standard focuses on the spread of legalized casino gambling. Read it here.
June 24, 2016
Charles Walker ’14 Carries Dedication to Service Into Nursing Career
Charles Walker graduated from Rhodes in 2014 and is working as a registered nurse at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
June 23, 2016