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Editor's Note

It is hard to think that we only get our students for four short years, especially when we pause to reflect on the things they dream about and accomplish.

Rhodes students enrolled in  Prof. Ferron Thompson’s commerce and business course participated in the 2016 SaveFirst tax preparation initiative.

Prof. John Bass of the Department of Music is featured in the Memphis Daily News about his career as a musician and his work as director of  Rhodes’ Mike Curb Institute for Music.

Rhodes is Tennessee’s selected college for 2016. 

Rhodes alumna Mimi Dunn is the recipient of the competitive James Madison Memorial Fellowship, which provides for graduate study leading to a master’s degree in American history, political science, or government.

As a 2011 Rhodes Institute for Regional Studies fellow, Dunn researched the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock, AR. She graduated in 2013 with a B.A. in history.

International Studies Professor Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba recently spoke at the Atlantic Council’s Global Strategy Forum in Washington, D.C.  She discussed “Demographic Change in the 21st Century.” Her talk can be viewed here, in the first video starting at minute 31. 

Annual awards were presented at the 167th Commencement Exercises of Rhodes College on May 14 on campus. Rhodes graduate Heting Hommy Zhu  was awarded the Peyton Nalle Rhodes Phi Beta Kappa Prize, the college’s highest academic honor, and James Allen Boone, Jr. ’71, vice president for finance and business affairs, received the Rhodes College Distinguished Service Medal.

Women's Golf Wins Second National Title

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

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.