Rhodes alumna Jennifer Andrews has been named the new executive director of Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, which is transforming 4,500-acre Shelby Farms Park into America’s great 21st century urban park. 

Maddie McGrady ’17 and Prof. Timothy Huebner of the Department of History are co-authors of an essay in Southern Cultures, one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in the field of southern studies.

Rhodes College is pleased to announce four juniors have been selected as finalists for the Truman Scholarship. They are Tyler Harvey, Eilidh Jenness, Brooks Lamb, and Jolie-Grace Wareham.

Rhodes sophomore Mary Phan has been awarded an Americans for the Arts NABE Scholarship encouraging the integration of the arts and economics.

Katie Hatstat ’16

Rhodes alumnus Dr. Michael Long and his team of researchers have come up with a technique during surgery to protect areas of the brain where speech occurs.

Read an interview with Rhodes’ new athletic director.

Students wishing to get involved with the LGBTQ campus community should contact student leaders in the Gay Straight Alliance or the Queer Advocacy group within the Kinney Program.

Professor Ivory Inspires First-Year Students to Be Agents of Change

Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and a proponent of nonviolence, spoke on campus recently on “Consciousness, Compassion, And Commitment.”