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Newstok Awarded Grant from the State Research Agency of Spain

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.

April 01, 2026

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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

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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

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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

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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

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