Rhodes Student Government (RSG) represents the interests of students to the rest of the campus—faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, and friends of the college. In addition to the RSG officers and Student Senate members, which are elected by a student body-wide vote, there are four governmental bodies: the Allocations and Student Organizations Commission, Community Standards Council, Honor Council, and Rhodes Activities Board. This year’s officers talked to us about their responsibility to represent not only organizations, but also the values that define our campus culture.
Best New Opera Award Recognizes Music Composed by Rhodes Alum Rene Orth ’07
The Music Critics Association of North America has announced that the opera 10 Days in a Madhouse is the winner of the 2024 Award for Best New Opera. Music alumna Rene Orth ’07 composed the music for 10 Days, which was commissioned by Opera Philadelphia and Tapestry Opera and had its world premiere in 2023.
August 06, 2024
Brooks Receives Mortar Board’s National Excellence in Advising Award
Darlene Brooks, director of Barret Library at Rhodes College, is a 2024 recipient of the Excellence in Advising Award presented by the Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society. This celebrated distinction is presented to advisors who have demonstrated a commitment to the purpose of Mortar Board and who have gone above and beyond in their work with a collegiate chapter.
August 05, 2024
Rhodes College Awarded $75K Grant from The Teagle Foundation to Expand Signature Search Curriculum
Rhodes College will expand its long-established Search program with the support of a $75,000 grant from The Teagle Foundation. “Revising and Renewing the Search Program at Rhodes College” is the title of the proposal for the grant, which will be used for three academic years through June 30, 2027.
July 31, 2024
Rhodes Theatre Guild Garners Multiple Ostrander Award Nominations
Nominees recently were announced for the 40th Ostrander Awards, honoring the best in local theater in the 2023-2024 season. The student-run Rhodes Theatre Guild received 14 nominations.
July 29, 2024
Scientific Research Findings by Area High School and College Students to be Showcased on Campus
On July 27, Rhodes College will serve as the host for a community exhibition featuring science research conducted by college students and area high school students participating in summer programs at Rhodes, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
July 25, 2024
Rhodes Featured Among the Best in Fiske Guide to Colleges 2025
Rhodes College continues to be included in the annual Fiske Guide to Colleges, a best-selling guide to the best colleges in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom.
July 19, 2024
Webb Takes Office as President of International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators
L. Angela Webb, associate vice president for campus safety at Rhodes College, was sworn in as the president of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators at its annual conference held in New Orleans in June. She will serve a one-year term.
July 12, 2024
Blankenship Honored for Excellence and Service by National Association of Teachers of Singing
Dr. Carole Blankenship, soprano and professor and chair of music at Rhodes College, has been a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing for 30 years and has served the organization in many roles, including as president. The organization has now launched a fundraising initiative to commemorate its rich history and to name one of three prizes in the classical category of its National Student Auditions in honor of Blankenship.
July 11, 2024
Rhodes College Receives $50K Grant to Focus on Character Education
Rhodes College has been awarded a one-year Capacity-Building Grant of $50,000 by Wake Forest University’s Educating Character Initiative, thanks to Lilly Endowment Inc. “We truly believe in character education at Rhodes,” said Provost Timothy S. Huebner. “A century ago, President Charles Diehl described the college as an institution ‘vitally concerned with scholarship, but . . . even more concerned with character.’ The work that our faculty will do in the next year has the potential to transform the first-year experience at Rhodes.”
July 10, 2024
Wright Pens New Book on W. E. B. Du Bois, Will Be Featured As Key Scholar in Black Social Thought
Dr. Earl Wright II, the Neville Frierson Bryan Chair of Sociology at Rhodes College, has authored a new book, along with Dr. Kalasia S. Ojeh of Kean University, titled An Introduction to W. E. B. Du Bois (Routledge, 2024). Also, Wright will be featured in Fifty Key Scholars in Black Social Thought, to be published in October by Routledge.
July 02, 2024