Rhodes College has been awarded a three-year Institutional Impact Grant of $600,000 by the Educating Character Initiative, a project of The Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University. The Educating Character Initiative is funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. The college will use this grant to integrate character education into its liberal arts curriculum and student experience, as well as to support a re-alignment of the college’s motto—Truth, Loyalty, Service—which is featured on its seal.
Bailey Santos ’25 Presents Educational Studies Research at Literacy Research Association Conference
Bailey Santos, a senior educational studies major from Dallas, TX, presented “Bilingual Books to Promote Language and Biliteracy Learning” at the Literacy Research Association conference held Dec. 4-7 in Atlanta. She presented the research with faculty advisor Dr. Laura Beth Kelly.
December 17, 2024
Caroline Calogero ’24 Wins Fulbright U.S. Student Award to Teach in South Korea
Caroline Calogero, who is from New Orleans, LA, and graduated from Rhodes College in May 2024, is the recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Student Award for the 2024-2025 academic year. She will serve as an English Teaching Assistant in South Korea beginning in January.
December 16, 2024
Meeman Center for Lifelong Learning Announces Spring 2025 Session
The Meeman Center for Lifelong Learning at Rhodes College offers non-credit courses designed for learners of all ages and ranging from single sessions to multiple meetings. Classes taught by Rhodes professors cover topics such as film, literature, and professional skills.
December 13, 2024
Newstok Publishes New Book and Archive on Close Reading
Dr. Scott Newstok, executive director of the Spence Wilson Center for Interdisciplinary Humanities at Rhodes, has collaborated with John Guillory on a new book titled On Close Reading (University of Chicago Press, 2025) and produced the Close Reading Archive, a free public humanities database.
December 13, 2024
From Memphis to Prague, Business Major Addison Leonard '26 Honing Marketing Skills Through Internships
A business major with an interest in marketing, Addison Leonard completed a marketing internship in the fall of 2024 with ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and will travel to the Czech Republic in the spring on a Buckman Fellowship to study business and marketing.
December 11, 2024
Bryce Hayes ’20 Named One of College Sports Communicators’ 30 Under 30
Bryce Hayes, who received a bachelor’s degree in history in 2020, has been named one of College Sports Communicators’ 30 Under 30 for 2024. He is the director of sports information and sports marketing at Texas Lutheran University.
December 06, 2024
Rhodes Physics Majors Take Honors at Research Conference in Arkansas
Catherine Prabish won first place for her oral presentation, and Jack Harper received honorable mention for his poster presentation at the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence Conference held in November.
December 04, 2024
Huebner Receives Prize for Best Article Published in Civil War History Journal
Dr. Timothy Huebner, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Rhodes, is the 2024 recipient of the John T. Hubbell Prize for best article published in the past year in Civil War History. The awarded is presented annually by The Kent State University Press and the winner determined by the journal’s prize selection committee.
December 02, 2024
Rhodes Mock Trial Brings Home Another First-Place Trophy for Invitational Tournament
Rhodes Mock Trial Team A won the inaugural Texas Showdown, an invitational tournament hosted by the University of Texas School of Law Nov. 16-17. Top teams from across the nation competed. In addition to Rhodes winning the tournament, Bell Tucci was named an Outstanding Attorney and Maya Bridgeman was named an Outstanding Witness.
November 19, 2024
Rhodes Alumna Julie Gehrki ’02 Named President of the Walmart Foundation
Julie Gehrki, a member of the Rhodes Class of 2002, has been named president of the Walmart Foundation and promoted to senior vice president of philanthropy at Walmart.
November 15, 2024