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Rhodes Named a Best Value College for 2027 by The Princeton Review

Rhodes College is one of the nation’s “Best Value Colleges for 2027,” according to The Princeton Review. For its Best Value Colleges for 2027 report, the education services company chose 209 schools out of the more than 650 institutions it surveyed and evaluated based on academics, costs, financial aid, debt, graduation rates, and alumni career and salary data.

September 29, 2026

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Rhodes Students Win Awards at Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature’s General Assembly

Rhodes College sent a delegation of 10 members to the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature’s (TISL) 55th General Assembly, held Nov. 21-24 in Nashville, and Hunter Rheinfrank ’26 and Sofia Lewis ’28 won individual awards.

December 18, 2024

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From Fruit Flies to Elephants: Keith Adams Makes the Most of Research Opportunities at Rhodes

Keith Adams ’25 had his heart set on conducting undergraduate research from the outset of his college search—and from fruit fly genetics to environmental field study to infectious disease, the biology major and chemistry minor has fulfilled this goal during his time at Rhodes.

December 18, 2024

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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