Recent Rhodes College graduates Katherine Buikema, Monica Nedialkova, Maya Khalife-Hamdan, and Anna Rush have been selected to receive Fulbright U.S. Student Awards for the 2025-2026 academic year. They will serve as English teaching assistants in their assigned countries. The Fulbright Program currently facilitates the exchange of students and scholars between the United States and more than 140 countries.
For International Student Thea Li ’23, the World is Full of Opportunity
Photographer, singer, harpist, improv coach—computer science major Thea Li has made the most of every opportunity while at Rhodes. Li's culminating project as a Memphis Center Art Fellow is currently on exhibit in West Campus.
April 20, 2023
Rhodes College’s Phi Beta Kappa Chapter to Induct New Members
Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is America’s oldest collegiate honor society. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding liberal arts students at America’s leading colleges and universities. Fewer than one percent of U.S. college graduates are eligible. Membership is one of the highest academic honors a student can attain, and it stands as a life-long mark of excellence in the study of the liberal arts.
April 20, 2023
Schedneck to Discuss Her New Book on Theravada Buddhists
Dr. Brooke Schedneck, an assistant professor at Rhodes whose work focuses on contemporary Buddhism in Thailand, has a new book out titled Living Theravada: Demystifying the People, Places, And Practices of a Buddhist Tradition.
April 20, 2023
Senior Business Major Lands Top Prize from Financial Group
Business major Martina Jones ’23 received the overall top scholarship among area college students from the Memphis chapter of Financial Executives International.
April 19, 2023
Rhodes Students Garner Awards at New York Model European Union Conference
Rhodes students brought back awards after recently participating the 2023 SUNY (State University of New York) Model European Union Conference held in New York City.
April 19, 2023
Julia Seeds Presents Senior Research at Midwest Political Science Association Conference
Her project extended the research that she completed in Professor Amy Risley’s senior seminar last fall.
April 19, 2023
Four Seniors Win Fulbright Student Awards
Rhodes seniors James Blan, Ace Cole, and Isabela Tablan have been selected to receive Fulbright U.S. Student Awards for the 2023-2024 academic year. Tim Turcotte is the recipient of a Fulbright Austria U.S. Teaching Assistantship.
April 18, 2023
PROUD TO BE CHEMISTS
Faculty and students of the Department of Chemistry represented Rhodes at the Spring 2023 American Chemical Society meeting in Indianapolis, IN, where thousands of chemistry professionals met to share ideas and advance scientific and technical knowledge
April 18, 2023
Rhodes Plays Host to National Mock Trial Championship Tournament, Eldridge Receives Award
Smart. Talented. Articulate. Dedicated. These words aptly describe the top 48 out of 700 mock trial teams in the nation that were in Memphis April 14-16 for the 38th American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) National Championship. The event was hosted by Rhodes College and sponsored by Burch, Porter & Johnson and The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.
April 18, 2023
Richards Selected for National Senior Leadership Academy
Dr. Rashna Richards, dean for faculty development, reviews, and assessment at Rhodes, has been admitted into the 2023-2024 Senior Leadership Academy of the Council of Independent Colleges and the American Academic Leadership Institute.Up to 40 participants are selected for the competitive year-long program, which is designed for administrators to acquire knowledge, skills, and experience germane to the responsibilities and activities central to the work of a vice president or cabinet officer.
April 13, 2023