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Student-Made Short Film Wins Awards, Pre-Approved for Distribution

Students in Professor Dee Garceau’s Historical Documentary Filmmaking class helped write, direct, and edit a short film called A Massacre in Memphis. Their work recently won honors from Southern Shorts Awards.

A still image from the student-led short film A Massacre in Memphis.

Prof. Shaolu Yu Receives Award at Race, Ethnicity, Place IX Conference

She is an assistant professor of urban studies and recently received an Early Career Scholar Award. At the conference, she also presented research with Rhodes alumna Abbey Judd ’15.

Rhodes Administrator Dr. Erin Hillis to Head Association of International Educators’ Conference

More than 500 individuals are expected to attend the regional conference to be held Nov. 10-14 at The Peabody Memphis. A number of immigration experts, government officials, and study abroad professionals will participate.

college administrator standing outside on a campus

Rhodes Captures Spot on “Most Beautiful Colleges” List

The Most Beautiful Colleges list, which features the work of top architects and designers, notes the college’s “beautiful wooded campus with uniformly Collegiate Gothic buildings made of Arkansas sandstone, Vermont slate, and Indiana limestone.”

A beautiful Collegiate Gothic college campus at sunrise.

Rhodes Field Hockey Clenches SAA Championship, Coach Lindsay Kasten Named SAA Coach of the Year

Rhodes Field Hockey defeated Centre College 2-1 and clenched the Southern Athletic Association championship title on Sunday, Nov. 4. The win is the fifth tournament championship victory for the Lynx in the seven-year history of the SAA.

Trip to Mississippi Delta Brings Classroom Studies to Life

Students in the English course Voices of the Delta had the unusual opportunity of traveling during a regular campus course, along with faculty members, to engage with the history, culture, and landscape they’re currently studying in class.

Rhodes to Honor Alumnus and WWII Veteran Declared Missing in Action for Decades

U.S.Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Martin F. O’Callaghan, Jr., a member of the Class of 1944, was killed during World War II. Listed as missing in action for more than seven decades, his remains were finally identified this year and are being returned to his family for a service and burial with full military honors on Nov. 5.

Rhodes Producing Play in Conjunction with Southwest Tennessee Community College, the U of M as Part of “NottageFest”

The Rhodes Department of Theatre is teaming up with the University of Memphis and Southwest Tennessee Community College to produce “NottageFest,” a three-show festival dedicated to two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage.

Rhodes Department of Psychology Hosts Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest

Pumpkins are carved and designed by teams made up of students and faculty members. Participants are required to base their design on the topics and themes they examine in their research.

Psychology Department's annual pumpkin contest

McCoy Theatre to Offer Free Season

McCoy’s 38th season includes three plays, along with four events ranging from shows by the Rhodes Theatre Guild to the 14th Annual Memphis Children’s Theatre Festival. The next performance is “Fabulation Or, The Re-Education of Undine” running Nov. 9-10 and 15-18.

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