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.
Lawson Recognized with SAGE Emerging Scholar Award
Dr. Kailey Lawson, assistant professor of psychology at Rhodes College, has been selected for the SAGE Emerging Scholar Award from the Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). She will be recognized at the annual SPSP meeting to be held in February 2026 in Chicago, IL.
October 02, 2025
Former Rhodes Scholar Michael Lamb ’04 to Present Constitution Day Lecture
Dr. Michael Lamb ’04, a Rhodes College political science alumnus and 2004 Rhodes Scholar, will deliver the college’s annual Constitution Day lecture on Oct. 6. The title of the talk is “Character and the Constitution: What the Founders Can Teach Us About How to Keep Our Republic.”
October 01, 2025
Rhodes Hosts Multilingual Memphis Coffee Chat
Rhodes College on Sept. 27 hosted a gathering of the Multilingual Memphis Coffee Chat, a regional network that brings together educators, administrators, and community organizations working to better serve second-language learning communities.
September 30, 2025
Economics Majors Drishti Bhatia and Anna Everly Receive Tennessee CPA Society Awards
Rhodes College students Drishti Bhatia ’26 and Anna Everly ’27 are recipients of awards from the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants after a competitive process. Bhatia is the recipient of a TSCPA scholarship. Everly is one of only five juniors in the state to receive the Calvin and Jean King Foundation Award.
September 26, 2025
Stoddard Named a Trailblazer by American Chemical Society
Dr. Shana Stoddard, associate professor of chemistry at Rhodes College, has been selected as part of the 2025 cohort of Trailblazers by the American Chemical Society. The organization spotlights Stoddard in a special issue of its news outlet, Chemical & Engineering News, published Sept. 15. The issue features the work of scientists with disabilities and the ways they adapt their workplace to do science.
September 25, 2025
Today in Rhodes College History: Classes Begin in Memphis in 1925
Established in 1848 in Clarksville, TN, Rhodes College moved to its current location in 1925 under the leadership of then president Dr. Charles E. Diehl. The college (then named Southwestern) opened for classes on Sept. 24, 1925. Four hundred and six students and 16 faculty walked into a Collegiate Gothic building, now known as Southwestern Hall, that laid the foundation for the beautiful campus we see today.
September 24, 2025
Rhodes College Rises in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
Rhodes College rose four spots in U.S. News & World Report’s recently released 2026 Best Colleges rankings, to No. 55 for National Liberal Arts Colleges. The annual rankings evaluate four-year bachelor's degree-granting institutions across the nation. Rhodes also achieved top 50 recognition in several other key rankings areas.
September 23, 2025
Rhodes College Announces $2M Endowment to Support New Center for Career and Professional Development
Rhodes College today announced a $2 million gift from The Rhodes Family Foundation to name the director’s position for the college’s Center for Career and Professional Development. This will be the college’s first endowed staff position. The gift supports the center’s vision of “ensuring all students graduate from Rhodes College prepared, engaged, self-aware, and confident in their abilities both to lead and to fulfill professional, academic, and personal goals.”
September 17, 2025
Rhodes Among Southern Living’s Most Beautiful College Campuses in the South
Rhodes College once again has caught the eye of lifestyle magazine Southern Living and is featured in its updated listing of “The 45 Most Beautiful College Campuses in The South.” Rhodes is celebrating its 100th anniversary in Memphis this year, and, as the campus has grown, the college has stayed true to the Gothic-style architecture championed by President Charles Diehl.
September 15, 2025
Cube Satellite Built by Rhodes College Team Set to Launch Sept. 14 as Part of NASA Mission
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is targeting Sunday, Sept. 14, to launch a four-inch, cube-shaped satellite named RHOK-SAT into space. RHOK-SAT is a collaboration between Rhodes College and the University of Oklahoma.
September 12, 2025