Rhodes College Recognized Nationally for Study Abroad Participation

Rhodes ranks among the top institutions in the nation for study abroad participation, according to the Open Doors 2025 Report on International Educational Exchange released by the Institute of International Education. “Study abroad continues to be one of the top reasons students choose Rhodes College,” said Dr. Erin Hillis, executive director of Rhodes’ Buckman Center for Global Engagement. “Consistent placement in Open Doors’ national rankings affirms how committed Rhodes faculty, leadership, families, and students are to global education. This is an important part of our graduates’ success in their interconnected world.”
January 09, 2026
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Rhodes Is Among Money’s List of Best Colleges in America 2022

Rhodes has landed on Money’s Best Colleges in America 2022. Editors of the magazine spent months evaluating data on quality, affordability, and student outcomes of more than 600 four-year colleges across the country. Rhodes also is among the magazine’s top 50 Best Colleges in the South.
June 09, 2022
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Rhodes College Staff Receive Awards for Outstanding Service

Rhodes College recently paid tribute to staff at its annual Staff Recognition Brunch, and four Rhodes employees received the college’s 2022 Outstanding Staff Awards based on nominations submitted by faculty, staff, and students. They are Sherry Sasson, Tina NeSmith, Jennifer J.B. Bone, Tina NeSmith, and Martha McGeachy.
June 01, 2022
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Linda Bonnin to Join Rhodes College as Vice President for Marketing and Communications

Linda Bonnin, senior vice president for marketing and strategic communications at Abilene Christian University, has been named vice president for marketing and communications at Rhodes College. She will assume the role on July 5, after President-elect Jennifer Collins takes office. Bonnin will head the college’s newly formed Division of Marketing and Communications and serve on the Senior Leadership Team, providing high-level strategic direction to advance the visibility and reputation of the Rhodes brand and to achieve the college’s strategic objectives.
May 16, 2022
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Awards for Academics and Service Presented at Rhodes College’s 2022 Commencement Exercises

Annual awards were presented at the 173rd Commencement Exercises of Rhodes College held May 14 on campus. Natalie L. Smith received the Peyton Nalle Rhodes Phi Beta Kappa Prize. The college presented Rhodes professors Dr. Gary J. Lindquester and Dr. Michael Drompp each the Distinguished Service Medal. The 2022 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards were presented to graduating seniors Mi’Destini Victorian and Dulce Maria Salcedo and Christy Weir Krueger ’85 of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-South.
May 14, 2022
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Rhodes College to Award Honorary Degree to Retired Coca-Cola Enterprises Executive Vicki R. Palmer

Financial expert and community leader Vicki R. Palmer ’75 of Atlanta, GA, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree at the 173rd Commencement of Rhodes College on Saturday, May 14. Palmer is president of The Palmer Group LLC, a general management consulting company which she started after retiring from Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. in 2009 as executive vice president for financial services and administration. Her career with Coca-Cola spanned more than 25 years.
May 12, 2022
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Six Seniors Inducted Into Rhodes College’s Hall of Fame

Six seniors’ portraits will be added to Rhodes College’s Hall of Fame on the second floor of Southwestern Hall. They are John Howell, Mariam Khayata, Karrington Knight, Brandon Lemus, Ava Mitra, and Rebecca Winchester. Selection to the Hall of Fame, which was established in 1931, is based on individual merit, leadership in student activities, service to others, and overall contributions to the campus community. Honorees are chosen by their peers.
May 11, 2022
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Senior Rabbi Micah D. Greenstein to Deliver Address at Baccalaureate Convocation Celebrating Student Journeys

The Baccalaureate Convocation of the 173rd session of Rhodes College will be held on campus Friday, May 13, at 3:30 p.m. in the multi-sports forum of the Bryan Campus Life Center. Senior Rabbi Micah D. Greenstein of Temple Israel, which is one of the largest Reform congregations in the United States, will deliver the Baccalaureate address, titled “Terra Mater More than Alma Mater.”
May 09, 2022
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Rhodes Makes The Princeton Review’s List of Best Value Colleges for 2022, Ranks in Top 20 for Internships

Rhodes College is one of the nation’s “Best Value Colleges” for 2022, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company chose only 209 schools out of the more than 650 institutions it surveyed last academic year after analyzing data that included academic rigor, cost/financial aid, Among private schools, Rhodes made the Top 50 Best Value Colleges and Top 20 Best Schools for Internships.
May 06, 2022
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Rhodes Trustee Cary Fowler Becomes U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security

Board of Trustees Chair Cary Fowler ’71 has joined the Department of State as U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security. The news was announced May 5 by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. According to the press statement, “Dr. Fowler will be critical to the Department’s efforts to respond to the current global food security challenges guided by the Administration’s Global Food Security Strategy 2022-2026 and Global Nutrition Coordination Plan 2021-2026.”
May 05, 2022
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