Awards for Academics and Service Presented at Rhodes College’s 2025 Commencement Exercises

Hannah Meit is the recipient of the Peyton Nalle Rhodes Phi Beta Kappa Prize. The 2025 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards were presented to graduating seniors Hope Robinson and Sana Zein-Sabatto and Sandi George Tracy, director of career services, who is retiring this year. The college presented the Distinguished Service Medal to William M. Short ’71, associate director of library services.

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.

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.

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.