Rhodes College sent a delegation of 10 members to the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature’s (TISL) 55th General Assembly, held Nov. 21-24 in Nashville, and Hunter Rheinfrank ’26 and Sofia Lewis ’28 won individual awards.

Keith Adams ’25 had his heart set on conducting undergraduate research from the outset of his college search—and from fruit fly genetics to environmental field study to infectious disease, the biology major and chemistry minor has fulfilled this goal during his time at Rhodes.

Bailey Santos, a senior educational studies major from Dallas, TX, presented “Bilingual Books to Promote Language and Biliteracy Learning” at the Literacy Research Association conference held Dec. 4-7 in Atlanta. She presented the research with faculty advisor Dr. Laura Beth Kelly.

Caroline Calogero, who is from New Orleans, LA, and graduated from Rhodes College in May 2024, is the recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Student Award for the 2024-2025 academic year. She will serve as an English Teaching Assistant in South Korea beginning in January.

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.

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.

A business major with an interest in marketing, Addison Leonard completed a marketing internship in the fall of 2024 with ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and will travel to the Czech Republic in the spring on a Buckman Fellowship to study business and marketing.

Bryce Hayes, who received a bachelor’s degree in history in 2020, has been named one of College Sports Communicators’ 30 Under 30 for 2024. He is the director of sports information and sports marketing at Texas Lutheran University.

Catherine Prabish won first place for her oral presentation, and Jack Harper received honorable mention for his poster presentation at the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence Conference held in November.

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.