First-year students toured The National Civil Rights Museum with faculty and administrators supplementing the exhibits with lectures on African American history, Brown vs. Board, the Selma to Montgomery march, the Sanitation Workers' Strike, and the life and work of Dr. King. All four class years at Rhodes have now participated in the experience.
Rhodes Welcomes Its Newest Class, Marks Its 171st Academic Year
Of its more than 2,000 students, who come from 47 states and represent 54 countries, approximately 520 first-year students and 18 transfer students have committed to enroll fall 2019. Multicultural and international students make up 40 percent of the Class of 2023—an 8 percent increase compared with last year’s incoming class.
Accounting Professor Pamela Church Honored for Outstanding Faculty Service
Dr. Pamela Church, associate professor of accounting at Rhodes College, was presented the 2019 Jameson M. Jones Award for Outstanding Faculty Service at the college’s Opening Convocation Aug. 16.
New Faculty Roll Call
Rhodes professors equip students to think and understand in new ways through rigorous academics and opportunities for exploration outside of the classroom. The college welcomes 15 new faculty to its distinguished roster for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Academic Affairs Leadership: Several Tapped to Serve as Directors
New director positions have been added in the Office of Academic Affairs as part of the leadership teams of the associate provost, dean for faculty development, and dean for curricular development.
Rhodes Students Walk Alongside Refugees Striving for a Promising Future
Refugee Empowerment Program is located a five-minute drive from the Rhodes campus in the Binghampton neighborhood. REP assists the refugee and immigrant population of Memphis through education, advocacy, and support programs.Rhodes students Khiem Nguyen and Mildred Vazquez spent this summer there serving as literacy coaches.
McCoy Theatre Earns 12 Ostrander Nominations, Including Best Production and Best Ensemble for "I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change"
"I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change" was also nominated for Best Choreography, Best Music Direction, and Best Direction by Professor Joy Brooke Fairfield.
Rhodes Ranked a Best College Value for 2019 by Kiplinger
It is No. 65 among the 500 colleges listed overall by personal finance and business organization Kiplinger. At Rhodes, students enjoy world-class academics and a learning environment that inspires life-changing discovery.
Annie Paris ’21 is Helping Make the World Golf Championships a Success in Memphis
One Rhodes rising junior has been at the center of the action for the last six months, preparing for the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Forty-six of the top 50 players in the world will be participating and, as golfers and golf lovers from around the world descend on Memphis July 24-28, Paris hopes their star power elevates Memphis and recruits more supporters for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Ben South Receives Teaching Assistantship in France
Ben South ’19 has been awarded a highly competitive 2019-2020 teaching assistantship by the Assistants de langue en France program.