As part of its 175th anniversary celebration, Rhodes College will present a conversation with New York Times op-ed columnist and author David Brooks on American Politics and Society at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21, in McNeill Concert Hall.

At the beginning of the school year, Rhodes holds a highly successful Meet the Firms event, with accounting firms, finance firms, and corporations on site to meet students with accounting-related career interests (accounting, finance, computer science, data analytics, etc.).

Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College will present Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art on Sept. 8. Making its debut in the American South and on view through Dec. 9, 2023, this wide-ranging exhibition highlights artists of African descent whose work explores politics, identity, and art history, among other themes.

Rhodes College scored 4.5 out of five stars on the Campus Pride Index, which rates colleges and universities nationally based on institutional commitment to LGBTQ-inclusive policies, programs, and practices.

The 15 participants of Rhodes’ Summer Service Fellowship program fanned across Memphis this summer, each completing 35 hours per week of community engagement. Now in its 20th year, the program gave Rhodes students the opportunity to work with a Memphis nonprofit organization of their choosing.

Dr. Shadrack W. Nasong'o, professor of international studies at Rhodes, is co-editor of African Immigrants and the American Experience: Race, Anti-Black Violence, and the Quest for the American Dream. Born and raised in Western Kenya, he has been widely recognized for his prolific research and scholarship on Africa.

The Rhodes Theatre Guild won eight awards at the Ostrander Awards which celebrates excellence in collegiate, community, and professional theater in the greater Memphis area. The Wire in the Garden ensemble brought home seven of the eight awards, and Maggie Emmendorfer won leading actress for Once Upon a Mattress.

Angela Webb has been named associate vice president for campus safety. She will assume the role Sept. 11. In this new position, Webb will serve as the chief security director and emergency management leader for the college.

Rhodes College is celebrating its 175th anniversary, and although there have been changes throughout the years, one thing that never changes is the excitement of welcoming a new class.

The college is relaunching a number of entrepreneurship initiatives, including the Rhodes College Student Entrepreneurship Club and the annual Rhodes College Business Plan Competition. Eric Mathews, a member of the Rhodes Class of 2002 and CEO of Start Co., will serve as the new entrepreneur-in-residence.