Rhodes College once again has caught the eye of lifestyle magazine Southern Living and is featured in its updated listing of “The 45 Most Beautiful College Campuses in The South.” Rhodes is celebrating its 100th anniversary in Memphis this year, and, as the campus has grown, the college has stayed true to the Gothic-style architecture championed by President Charles Diehl.
Computer Science Students Explore New Possibilities in Robotics
Using cutting-edge technologies in robotics, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence, students in Dr. Ross Sowell’s Human-Robot Interaction course and Dr. Betsy Sanders’ Virtual Environments course showed off their computer science skills at an end-of-year exhibition of class projects.
June 11, 2019
Prof. Wanske on Active Learning in the Language Center
Rhodes’ Language Learning Center was recently featured in University Business about the trend toward active learning vs. the old model of students wearing headphones and sitting in front of computer screens.
June 01, 2019
Margaret Larsen ’21 Lands Competitive Goldwater Scholarship
The biochemistry and molecular biology major from Mandeville, LA, has been selected as a 2019 Goldwater Scholar from a field of 1,223 sophomores and juniors nominated by colleges and universities nationwide.
May 28, 2019
Students Get Insider’s Guide to Working in Washington, DC
What is it like to work and live in Washington, DC? What are the relevant skills and motivations needed? What kinds of internships are available? Rising juniors and seniors at Rhodes got to boost their career prospects and gain insights from industry leaders, think-tank scholars, and public officials on a recent trip to the nation’s capital.
May 24, 2019
Rhodes Student Adam Cruthirds ’20 Recognized Among 40 Change Makers in Memphis
While undergoing chemotherapy treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital after being diagnosed with leukemia at age 16, Adam Cruthirds began to think about fundraising ideas for the hospital. As a result, he founded Adam’s Army, which has raised more than $700,000 to help end childhood cancer. Cruthirds, a rising senior at Rhodes, was recently honored by Leadership Memphis as a Change Maker.
May 23, 2019
2019 Outstanding Staff Awards Presented
Four Rhodes employees—Alonzo Longstreet, Jennifer Logan, Tierney Jackson, and Karen Mosley—were recognized with the college’s 2019 Outstanding Staff Awards based on nominations submitted by faculty, staff, and students. The presentations were made May 16 at the annual Service Recognition Brunch.
May 22, 2019
Junior Walters ’19 Awarded The Steve and Riea Lainoff Crop Trust Fellowship in Honor of Cary Fowler
The 12-month fellowship in Bonn, Germany, provides the opportunity for a recent graduate to develop an understanding of the Crop Trust’s work and the issues associated with agricultural biodiversity conservation.
May 13, 2019
Rhodes College Athletics Wins SAA Commissioner’s Cup
Rhodes College Athletics has won the 2019 Southern Athletic Association’s (SAA) Commissioner’s Cup for the second year in a row. It recognizes regular season standings across each institution’s top eight sports per gender.
May 08, 2019
International Art Honor Society Established at Rhodes
Kappa Pi, the international art honor society has established a chapter on the Rhodes campus. Founded in 1911, it is open to all college students studying visual art who have achieved certain standards of excellence in the field.
May 08, 2019