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Rhodes Among Southern Living’s Most Beautiful College Campuses in the South

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.

September 15, 2025

Rhodes Students Seek Solutions to Food Injustice in the South

Throughout the fall semester, students grappled with and expanded their horizons through their interactions with city-based organizations that are combatting food inequalities.

January 30, 2019

Rhodes Named "Best Value College" by Princeton Review

Rhodes has been named one of the nation’s “Best Value Colleges” in The Princeton Review’s The Best Value Colleges, 2019 Edition. Only 200 schools were selected for the list, which evaluates academics, financial aid, career services, and more.

January 29, 2019

Rhodes College Names Dr. Sherry Turner ’84 Vice President of Strategic Initiatives

Turner, who will serve as a member of the college’s senior leadership team, will be responsible for helping Rhodes bring to life the ambitious goals outlined in the college’s emerging strategic plan, expected to be approved by the Board of Trustees in 2019.

January 28, 2019

Prof. Shana Stoddard and Students Publish Research That Could Aid in Therapy for Autoimmune Disorders and Cancer

Dr. Shana Stoddard, assistant professor of chemistry, and students in her research lab have co-authored articles recently published in two peer-reviewed journals—Molecular Informatics and PROTEINS: Structure, Function, Bioinformatics.

January 23, 2019

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Ethan Ferguson ’22 Among This Year’s TEDxMemphis Speakers

A computer science major, he is founder of tech marketing and education startup Augseption. His talk will focus on how he has been working with schools in Shelby County to promote the adoption of virtual and augmented reality in classroom curriculums.

January 17, 2019

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Fogelman Galleries Features Artistic Work of Professor Erin Harmon

Fun, experiential, and trippy. That’s how Erin Harmon, associate professor of art and art history, describes her latest work. Inspired by the city of Memphis and supported by the Rhodes community, Harmon’s Aggregate Optics of Make-A-Do will open at the University of Memphis’ Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art on Friday, Jan. 18.

January 17, 2019

Rhodes to Host Regional Conference Covering Latest Research and Topics in Asian Studies

Rhodes is the host institution for the 58th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, which will be held Jan. 18-20. The conference features interdisciplinary paper/panel sessions, a workshop for high school teachers, and an exhibition on the history of Chinese Americans.

January 14, 2019

Rhodes Professor Chanelle Benz Named on L.A. Times '11 Authors to Watch in 2019' List

Chanelle Benz, assistant professor of English at Rhodes College, has been named one of the The Los Angeles Times “11 Authors to Watch in 2019.”

January 07, 2019

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Alumni Spotlight: J. Bailey Hutchinson ’13 Uses the “Fundamental Curiosity” Instilled at Rhodes to Craft Community-Based Poetry

J. Bailey Hutchinson '13 has made a career writing and editing poetry and organizing community poetry events. She won five major poetry awards in 2018 and is organizing a summer poetry retreat this year.

January 03, 2019

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Katy Smith ’19 Commissioned as Officer in the U.S. Marine Corps

Katy Smith, mathematics major from Virginia Beach, VA, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in a ceremony on campus Dec. 15.

December 18, 2018