Dr. Scott Newstok, professor of English and executive director of the Spence Wilson Center for Interdisciplinary Humanities at Rhodes College, has been awarded a four-year grant from the State Research Agency of Spain. This award will support his scholarship on the multilingual heritage of early modern English across legal, religious, political, and literary discourses. Newstok’s project was one of 37 funded among 254 applications; in the three-year history of Spain’s research program, he is the second recipient who works in the humanities, and the only recipient from a liberal arts college.
Prof. Haberman to Publish Paper on “The Frozen Effect” Co-Authored with Former Student
Jason Haberman, assistant professor of psychology, and former student Malerie McDowell ’17 have co-authored a paper to be published in a forthcoming issue of the peer-reviewed scientific journal PLOS ONE.
April 16, 2019
2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards: Alex McTaggart ’19 to Teach in Lithuania
The senior history major is from Elm Grove, WI. He will serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Lithuania.
April 16, 2019
2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards: Amelia Giancarlo ’19 to Teach in Vietnam
The Rhodes senior is an anthropology and sociology major from Lexington, KY. She will serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Vietnam.
April 15, 2019
JB Hayes ’19 Helps to Create Phone Buddy Program at MIFA
As a 2018 Rhodes Summer Service Fellow, JB Hayes ’19 worked for Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA). There, the urban studies major helped develop a new program that helps to break the social isolation and loneliness felt by many homebound seniors.
April 15, 2019
Rhodes College Board of Trustees Retires the Name Palmer Hall
The following message was delivered to the Rhodes College community:
Dear Members of the Rhodes Community,
We are writing to let you know the Rhodes College Board of Trustees has voted to retire the name Palmer Hall and to rename the college’s oldest building Southwestern Hall, effective today . . .
April 12, 2019
Annual Fund Challenge Reaches Goal
We did it! The recent Annual Fund challenge—All Roads Lead to Rhodes Giving Day—raised $175,564 with 1,023 gifts, surpassing the college’s goal of 1,000 gifts.
April 11, 2019
2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards: Anna Lee Nabors ’19 to Teach in Senegal
The Rhodes senior is pursuing a major in international studies and French. She will serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Senegal.
April 11, 2019
Rhodes Is National Mock Trial Runner-Up
Rhodes College Mock Trial Team A emerged as runner-up at the American Mock Trial Association National Championship Tournament, after going up against Yale University. A total of 48 teams—two from Rhodes—competed April 4-7 in Philadelphia, PA.
April 10, 2019
Chemistry Students Rack up Top Prizes at National Conference
Sophomore Kayla Puzdrakiewicz won an outstanding undergraduate poster award at the recently held American Chemical Society National Conference. Senior Rebecca Evans beat out all other competitors in a contest to see who could search for scientific data the fastest using the software SciFinder.
April 09, 2019
2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards: Ryan Rosenkrantz ’19 to Teach in Malta
The Rhodes senior is pursuing an educational studies major. He will serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Malta.
April 05, 2019