Rhodes College’s Curb Institute Listed Among Billboard’s 2025 Top Music Business Schools

Rhodes College is proud to be recognized again as a top educator of the next generation of music industry leaders. For the fifth time in a row, the college’s Mike Curb Institute for Music has made Billboard’s annual list of Top Music Business Schools, which includes programs selected on factors including submitted information, industry recommendations, and alumni success.

Dr. Tyler Lefevor to be Published in The Counseling Psychologist Alongside Alexis Franklin ’18 & William-Michael Stone ’19

Tyler Lefevor, a counselor-presenter-researcher and assistant professor of psychology at Rhodes will have research published in an upcoming issue of The Counseling Psychologist. Titled “Initial Distress and Therapeutic Outcomes Among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color,” it is co-authored by Rhodes alum Alexis Franklin ’18 and student William-Michael Stone ’19.

Dr. Joy Brooke Fairfield Stars in LIZZIE: The Musical with New Moon Theatre Company

Dr. Joy Brooke Fairfield, assistant professor of theatre, stars in the ensemble cast of LIZZIE: The Musical with New Moon Theatre Company through Oct. 28. 

The rock musical is based off the story of Lizzie Borden, a woman accused of the brutal axe murders of her father and stepmother in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Borden, who was the prime suspect in the murders, was tried in the case, which gained national media attention, and was eventually acquitted. 

Rhodes to Recognize 2018 Distinguished Alumni

Annual awards will be presented at Rhodes’ Alumni Convocation on Oct. 20 during Homecoming/Reunion Weekend. Dr. Herbert H. Hill from the Class of 1967 will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award, and Dr. Coby V. Smith from the Class of 1968 will receive the Black Student Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

42 Rhodes College Graduates Accepted to Medical School in 2018

Rhodes College graduates have been admitted to some of the nation’s top medical schools in 2018. The national liberal arts college has one of the top medical school acceptance rates in the nation. Eighty-six percent of Rhodes graduates with a GPA greater than 3.4 and an MCAT score greater than 57 percent have been accepted to medical school over the last five years.