Annual awards were presented at the 177th Commencement Exercises of Rhodes College held May 16 on campus.
GraceAnne Hodgson is the recipient of the Peyton Nalle Rhodes Phi Beta Kappa Prize. The 2026 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards were presented to graduating seniors Abigail Figueroa and Jasmine Jeffries and to David McCarthy, professor of art and art history. The college presented the Distinguished Service Medal to Richard Huddleston, the college’s bursar and a member of the Rhodes Class of 1984.
Prof. Shaolu Yu Receives Award at Race, Ethnicity, Place IX Conference
She is an assistant professor of urban studies and recently received an Early Career Scholar Award. At the conference, she also presented research with Rhodes alumna Abbey Judd ’15.
November 09, 2018
Rhodes Administrator Dr. Erin Hillis to Head Association of International Educators’ Conference
More than 500 individuals are expected to attend the regional conference to be held Nov. 10-14 at The Peabody Memphis. A number of immigration experts, government officials, and study abroad professionals will participate.
November 08, 2018
Rhodes Captures Spot on “Most Beautiful Colleges” List
The Most Beautiful Colleges list, which features the work of top architects and designers, notes the college’s “beautiful wooded campus with uniformly Collegiate Gothic buildings made of Arkansas sandstone, Vermont slate, and Indiana limestone.”
November 05, 2018
Rhodes Field Hockey Clenches SAA Championship, Coach Lindsay Kasten Named SAA Coach of the Year
Rhodes Field Hockey defeated Centre College 2-1 and clenched the Southern Athletic Association championship title on Sunday, Nov. 4. The win is the fifth tournament championship victory for the Lynx in the seven-year history of the SAA.
November 05, 2018
Trip to Mississippi Delta Brings Classroom Studies to Life
Students in the English course Voices of the Delta had the unusual opportunity of traveling during a regular campus course, along with faculty members, to engage with the history, culture, and landscape they’re currently studying in class.
November 02, 2018
Rhodes to Honor Alumnus and WWII Veteran Declared Missing in Action for Decades
U.S.Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Martin F. O’Callaghan, Jr., a member of the Class of 1944, was killed during World War II. Listed as missing in action for more than seven decades, his remains were finally identified this year and are being returned to his family for a service and burial with full military honors on Nov. 5.
November 01, 2018
Rhodes Producing Play in Conjunction with Southwest Tennessee Community College, the U of M as Part of “NottageFest”
The Rhodes Department of Theatre is teaming up with the University of Memphis and Southwest Tennessee Community College to produce “NottageFest,” a three-show festival dedicated to two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage.
November 01, 2018
Rhodes Department of Psychology Hosts Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest
Pumpkins are carved and designed by teams made up of students and faculty members. Participants are required to base their design on the topics and themes they examine in their research.
October 31, 2018
McCoy Theatre to Offer Free Season
McCoy’s 38th season includes three plays, along with four events ranging from shows by the Rhodes Theatre Guild to the 14th Annual Memphis Children’s Theatre Festival. The next performance is “Fabulation Or, The Re-Education of Undine” running Nov. 9-10 and 15-18.
October 29, 2018
Rhodes’ VP of Student Life Chosen for Highly Selective Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship
Dr. Russell Wigginton, vice president of student life and dean of students at Rhodes, is one of 25 leaders nationwide recently named a Fall 2018 Pahara-Aspen Education Fellow by the Pahara and Aspen Institutes.
October 29, 2018