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The Louise Taylor and Annie Trawick Chamber Music Series has been established at Rhodes College, thanks to the generous support of Dr. Morris Reagan, a physician and member of the Rhodes College Class of 1960.
Rhodes College is one of the nation’s “Best Value Colleges for 2025,” according to The Princeton Review. This is the seventh consecutive year Rhodes has made the list.
Dr. Tara L. Webb has assumed the role of associate vice president for institutional effectiveness, following a national search. She comes to Rhodes College from Kalamazoo College, where she has worked since 2016.
Jessica Kelso, associate director of health professions advising at Rhodes College, has been elected as the new president of the Southeastern Association of Advisors for the Health Professions, after serving as vice president since 2023.
Rhodes alumna Giuliana Hofheins ’22, who is a Ph.D. candidate in aerospace engineering at Cornell University, has been selected for a 2025 Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship. She is one of 35 women globally to receive the $10,000 award.
Dr. Shadrack Nasong’o, professor of international studies, has been granted a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award in political science from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Recently, members of the Rhodes College community came together to form a team to participate in the third annual Memphis Dragon Boat Festival, held at Shelby Farms Park on May 31.
Rhodes employees Brenda Webber, Amber Lewis, Lance Kimbrell, and Stephanie Chockley were recognized with the college’s 2025 Outstanding Staff Awards at the annual Service Recognition Brunch held May 23.
Founded in 1776, The Phi Beta Kappa Society is America’s oldest academic honor society. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding liberal arts students at leading colleges and universities across the nation.
Recent Rhodes College graduates Katherine Buikema, Monica Nedialkova, Maya Khalife-Hamdan, and Anna Rush have been selected to receive Fulbright U.S. Student Awards for the 2025-2026 academic year.