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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.
Annual awards were presented at the 176th Commencement Exercises of Rhodes College held May 17 on campus.
Rhodes College has been ranked No. 10 in the small college category among Peace Corps’ 2025 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. Five Rhodes alumni currently are serving in countries including Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Vanuatu.
As a member of Rhodes' first-ever cohort of Posse Scholars, health equity major Stuart Keen '25 made community service the cornerstone of his education.
The 176th Commencement of Rhodes College will be held May 17, at 8:30 a.m. in the Hubert F. Fisher Memorial Garden on campus.