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Dr. Barron Boyd, director of Rhodes’ Buckman Center for International Education, has been elected to the Comenius Academic Club. Limited to 30 members, the organization is part of the Czech and Slovak Solidarity Council in New York and brings together intellectuals and artists to engage in the advocacy of a variety of subjects including science, education, art, and culture. 

They are sophomore educational studies majors Kynnedy Tuggle and Cinthya Bolanos. The event is Jan. 6 at the Halloran Centre.

Students are getting a closer look at several Memphis neighborhoods, thanks to a series of panel discussions organized by the Bonner Center for Service and the Memphis Center at Rhodes College.

“I really love the type of dialogue we have at these events,” says organizer Karina Henderson ’18, who interns at the Bonner Center. “It’s a great opportunity for people to get to know more about Memphis.”

Rhodes seniors Jennifer Bitterly, Daniela Garcia, and Kathleen “Tate” Mulligan are competing for the one-year $30,000 grant.

The globally conscious business major founded a UN campus chapter at Rhodes to host service projects and forums and lend visibility to the UN’s goals.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for English teaching assistantships as well as for individually designed study/research projects. Winners will be announced throughout Spring 2018.