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Olivia Gacka ’17, who has designed her own theatre-sociology degree program, recently delivered a paper at the 2016 conference of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) in Stockholm, Sweden. Gacka’s paper, titled “Between Church and Stage,” proposed new ideas about how the activities of theatre audiences and religious congregations can be correlated.
Rhodes College is included in the 2017 edition of Fiske Guide to Colleges, a top-rated resource for the country’s “best and most interesting schools.”
Compiled by former New York Times education editor Edward B. Fiske, the guide assesses institutions on a broad range of subjects including academics, campus setting, extracurricular activities, and financial aid. Rhodes has been included before.
Twenty-five talented high school students from all over the country staged final mock trials on campus June 25 after participating in Rhodes College’s first Mock Trial Academy.
Rhodes graduates who apply to medical school are accepted at a much higher rate than the national average.
Annika Gage ’16 of Ann Arbor, MI, recently learned she is a 2016-2017 recipient of the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India.
Dr. Herbert Hill ’67, who was a chemistry major at Rhodes, has spent more than four decades pioneering ways to detect chemical signatures based on the movement of a substance’s component ions.
Prof. Michael Nelson of the Department of Political Science writes on various subjects including the American Presidency, English composition, sports, music, history, and sociology. His latest article in The Weekly Standard focuses on the spread of legalized casino gambling. Read it here.
Charles Walker graduated from Rhodes in 2014 and is working as a registered nurse at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.