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Dr. Rashna Richards, dean for faculty development, reviews, and assessment at Rhodes, has been admitted into the 2023-2024 Senior Leadership Academy of the Council of Independent Colleges and the American Academic Leadership Institute.
Rhodes College junior Abigail Hultquist and sophomore Ryan McCrory are among the 413 students from across the United States who have been selected as Goldwater Scholars in the 2023 competition.
Student Employee Appreciation Week at Rhodes is April 10-14, which will include recognition of this year’s Student Employee of the Year Audrey Bishop, Rhodes Student Associate of the Year Eliza Howard, and Supervisor of the Year Ethan van Drimmelen.
At Rhodes, Lebovitz pursued a major in art and a minor in sociology and anthropology.
Rhodes College will host the 38th American Mock Trial Association National Championship Tournament April 14-16, which is being sponsored by Burch, Porter & Johnson and The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.
A Rhodes team has been testing a four-inch cube satellite of their own design—dubbed RHOK-SAT—to be launched into space aboard a NASA-sponsored rocket. Five students of the team got an opportunity to discuss their work at a student conference.
Biology and biochemistry and molecular biology (BMB) students in Dr. Jonathan Fitz Gerald’s research lab and Animal Development course recently taught about nutrition and plant science to second graders at Idlewild Elementary.
The group presented their research at the conference held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 8-11.
Rhodes College fellows have served for a decade on the staff of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, which provides support for the ongoing operations of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Benjamin Oelkers is among a select group of graduating college seniors nationwide to receive the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, which provides a $40,000 grant for one year of independent study and travel outside the United States.