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Look around any city, and you’re likely to find Rhodes College graduates doing work to better their local communities. Through the Walmart Foundation, Julie Gehrki ’02 is bringing a holistic approach to global community service.
The inauguration ceremony for President Jennifer M. Collins was held on October 21, 2023.
Eric Mathews, a member of the Rhodes Class of 2002 and chief executive officer of Memphis-based start-up incubator Start Co., has been selected as entrepreneur-in-residence.
Raised in rural Arkansas, Joel Parsons ’07 envisioned himself as an English major until a painting class led by Erin Harmon altered his course entirely.
Jason Isbell, four-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist, will discuss his music and career at Rhodes College on Feb. 7 as part of its Springfield Music Lecture Series.
Rhodes faculty and students participated in the 2024 Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) held Jan. 3-6 in San Francisco, CA. The annual event, with more than 17 organizations participating, is known as the world’s largest mathematics gathering.
Memphis, known widely as the birthplace of BBQ, the blues, and rock 'n 'roll, is also one of the nation's premier medical care and innovation sites.
Rhodes College juniors Anna Yates, Maya Khalife-Hamdan, Stuart Keen, and William Courtney are competing for the 2024 Truman Scholarship.
Harry Dircks ’24 has spent the past four years bringing music to Rhodes through the Mike Curb Institute for Music and spreading Rhodes’ music and values worldwide with the Rhodes Singers.
Stanton Brown ’14 has been named to <em>Color</em> magazine’s Power 40 Under 40 list, which features exceptional young professionals of color who are reshaping industries, igniting change, and inspiring a new era of leadership.