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Ailsa Bryce ’15 recently presented her paper “The Structural and Cultural Causes of Femicide” at the 21st annual Latin American Studies Symposium hosted by Birmingham Southern College. The paper was presented at a session focusing on violence against women and women’s movements.
Phoebe Strom ’14 receives a second place award in world history after presenting her paper at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference.
Rhodes sophomore Taylor Sieben of Oakland, Calif., has earned an Honorable Mention in the national Udall Undergraduate Scholarship competition. The Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation awards 50 scholarships and 50 honorable mentions to sophomore and junior level college students committed to careers related to the environment, tribal public policy, or Native American health care.
Application documents for the Rhodes Summer Writing Institute should be submitted by April 30, 2013.
As much as we love this city, sometimes the weather isn’t the best. Being right off the Mississippi, it’s not unusual to find us drenched in a three-day long downpour. But, as always, Memphis delivers in a big way to help us overcome the rainy day blues. Here are our top five favorite things to during less than sunny weather.
Rhodes students recently were inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), the national honor society for leadership and service in extracurricular activities. ODK faculty inductee was Prof. John Bass and alumni inductee was Martha Shepard ’66. Bass is director of the Mike Curb Institute for Music at Rhodes, and Shepard recently retired as editor of Rhodes magazine after serving the college for 28 years.
Rhodes A finished as runner-up at the American Mock Trial Association national finals held in Washington, D.C. this past weekend. The team won its 24-team flight with victories over Washington University of St. Louis, Yale University and Columbia University but lost a split round to Florida State University for the championship.
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation recently announced the names of 62 exceptional college juniors out of 629 candidates nominated as 2013 Truman Scholars. Rhodes political economy major Frankie Dakin is one of them.
Graduating seniors and French majors Becca Ouellette and Emily Sullivan have been selected by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy for its Teaching Assistant Program in France. They currently are completing their senior thesis projects in French and after graduation will teach English in France for an academic year.
Four students have been selected the 2013 recipients of international internship scholarships awarded by Rhodes’ Department of Economics and the Department of Business. Students will work at least eight weeks in countries of their choosing and with companies they believe will give them the best opportunity to gain valuable career experience. The scholarships are designed to assist the selected students in becoming engaged citizens with global perspectives through immersion into different cultures. The four students along with their proposed internships are listed below.