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Rhodes College President Jennifer Collins has joined the College Presidents for Civic Preparedness, which advances higher education’s pivotal role in preparing students to be engaged citizens and to uphold free expression on campus.
Dr. Kate LeCroy, assistant professor of biology, has received over $100,000 in a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to study disease dynamics and health outcomes of mason bee communities.
Rhodes neuroscience major Julian McMillian ’25 this summer participated in an American College of Physicians internship program, which is named in honor of Rhodes alum Dr. Ryan Mire ’93.
Jason Bishop 's life changed when Professor Tony Lee Garner encouraged him to audition for the Rhodes Singers in the 1990s. Fast-forward to today, he is joining the music department as choral director.
The Music Critics Association of North America has announced that the opera 10 Days in a Madhouse is the winner of the 2024 Award for Best New Opera. Music alumna Rene Orth ’07 composed the music for 10 Days.
Darlene Brooks, director of Barret Library at Rhodes College, is a 2024 recipient of the Excellence in Advising Award presented by the Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society.
Rhodes College will expand its long-established Search program with the support of a $75,000 grant from The Teagle Foundation. “Revising and Renewing the Search Program at Rhodes College” is the title of the proposal for the grant.
Nominees recently were announced for the 40th Ostrander Awards, honoring the best in local theater in the 2023-2024 season. The Rhodes Theatre Guild received 14 nominations.
The students are participants in summer programs at Rhodes College, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Dr. John F. Copper, the Stanley J. Buckman Distinguished Professor of International Studies (emeritus) has published Taiwan's Presidents: Profiles of the Majestic Six (Routledge, 2024).