News and information about the Rhodes campus experience.

Now you can know the exact measurements of the weather using Rhodes’ personal weather station, perched atop Rhodes Tower.

Dominique DeFreece '18 spent the summer at Literacy Memphis as a Rhodes Summer Service Fellow.

Dr. Ernest L. Gibson III of Rhodes’ Department of English discusses the novel’s themes of gender, family, and survival in an interview with Memphis Reads.

This summer, Rhodes College hosted its second annual computer-coding camp for girls aged 11 to 18. Called Camp Codette, the program is the brainchild of students Thomas Threlkeld ’15 and Haley Adams ’15, and Dr. Betsy Sanders, associate professor of mathematics and computer science.

Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization focused on education, has written about Rhodes’ new educational studies major, the State of Tennessee’s recent approval of the schools’ licensure program for teachers, and the college’s partnership with Shelby County Schools.

Palmer Cat’s not the only one seeing strange creatures on campus—Pokémon are everywhere! Pokémon Go allows players to capture, battle, and train virtual Pokémon who appear throughout the real world, but it’s tricky.  To help out, we’ve gathered some helpful hints to take your Pokémon Go skills on campus to the next level.

1. Visit the Refectory—the Rat is apparently popular with both people and Pokémon.

Forbes released its annual top college list July 6, and Rhodes made the “Top 25 Colleges in the South 2016.” Rhodes also is listed in the top 100 out of the 660 undergraduate institutions in the nation that were ranked. 

On June 18, Rhodes held a day-long retreat on campus for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members. The event was sponsored by the Compassionate Campus Initiative (CCI), which is led by Prof. Mark Muesse of the Department of Religious Studies and composed of faculty, staff, and students who have been charged by President William E. Troutt to seek out and execute ways to make Rhodes a kinder and more mindful community.

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.