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Between attending class and studying, college students spend a majority of their time inside. That’s where the Rhodes Outdoor Organization (ROO), and all of the outdoor events that it hosts, comes in.

At Rhodes College, political involvement goes beyond student body elections to encompass local, state, and national elections.

In 2015, President William Troutt organized the Compassionate Campus Initiative (CCI), a small group of faculty and staff coming together in hopes of finding ways to make Rhodes College a kinder and more mindful community. In pursuit of this goal, the CCI is engaged in multiple projects, including helping to develop new curriculum designed to cultivate compassion and working to establish Bellingrath Chapel as a space dedicated to contemplation, prayer, and meditation.

Four Rhodes employees recently received the college’s 2016 Outstanding Staff Awards based on nominations submitted by faculty, staff, and students. 

Rhodes is Tennessee’s selected college for 2016. 

Annual awards were presented at the 167th Commencement Exercises of Rhodes College on May 14 on campus. Rhodes graduate Heting Hommy Zhu  was awarded the Peyton Nalle Rhodes Phi Beta Kappa Prize, the college’s highest academic honor, and James Allen Boone, Jr. ’71, vice president for finance and business affairs, received the Rhodes College Distinguished Service Medal.

Women's Golf Wins Second National Title

Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), the national honor society which recognizes scholarship, leadership and service in extracurricular activities, has inducted new members into the college’s Phi Circle.

New members from the faculty and staff are Dr. Zachary Casey, assistant professor of educational studies; Brian Foshee, director of physical plant; and Timothy Lucas, associate director of physical plant.

Dr. Diana Chapman Walsh, President Emerita of Wellesley College, will deliver the Baccalaureate address and will receive the Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree at Commencement. 

At the college’s annual Awards Convocation hosted by Academic Affairs on April 29, various Rhodes departments and programs recognized outstanding students.