News and relevant information about Rhodes students, faculty, and staff making the most of living in Memphis.

Five days a week, Rhodes senior Jessica Ramey heads over to Promise Academy, an elementary charter school in Memphis’ Hollywood neighborhood, to assist first-grade students with their daily lessons.

Rhodes senior Radhika Puri has created a helmet safety program in partnership with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. During her junior year at White Station High School in Memphis, TN, Puri suffered a traumatic head injury after falling off her bicycle. She was not wearing a helmet and as a result of her injuries, underwent care in Memphis and Atlanta hospitals. She missed nine weeks of her junior year in high school. 
 

The latest app to come out of Rhodes College is Hound Dog, developed by Sam Reid ’16 and his longtime friend Sammy Gonzales-Luna of Princeton University.

Bonner Scholar JaVorah Davis ’16 was looking for a way to use both her Spanish and mathematics majors when the perfect opportunity arrived.

Entering his senior year as a business major, Alden Knipe wanted to start impacting the Memphis community beyond the Rhodes campus.

Karissa Coady ’18, a participant in the Rhodes Bonner Scholarship Program, is the driving force behind a new play at Caritas Village, a community and cultural arts center in the Binghampton neighborhood.

As the college celebrates 90 years in Memphis, Rhodes is pleased to contribute to Memphis’ rich musical scene with the 2016 Brubeck Festival.

Katie Stonecipher’s job is part of Rhodes’ Community Service Student Employment (CSSE) program, which allows her to do 10 hours of community service per week. 

A Rhodes student is the youngest member of the crew, Pauline Dinh describes her experience as an Emergency Medical Technician. 

As a sequel to Ash’s lecture, historian Timothy Huebner of Rhodes will present “A Massacre in Memphis: The Bloody Race Riot of 1866” at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library on March 22.