Carly Goeman and Kelsey Hope, both attorneys and members of the Rhodes Class of 2011, participated in mock trial while students. Goeman captained teams, and Hope even went on to compete during law school. Now the two have relied on relationships formed during their college mock trial experiences to get a new video series off the ground, branded as Ask The Experts.
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Nov. 10 Launch Set for Prof. Jeffrey Jackson’s Book About Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis
Rhodes College Professor of History Dr. Jeffrey H. Jackson describes his new book as the “World War II you’ve never heard before.” Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis (Algonquin Books, 2020) tells the story of Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe, who drew on their skills as Parisian avant-garde artists to use psychological warfare to demoralize and intimidate Nazi troops occupying their adopted home on the British Channel Island of Jersey.
October 19, 2020
New Professor of Sociology Dr. Earl Wright Publishes Book Illuminating Scholarship of Early African American Sociologists
Dr. Earl Wright II, who joined Rhodes’ Department of Anthropology and Sociology this year as professor of sociology, has published a new book titled Jim Crow Sociology: The Black and Southern Roots of American Sociology. The eye-opening book features the activities and contributions of early African American sociologists at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) such as Tuskegee Institute, Fisk University, Howard University, and Atlanta University.
October 14, 2020
International Studies and Experiences Set Sarah Eiland ’20 on a Course to Ireland
At Rhodes, Sarah Eiland ’20 discovered her passion and followed it all the way to Ireland at the University College of Dublin (UCD) where she is pursuing a master’s degree in the school’s Gender, Politics, and International Relations program.
October 06, 2020
Judge Amy Coney Barrett ’94 is Nominated to the United States Supreme Court
Rhodes College President Marjorie Hass issued a statement regarding Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s ’94 nomination to the Supreme Court.
September 26, 2020
Biology Major Deja Walls ’21 Wins BlueCross Power of We Scholarship to Pursue Medical Career
Deja Walls, a senior biology major at Rhodes College who is interested in pursuing a career as a physician assistant, has been selected as a recipient of the BlueCross Power of We Scholarship. The $10,000 award is funded by the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation.
September 15, 2020
Rhodes College Professor Receives NEH Grant for Medieval Spanish Literature Project
Dr. Clara Pascual-Argente, L. Palmer Brown Chair in Interdisciplinary Humanities and associate professor of Spanish at Rhodes College, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant, together with Dr. Emily Francomano of Georgetown University, to support work on an edition and translation of two medieval Iberian narratives about fictional king Apollonius of Tyre. Their work will appear in the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library collection, published by Harvard University Press.
August 21, 2020
Rhodes College Named a Best College by The Princeton Review, Ranks 11th for Community Engagement
Rhodes College ranks 11th for “Students Most Engaged in Community Service” and is recommended as one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduates to earn their college degree in The Princeton Review’s newest edition of The Best 386 Colleges.
August 19, 2020
Taking a Chance Turns Into Unexpected Opportunity for Rhodes Alumna Molly Mulhern ’18
Molly Mulhern has proven that you never really know where a job might take you. The Austin, TX, resident had been working as an event coordinator after graduating from Rhodes in 2018, but she found herself out of a job due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With much of the economy shut down, she wasn’t having success finding employment—until one day she stumbled upon a posting for a candlemaker at a Texas beeswax candle company. What happened next is buzz-worthy.
August 17, 2020
Tony Eskridge ′20 Wins Emerson National Hunger Fellowship
Tony Eskridge ’20, an urban studies major and former Rhodes Student Government president, has won an Emerson National Hunger Fellowship, an 11-month program that provides unique leadership development opportunities for motivated individuals who wish to make a difference in eliminating hunger and poverty in the United States.
August 06, 2020