National and global news about Rhodes students and alums

Rhodes College Mock Trial Team A emerged as runner-up at the American Mock Trial Association National Championship Tournament, after going up against Yale University. A total of 48 teams—two from Rhodes—competed April 4-7 in Philadelphia, PA.

Sophomore Kayla Puzdrakiewicz won an outstanding undergraduate poster award at the recently held American Chemical Society National Conference. Senior Rebecca Evans beat out all other competitors in a contest to see who could search for scientific data the fastest using the software SciFinder.

The Rhodes senior is pursuing an educational studies major. He will serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Malta.

The Rhodes senior is pursuing a major in political science and international studies. She will serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Spain.

Cameron Crawford ’19 recently won first place in the Upper College Music Theatre Women category at the Mid-South Regional Auditions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She and nine other Rhodes students participated in the event held at Austin Peay State University.

It is titled The Wallace Effect: David Foster Wallace and the Contemporary Literary Imagination (Bloomsbury, 2019). According to the publisher’s description, Boswell explores David Foster Wallace’s (1962-2008) contested space at the forefront of 21st-century American fiction.

Rhodes senior Allie Hill and sophomore Hayden Hill recently concluded a successful season by competing in the 2019 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships held March 20-23.Hayden ended his season with a personal best 46.33 100 freestyle, while Allie ended her collegiate career with a 200 backstroke time of 2:03.98.

The Rhodes senior and captain of the women’s basketball team is pursuing a major in biology. She will serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Malaysia.

Taylor Jackson used her bridge major in political science and international studies to join the staff of the first female mayor in New Orleans' 300-year history, LaToya Cantrell.

She was one of the featured panelists at the US 2050 conference held in Washington, DC.  The event focused on the multiple demographic, socioeconomic, and fiscal trends that will shape the nation in the decades ahead.