National and global news about Rhodes students and alums

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Rhodes Mock Trial Teams Qualify for Nationals

For an unprecedented 33rd consecutive year, Rhodes will be sending a mock trial team to the American Mock Trial Association National Championship Tournament in April. Two Rhodes teams qualified for the nationals after competing in an opening round of the tournament March 15-17.

March 18, 2019

2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards: Austin Wall ’19 to Teach in Taiwan

The Rhodes senior is pursuing a bridge major in international studies and history. He will serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan.

March 14, 2019

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2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards: Anna Baker-Olson ’19 to Teach in Thailand

The Rhodes senior is pursuing a double major in political science and psychology. She will serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Thailand.

March 13, 2019

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Students Take Alternative Spring Break Trip Focused on Responses to Injustice

Rather than heading home or to the beach this past spring break, Amri McCauley ’19, DJ McDowell ’21, Zara Raezer ’22, Candelaria Willoughby ’22, and Younjoo Lee ’22 spent their time visiting Southern sites with historical or current importance to civil and human rights movements.

March 12, 2019

Report Ranks Rhodes Alumni in Top 10 Percent for Mid-Career Earning Power

A new report from the website PayScale.com reveals Rhodes College alumni are in the top 10 percent of higher education institutions for mid-career salary.

March 08, 2019

Siblings Allie '19 and Hayden Hill '21 Qualify for NCAA Div. III Swim Championships

For the first time ever, the Rhodes College swimming and diving teams will send a participant from both the men's and women's teams to the 2019 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships Wednesday-Saturday March 20-23 in Greensboro, N.C.

February 28, 2019

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Madison Perchik ’19 Publishes Research Showing Promise for Parkinson’s Disease Treatment

She works in the lab of Prof. Mauricio Cafiero, and her paper based on her research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Computational and Theoretical Chemistry.

February 26, 2019

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Rhodes Women's Basketball Defeats Oglethorpe to Win the 2019 SAA Tournament Championship

The Rhodes women's basketball team completed one of the biggest runs in Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Women's Basketball Tournament history by winning the league title over defending champion Oglethorpe, 56-41, Sunday inside the Hangar Dome on the campus of Millsaps College.

February 25, 2019

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Rhodes Professor Appears on C-SPAN This Weekend

Dr. Tim Huebner will discuss the history of political influence on the Supreme Court and how Abraham Lincoln changed the court during his presidency.

February 22, 2019

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Joe Angelillo ’20 Brings Back Best Undergraduate Paper Award from Regional History Conference

He and Tim Nelson ’20 from Rhodes both presented papers at the recent Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference held at Arkansas State University.

February 20, 2019

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