National and global news about Rhodes students and alums

Adrian Scaife ’17 recently won third place in the undergraduate paper competition in American history at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference held at Union University in Jackson, TN.

Every year during spring break, a number of Rhodes students ditch their sunscreen and beach towels and instead head off on service trips.

Dr. Shadrack W. Nasong’o, chair of Rhodes’ Department of International Studies, recently received the 2016 Ali Mazrui Award for Scholarship and Research Excellence at the Annual Africa Conference.

Eleven chemistry research students attended the American Chemical Society national conference in San Diego in mid-March.

Each year, after the spring semester comes to a close, some Rhodes students pack their bags and head to spots around the world to study yet some more via the Maymester program at Rhodes.

How Rhodes College prepared Ali Swee for her career path

Rhodes alumna Jennifer Andrews has been named the new executive director of Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, which is transforming 4,500-acre Shelby Farms Park into America’s great 21st century urban park. 

Rhodes College is pleased to announce four juniors have been selected as finalists for the Truman Scholarship. They are Tyler Harvey, Eilidh Jenness, Brooks Lamb, and Jolie-Grace Wareham.

Rhodes sophomore Mary Phan has been awarded an Americans for the Arts NABE Scholarship encouraging the integration of the arts and economics.

Rhodes alumnus Dr. Michael Long and his team of researchers have come up with a technique during surgery to protect areas of the brain where speech occurs.