2012 News

3/28/2012 Professor Collins Shares Birding Enthusiasm with StudentsDr. Michael Collins of the Rhodes Department of Biology can point with certainty to the day he first became interested in birds . . . . »

3/27/2012 Rhodes A Mock Trial Team Earns Championship Tournament BidThe Rhodes A team won the 24-team Memphis Opening Round National Tournament held this past weekend and earned its bid to this year’s national finals. »

3/26/2012 Michelle Currie ’12 Wins Latin Prose Composition Contest, Presents Project Sponsored by Prof. SickCurrie and Sick attended the annual convention of Eta Sigma Phi, the national honor society for classical languages and cultures, March 16-18. »

3/26/2012 Twelve Inducted Into Gender and Sexuality Studies Honor SocietyJessica Lotz ’08, former president of Iota Iota Iota, welcomed the new inductees into the organization.  »

3/21/2012 Ivy Thompson ’12 Receives First Place for Psychology ResearchThompson’s prize-winning research was presented at the Mid-South Psychology Conference. »

3/20/2012 Mock Trial Tournament To Be Held in Memphis This WeekendMore than 200 students representing 24 qualifying teams, including two Rhodes teams, will compete.  »

3/20/2012 Reception, Book Signing Planned for Lewie Donelson BookThe proceeds of the book will go to the Janice Ost Donelson Scholarship fund, which Donelson has established at Rhodes in memory of his beloved wife of 65 years. »

3/19/2012 Carson Duffy ’12 Named a Watson FellowDuffy has been awarded a prestigious fellowship from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation that will allow her to explore community building efforts in post-conflict societies.  »

3/16/2012 Rhodes Alumnus Invited to Prestigious American Academy in RomeHe is Memphis architect Louis R. Pounders ’68. »

3/14/2012 Rhodes Trustee Dr. William Evans Receives Pharmacists Association’s Top HonorUnder Dr. Evans’ leadership, the Rhodes/St. Jude Summer Plus program was created.  »

3/13/2012 Rhodes Named a Presidential Award Finalist for Community ServiceOnly 14 institutions of higher education in the country were selected as finalists. Honorees were announced at the American Council on Education’s Annual Meeting on March 12. »

3/13/2012 Physics Students and Faculty Win AwardsThe Rhodes group was recognized at the American Association of Physics Teachers national meeting. »