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This page includes a sampling of notable mentions of Rhodes College in the media and is not a comprehensive list.
May 2012
Rhodes Thankful for Hometown Writes President Troutt in Guest Column - Memphis Daily News – May 15
Rhodes Senior Sharwil Bell Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship - The Commercial Appeal - May 9
Professor Luther Ivory Receives Clarence Day Award and Is Recognized for “Exuberant” Teaching - The Commercial Appeal - May 6
Professor Richard Fisher Offers College Grads Financial Literacy Advice - CNN “Student of Thought Blog”- May 2
Professor Leigh Johnson Discusses Her American Values Project That Will Be Exhibited at Marshall Arts Gallery - Commercial Appeal - May 3
April 2012
Rhodes’ Urban Studies Initiatives Help Build Community Partnerships - The Commercial Appeal - April 25
Rhodes Student Vincent Viola Finds Balance Between College Sports and Physics Studies - National Scouting Report - April 24
Rhodes Is Featured in Article “Called to Serve” Focusing on College’s Long Tradition of Community Service by Students and in Editorial “Rhodes’ Civic Efforts Should be Applauded.” - The Memphis News - April 21
Rhodes Help to Organize Vollintine and Evergreen Art Walk - Memphis Daily News - April 20
Rhodes and Cypress Middles School Film Shows Memphis Students Overcoming Obstacles Through Art -WREG/CBS-TV - April 19
Interest in Ornithology Fits Nicely with Rhodes Biologist’s Love of Outdoors - The Commercial Appeal - April 15
Rhodes Students Participate in “One Memphis” Initiative To Make Memphis a Better City - Memphis Flyer - April 5
Ivy Thompson Wins Prize for Psychology Research - The Commercial Appeal - April 4
Rhodes Student Carson Duffy Wins Watson Fellowship for Year of Travel - The Commercial of Appeal - April 1
Rhodes Student Maggie Cupit Shares Remarkable Story of Surviving Cancer - USA Today College Website - April 1
March 2012
Sun Founder Sam Phillips Is Subject of Rhodes’ Mike Curb Event - The Commercial Appeal - March 28
Community Is Focus of New Plough Chair of Urban Studies at Rhodes - The Commercial Appeal - March 18
Rhodes Is Named a Finalist for Presidential Community Service Award - Memphis Daily News - March 16
Rhodes Juniors Jordan Redmon and Lauren Peterson Organize Shelby Foote Collection - The Commercial Appeal - March 14
Rhodes Alumnus Dr. Cary Fowler ’71 Gives Rare Look Inside His Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway - NBC Today Show - March 2
Professor Milton Moreland Discusses Rhodes′ Efforts to Uncover Rich History of Zion Cemetery - WHBQ-TV - March 1
February 2012
Rhodes Junior Kimber Jones Conducts Snow Leopard Research As Intern at Memphis Zoo - The Commercial Appeal - Feb. 29
Rhodes′ Crossroads to Freedom Helps To Archive Stories Important To This Region - The Commercial Appeal - Feb. 27
Coach Jane Wells Gets Her Blood Pressure Checked as Part of the WomenHeart Network at Rhodes - The Commercial Appeal - Feb. 20
Thirty-Year Law Practice of Rhodes alumnus Jim Mulroy Starts With Counseling Work - Memphis Daily News - Feb. 16
Lindsey Bierle ’12 Learns First Hand About Working In a Hospital as a Baptist Medical Scholar - The Commercial Appeal-Feb. 15
Rhodes Alumna Jen Andrews Makes Impact at Shelby Farms Park in Leadership Role - Memphis Connect Newsletter - Feb. 10
Harvard Prof. Robert Mnookin Presents Negotiation Strategies In Communities in Conversation Lecture - Memphis Daily News - Feb. 9
Rhodes’ Shelby Foote Collection Is Featured - Memphis Downtowner - February 2012 issue
January 2012
Basketball Standout Lauren Avant Finds Home At Rhodes - The Commercial Appeal - Jan. 28
Cypress Middle Guitar Club, Led by Rhodes Volunteers, Teaches Music, Accountability - The Commercial Appeal - Jan. 28
Professor Joe Montelione Conducts “The Soldier’s Tale” Combining Symphonic Music, Dance and Acting - Memphis Flyer - Jan. 27
Professor Art Carden’s Article "Dear Student: I Don′t Lie Awake At Night Thinking of Ways to Ruin Your Life" Is Most Shared Higher Ed Story on LinkedIn - LinkedIn - Jan. 20
Noam Chomsky Lecture Has Remarkable Turnout at Rhodes - Memphis Flyer - Jan. 19
Alumnus Barrett Hathcock Signs Copies of His New Book The Portable Son - Memphis Flyer - Jan. 19
Rhodes Volunteers Among Those Making Service Forefront of MLK Festivities - The Commercial Appeal - Jan. 15
Professor Scott Newstok Publishes Update About "Manifold Greatness" Exhibition at Rhodes - Manifold Greatness Blog - Jan. 12
Vice President Carey Thompson Discusses Rhodes’ Efforts to Recruit Chinese Students -Washington Post Blog - Jan. 5
Professor Charles McKinney Speaks At Hastings College As Part of MLK Day - Hastings Tribune Online - January Edition
Professor Andrew Michta Publishes Article on Energy Security in Europe - The American Interest - Jan./Feb. Issue
December 2011
Rhodes Is Among Local Colleges Featured in Delta Airlines Magazine - Delta Sky - December issue
Rhodes Is 15th-Most Selective School in South - Memphis Business Journal - Dec. 13
Making Friends Makes the Biggest Difference In Student Retention, According to New Rhodes Study - Inside Higher Education - Dec. 13
Lauren Avant Returns to Memphis from Knoxville to Play Basketball At Rhodes -WPTY-TV - Dec. 18
Manifold Greatness Exhibition at Rhodes Is Most Viewed 2011 Post on Manifold Greatness Blog - Manifold Greatness Blog - Dec. 22
Paul Barret Jr. Library Is One of the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries - Flavorwire.com - Dec. 22
Rhodes Is Featured in College Photo Tour - About.com “College Admissions” - Dec. 25
November 2011
Rhodes Senior Buddy Legens Is a Standout in Faith and Football - Commercial Appeal-Faith In Memphis Blog - Nov. 12
Rhodes Hosts Manifold Greatness Exhibition - Manifold Greatness Blog - Nov. 14
Student Elizabeth Ross Invents Device To Help Diabetics - USA TODAY College Blog - Nov. 15
Rhodes Is Certified As a Level IV Arboretum - Memphis Daily News - Nov. 16
Physician and Alumna Sally Ann Holmes Is Recognized For Service To Veterans - Cypress Times (TX) - Nov. 17
Rhodes Hosts Candlelight Vigil in Support of Occupy UC Davis - Memphis Flyer Blog - Nov. 21
October 2011
Prof. Ann Viano Discusses Rhodes’ Dual Degree Program in “Programs Work To Keep Talent in Memphis” - Memphis Daily News - Oct. 3
Prof. Art Carden Publishes “The Process That Made Steve Jobs Great” - Forbes.com - Oct. 7
Prof. Marcus Pohlmann Publishes “Why School Reform Can’t Ignore Poverty’s Toll” -Washington Post - Oct. 8
Prof. Andrew Michta Publishes “Polish Elections: Continuity—and a Dash of Surprise” - German Marshall Fund Blog - Oct. 9
Charles McKinney Publishes “Fred Shuttlesworth: God Saved Him to Fight” - Southern Studies.org - Oct. 14
Alumnus Jeremiah Guccione Named Rhodes’ Distinguished Service Award Recipient - Bradenton Herald.com - Oct. 17
Rhodes’ Sustainable Various Practices Are Featured - The Commercial Appeal “Go Green Life” - Oct. 20
Alumnus Brian Wamhoff Is Named Rhodes’ Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient - Virigina.edu online newsletter - Oct. 20
Prof. Scott Newstok Publishes Commentary “400 Years of the King James Bible” - Faith In Memphis Blog - Oct. 25
Alumnus Ryan Call Wins National Whiting Writer’s Award - YourHoustonNews.com - Oct. 26
September 2011
Clarence Day Scholars Are Announced - Annapolis Group’s College News.org - Sept. 1
Prof. Jennifer Sciubba Publishes “Family Planning Can Help in Afghanistan” - Philadelphia Inquirer - Sept. 2
Career Profile About Alumnus Darrell Cobbins Building His Commercial Real Estate Company on Family Legacy - Memphis Daily News - Sept. 6
Rhodes Is Newsweek’s Most Service-Oriented School - Collegenews.org (Annapolis Group) - Sept. 7
Rhodes Chaplain Walt Tennyson Publishes “The Work of 9/11” - Commercial Appeal “Faith in Memphis Blog” - Sept. 8
Prof. Art Carden Publishes “Risk and Reason Ten Years After 9/11” - Forbes.com - Sept. 9
Alumna Christie Leigh Mueller Writes Gridiron Belles: A Guide to Saturdays in Dixie - Analusia Star News (Covington County, AL) - Sept. 10
Rhodes is Among Schools Across the Country Planning Events for National Food Day - The Atlantic - Sept. 15
Cover Story of Alumnus Dr. Cary Fowler Discussing His Global Seed Vault - Memphis Flyer - Sept. 22
Film by Prof. Dee Garceau Is Accepted by Indie Memphis Film Festival - Annapolis Group’s College News.com - Sept. 22
Rhodes Vice President Bob Johnson is Interviewed About the Consolidation of Information Technology and Library Functions - Inside Higher Ed - Sept. 23
Rhodes Is Mentioned as Having a “Day of Construction” on 9/11 As Part of the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Challenge - White House Neighborhood Partnerships Blog - Sept. 28
Founded in 1848, Rhodes College is a private, coeducational college of liberal arts and sciences. It aspires to graduate students with a lifelong passion for learning, a compassion for others, and the ability to translate academic study and personal concern into effective leadership and action in their communities and the world.