Career Networking Through Facebook

One of our students, Andy Greer ’07 & ’08, has formed a facebook group as an experiment to see if it can serve to connect alumni and students for career networking purposes. The stated purpose of the group is “to connect alumni of Rhodes College to current Rhodes students who are considering internships and careers.”

The thinking behind the establishment of the group is that it may serve as a vehicle through which contacts can be made among members of the Rhodes community and prove useful in advancing the learning and/or career opportunities for participants. Please join The Rhodes Alumni Career Network on Facebook.

Meeman Center Announces Spring Courses

Descriptions and registration information for the Meeman Center’s latest crop of adult-education courses are available at meeman.rhodes.edu. Experts from Rhodes and other area institutions will provide insightful lectures and discussion about topics in art, literature, history, philosophy and social science. This semester sees the return of popular meditation and Taijiquan courses, as well as a new topical lecture series. This semester’s focus will be the 2008 election.

Meeman Hits the Road with Trips to Europe and Canada

Meeman’s Rhodes to Travel program offers four fun and educational itineraries in 2008, including:

• Spring in Holland, Belgium & Alsace. Visit the land of tulips, Gewuerztraminer and the Northern Renaissance masters during the loveliest of seasons.
• The Louvre in Quebec: Arts and Life. Explore the history, art and architecture of this charming city during the 400th anniversary of its founding.

Visit the Rhodes to Travel page for more information and registration details.

Jameson Jones Watercolors Exhibit

The exhibit of watercolors by Dean Jameson Jones ’36 will remain up until December 10th. These 17 paintings show the breadth of his talent including landscapes, figural work, and one of his favorite subjects—Rhodes College.

Some of the works are on loan from his many friends in the Rhodes community: Anne and Milton Brown, Tara and Gray Burkhart, Suzanna ’75 and Mike Cody ’58 and Martha and Jerald Duncan ’61. The exhibit is open daily seven days a week: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. The exhibit cases are located on the main level of the Barret Library in the east wing by the Archives.

Books for Barret

We appreciate receiving the gifts of two alumni authors who recently sent copies of their books to the Alumni Office for placement in the Paul Barret, Jr., Library.  Email addresses for Molly and Lindley are provided in the event you wish to make a purchase or send good wishes.

• Molly Caldwell Crosby ’95 (mollycrosby@bellsouth.net) has donated two copies of The American Plague.
• Dr. Ann Lindley Darden ’68 (ldarden@comcast.net) has donated two copies each of Theory Change in Science and Reasoning in Biological Discoveries.

We welcome books you have written.  Please send two copies of yours to the Alumni Relations Office and we will place one in the archives and one in general circulation of the library.