Rhodes senior Sarah Kate Childs has been accepted to seven law schools—Harvard University, Duke University, University of Virginia, Cornell University, Georgetown University, Vanderbilt University, and Washington University in St. Louis. In addition, she has received almost $900,000 in scholarship offers.

Molly Hirner, a Rhodes College junior pursuing a major in economics and mathematics, has been selected to receive the Fulbright Canada-Mitacs Globalink Research Internship, which is intended for U.S. students to undertake advanced research projects in their area of interest for 10 to 12 weeks at a top Canadian university.

Dr. Shana Stoddard, associate professor of chemistry at Rhodes, was nominated and has accepted membership into the interdisciplinary scientific honor society Sigma Xi. Membership is extended to scientists who have demonstrated excellence in scholarship and have shown noteworthy achievements evidenced through scientific publications.

Rhodes College and its Department of Music hosted the 45th Conference of the Southern Chapter of the College Music Society on campus Feb. 22-24. Dr. Courtenay Harter, professor of music at Rhodes, serves as chapter president.

American Mock Trial Association teams across the country have been competing in a series of regional tournaments to qualify for the opening round of the championship series, hoping to make it to the nationals in April. Rhodes B mock trial team took first place, and Rhodes A took second place after competing in the regional tournament held Feb. 23-25 in Norman, OK.

Through the partnership, Rhodes students are guaranteed interviews at UTHSC’s College of Medicine if they meet specific benchmarks and apply to the college through the American Medical College Application Service.

Dr. Shatavia Wynn, assistant professor of religious and Africana studies at Rhodes, has been selected for the 2024 Hybrid Teaching and Learning Workshop for Early Career Religion Faculty Teaching Undergraduates. Participants join a collaborative learning cohort for seven online sessions and an in-person, five-day, summer session at Wabash Center in Crawfordsville, IN.

Rhodes College celebrated its 175th anniversary last year, and now it is marking another exciting milestone in the life of the college with the establishment of the Spence Wilson Center for Interdisciplinary Humanities. The center bears the name of respected Memphis businessman and philanthropist Spence Wilson, who has been a long-time supporter of Rhodes.

Rhodes is among the nation’s leading institutions for study abroad, according to the Open Doors 2023 Report on International Educational Exchange released by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education (IIE).

Rhodes College alumna the Rev. Dr. Dorothy Sanders Wells made history Feb. 3 becoming the first woman and first Black person elected as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi.