When Local is Global

Student Clubs and Organizations with International or Cultural Focus

Sign up! You can join one (or more!) of these globally or culturally focused organizations on campus. Student-run clubs and organizations like these contribute to vibrant dialogue and discovery while supporting the cultural health of the College. Together, students in these organizations communicate with the rest of the campus about the values, cultures, and contributions of people from all areas of the world and their impact right here on campus and in Memphis.

• African Students Association (ASA)
• Africana Women Supporting Ourselves and Maintaining Excellence (A.W.S.O.M.E.)
• All Students Interested in Asia (A.S.I.A)
• Amnesty International Rhodes College (AIRC)
• Black Student Association
• French Club
• German Culture Club
• Globally Engaged Student Clubs and Organizations
•  Hillel of Rhodes College
• International and Immigrant Students Association
• Italian Language and Culture Club
• Latinx Student Association 
• Medical Spanish Club
• Men of Distinction
• Middle Eastern Student Association (MESA)
• Model United Nations Club
• Muslim Student Association
• Palestine Children’s Relief Fund at Rhodes College
• Russian Club
• Society of World Affairs Today (SoWAT)
• South Asian Culture and Advocacy (SACA)
• Students for Justice in Palestine
• Turkic Student Association 

Here’s the entire list of Rhodes student clubs and organizations. Would you like your organization added to the list? Please e-mail global@rhodes.edu. 

Local and Global Internships

With Rhodes’s prime location within the heart of one of the US’s major trade hubs, our urban setting gives our students the city as an extension of our campus. Our vibrant city is a cultural hot spot with dozens of distinct international communities, making a local internship an opportunity for global engagement. Our Center for Career and Professional Development places students in hundreds of local internships every year. 

 Rhodes also helps students connect with internships overseas – even offering funded academic internships abroad up to $10,000. Our students have worked for the U.S. Department of Commerce in France and Croatia, taught English through nonprofit organizations in Cambodia, and helped a U.S. firm set up operations in China. International internships provide an excellent opportunity to gain valuable, hands-on experience in your chosen career field while immersing yourself in a different culture.  Find more information about international internships here or make an appointment with Jessica Flanigan, Assistant Director of Internships and Experiential Education, through Handshake.