There are 18 article(s) tagged Marjorie Hass:

• December 2021

  • Rhodes names new president

    Rhodes College announced that its 21st president is currently a dean at Southern Methodist University.

    By Daja E. Henry December 06, 2021

• March 2021

  • Rhodes president Marjorie Hass stepping down

    Hass will remain president of Rhodes through mid-August.

    By Bill Dries March 04, 2021

• February 2021

  • Rhodes moves on-campus students to hotels in Germantown, Collierville

    About 700 students are affected. Rhodes President Marjorie Hass says the campus was having water pressure problems and made the move to help students and also answer MLGW’s call to conserve water during the crisis.

    By Bill Dries February 19, 2021

• October 2020

  • Rhodes College alumni speak up for Judge Amy Coney Barrett

    Rhodes graduates from across the country are speaking out in support for their fellow alum and nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States.

    By Linda A. Moore October 12, 2020

• September 2020

  • Barrett nomination spurs call for Rhodes community to rise to ‘great challenges’

    Rhodes College President Marjorie Hass urges the college to rise to the “great challenges” of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, and others praise the the Notre Dame law professor’s commitment to equality and women’s rights.

    By Sam Stockard September 28, 2020

  • Possible Supreme Court nomination splits Rhodes College community

    The potential appointment of Rhodes College graduate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court just before the Nov. 3 presidential election is creating division within the college community, according to a letter from the school’s president.

    By Sam Stockard September 25, 2020

  • Rhodes plans to open for spring semester

    Campus leaders had hoped it would be possible to have freshmen on campus during fall term, but a letter from the college president lays out hopes for the spring.

    By Jane Roberts September 11, 2020

• August 2020

  • Rhodes College ranks high for community service

    Rhodes College has 100 community partners across Memphis and more than 80% of its students are engaged in community service.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 19, 2020

• July 2020

  • Calkins: At Rhodes College, leadership the whole country needs

    As leaders around the country make decisions based on wishful thinking, Rhodes College postponed on-campus eduction for the fall semester because it determined it could not safely bring students, faculty and employees back to campus. "It’s about setting your values and having the courage of your convictions," said president Marjorie Hass. If only more leaders would do the same. 

     

    By Geoff Calkins July 21, 2020

  • Higher ed preps for an academic year shaped by the coronavirus

    Most schools are planning for a semester combining on-campus and online learning.

    By Linda A. Moore July 18, 2020

  • Rhodes College to continue remote learning for fall

    If conditions improve, Rhodes is prepared to bring first-year students back to campus in the fall.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 17, 2020

• June 2020

  • Rhodes to spend extra $2M on COVID-19 this year, partners with Baptist for testing

    As part of the package, Baptist will provide a virtual clinic to help people on campus who test positive know what care they need and when it is safe to return to the public sphere.

    By Jane Roberts June 25, 2020

• May 2020

  • Rhodes plans to begin Aug. 26, and go straight through to Thanksgiving

    Classes will be held on Labor Day; fall break will consist of one day. 

    By Jane Roberts May 28, 2020

  • Rhodes offers free webinars on coronavirus-related topics

    "A grounding in the liberal arts encourages a multi-disciplinary approach to the foundational questions raised by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said president Majorie Hass.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 26, 2020

  • The Extra Podcast: How Rhodes College is dealing with COVID-19

    Rhodes President Marjorie Hass tells Eric Barnes about the contingencies the college is planning for as it finishes the year and plans for an opening in the fall.

    By Eric Barnes May 05, 2020

• March 2020

  • For students stranded in dorms, world is quiet, smaller and anxious

    Dozens of students are hunkered down in deserted residence halls here, socializing the same way they are going to class – entirely online.

    By Jane Roberts March 29, 2020

• November 2019

  • Rhodes receives $300,000 from DOJ for sexual assault prevention, programs

    Rhodes will implement a strategic plan, including setting up training programs that will center on sexual assault prevention, victim support and responding to interpersonal violence and stalking. 

    By Jane Roberts November 01, 2019

• September 2019

  • New CBU president says outreach to ‘Dreamers’ will continue

    On “Behind The Headlines,” Rhodes College president Marjorie Hass said the school is recruiting students nationally as the number of high school students in the southeastern U.S. is projected to drop.

    By Bill Dries September 26, 2019