Rhodes holding in-person graduation for 2020, 2021 classes
Commencement ceremonies for both classes will be Saturday, May 15 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
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March 2021
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Rhodes president Marjorie Hass stepping down
Hass will remain president of Rhodes through mid-August.
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February 2021
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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.
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December 2020
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CBU delays start of spring semester 2 weeks
CBU also delays graduation ceremony, with plans to honor graduates of both 2020 and 2021 at the Renasant Convention Center May 29, 2021.
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November 2020
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From Rhodes to Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett’s friends see same, smart, humble woman
When she came to Rhodes Colleges 30 years ago, no one could have known Amy Coney Barrett would become the fifth woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. But when friends look back at those days now, it all sort of makes sense.
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October 2020
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Barrett friend from Rhodes will be Tucker Carlson guest this evening
Friend will discuss their pride on a segment of how Rhodes alums feel about Barrett’s nomination.
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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.
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September 2020
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Politics and pandemic hurt colleges’ ability to attract international students
On Memphis campuses, dozens of international students have deferred their arrival because they could not get visas, a factor of the pandemic and immigration politics.
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Trump officially nominates Rhodes College graduate to Supreme Court
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Barrett would become the second Rhodes College graduate to hold a Supreme Court seat. The first, Justice Abe Fortas graduated in 1930 when the school was called Southwestern.
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Rhodes graduate to be nominee for Supreme Court, according to reports
Amy Coney Barrett, considered the frontrunner, is currently a member of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. If confirmed, Barrett, 48, would become the Supreme Court’s youngest justice.
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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.
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Rhodes receives NSF grant for motor, perception research
Various disciplines across campus will use the motion-capture technology.
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Rhodes College grad a likely frontrunner for U.S. Supreme Court
Appeals Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a Rhodes College graduate, is once again a frontrunner for a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy, this time to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to reports.
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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.
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Student-made COVID-19 treatments at Rhodes fill pipeline
Assistant professor Shana Stoddard is helping students design antiviral compounds for COVID-19, raising the bar for what remote learning can be.
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August 2020
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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.
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‘He was Memphis’ Indiana Jones, Marco Polo, P.T Barnum and James Bond’
Richard Halliburton spent his short life “living poetry instead of writing it.”
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July 2020
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CBU details plans for hybrid return, with in-person class when possible
The president says the university is lucky it doesn't have many classes with a large-lecture format.
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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.
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Higher ed preps for an academic year shaped by the coronavirus
Most schools are planning for a semester combining on-campus and online learning.
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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.
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Campuses moving toward opening with reams of safety protocols
Experts say challenges for college presidents are monumental, including now to plan for whatever temporary turns out to be as fall classes approach.
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June 2020
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Campuses making plans to start but everything could change
For right now, U of M, Christian Brothers and Rhodes College all intend to have dorms open, classes in person and in some cases, online.
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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.
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QuadJobs acquires business started at Rhodes College
QuadJobs had been looking to get into the Memphis market for some time.
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