21 Facts About Rhodes College

Rhodes College is a private liberal arts college in Memphis, Tennessee.

Rhodes College'storically affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, it is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Rhodes College enrolls about 2, 000 students, and its Collegiate Gothic campus sits on a 123-acre wooded site in Memphis' historic Midtown neighborhood.

Early origins of Rhodes College can be traced to the mid-1830s and the establishment of the all-male Montgomery Academy on the outskirts of Clarksville, Tennessee.

However, renewed support from the Presbyterian Church gave the college new life, leading Stewart Rhodes College to be renamed Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1879.

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Under the leadership of Dr James Daughdrill and Dr William E Troutt (president from 1999 to 2017), the college's physical expansion continued, and Rhodes now offers more than 50 majors, interdisciplinary majors, minors, and academic programs.

Rhodes College's departed Rhodes in June 2021 after being named the president of the Council of Independent Colleges.

On December 6, 2021, Jennifer M Collins was named the 21st president of Rhodes College following a unanimous vote by the board of trustees.

In US News 2020 edition, Rhodes is ranked No 53 on its National Liberal Arts College Ranking and 28th college in the south on Forbes 2019 edition.

Rhodes has produced seven Rhodes Scholars, is named perennially as a "Top Producing Institution" for Fulbright Scholars, and boasts numerous Truman Scholars, Goldwater Scholars, Henry Luce Scholars, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellows, and recipients of the Thomas J Watson Fellowship.

Rhodes College offers Summer Service Fellowships that award academic credit to students working full-time with Memphis community organizations and non-profits.

Rhodes College helps students obtain internships across the country and overseas.

Rhodes College offers a number of its own study abroad programs, including European Studies, a fall semester program in which students travel to various locations in Europe while studying at the University of Oxford.

Students pay tuition, room, and board as normal to Rhodes College, including any federal and institutional aid they normally receive, which covers their tuition, room, and board while on the program.

Rhodes College lived there for thirteen months with his parents and grandmother before they moved to Graceland.

Rhodes College students are required to take one class from either the Search course or the Life: Then and Now course during each of their first three semesters at Rhodes College (4 hours each for a total of 12 credit hours).

Additionally, Rhodes College is a certified Class IV Arboretum, the highest designation granted by the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council, and contains over 120 tree species and more than 1, 500 individual trees.

Rhodes College' mascot is the lynx, and the school colors are cardinal and black.

Rhodes College has four team athletic national championships to its credit, with the baseball team earning a title in 1961 and the women's golf team earning three from 2014 to 2017.

Rhodes College provides an undergraduate mock trial program that has won four national championships and participated in ten national final rounds.

Rhodes College has qualified to the American Mock Trial Association's National Championship tournament every year since its inception, with thirty-two top ten or Honorable Mention finishes and over one hundred and thirty All-American attorney and witness awards.