Rhodes College
| Rhodes College | |
|---|---|
| motto | Truth, loyalty, service |
| founding | 1848 |
| place | Memphis , Tennessee , United States |
| management | William E. Troutt |
| Students | 1712 |
| Annual budget | $ 58 million |
| Foundation assets | $ 283.4 million |
| University sports | NCAA Division III , SCAC |
| Website | www.rhodes.edu |
The Rhodes College is a private liberal arts college in Memphis in the US state of Tennessee . The college, originally founded by Freemasons in 1848 , was incorporated into the Presbyterian Churches in 1855 . The 1700 or so enrolled students are primarily aiming for bachelor's and master's degrees. The college is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools .
history
The origins of Rhodes College go back to the Masonic University of Tennessee, which was founded in Clarksville , Tennessee in 1848 by the Grand Masonic Lodge of Tennessee. The college was renamed Montgomery Masonic College in 1850 and later Stewart College (1855) in honor of its then president. Under Stewart's leadership, control of the college passed from the Masons to the Presbyterian Church. In 1875 a theological faculty was established, which lasted until 1917, and the college was renamed Southwestern Presbyterian University.
In 1925 President Charles Edward Diehl initiated the move to Memphis, Tennessee. The Clarksville campus later housed Austin Peay State University . During this time the name was shortened to Southwestern, only to be changed again to Southwestern of Memphis in 1945 to better distinguish it from other institutions with the name " Southwestern ."
In 1984 the college was given its current name Rhodes College in honor of its former president and successor Diehl, Peyton Nalle Rhodes . Since 1984, Rhodes has developed from a regionally recognized liberal arts college that is ranked nationally. As enrollment increased, so did the proportion of students from outside of Tennessee and the southeastern US.
The current (and 19th) President of Rhodes College has been William E. Troutt since 1999 .
Teaching
Academic life at Rhodes College is characterized by courses in small groups. Students are encouraged to volunteer, which earned the college 1st place in a 2010 Newsweek college ranking for community engagement.
About a third of the graduates complete a postgraduate course ( Graduate School ) immediately after graduation . The acceptance rate of Rhodes alumni in law and business schools is around 95%, while the transition rate to medical schools is almost twice the national average.
Rhodes found entry into Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives and appeared on the cover of the Princeton Review Complete Book of Colleges in 2008 . US News and World Report consistently ranks Rhodes in the nationwide "Top Tier" of Liberal Arts Colleges, ranking 52nd in 2012. Forbes ranked Rhodes 47th of all US colleges in its 2010 publication America's Best Colleges .
campus
The campus is 40 hectares (100 acres) in Midtown Memphis, across from Overton Park and the Memphis Zoo . Often praised for its beauty, the complex is characterized by buildings in the Gothic style , 13 of which are currently listed in the National Register of Historic Places . The oldest buildings, Palmer Hall (1925), Kennedy Hall (1925), and the Robb and White Dormitories (1925) were constructed by Henry C. Hibbs in collaboration with Charles Klauder , the architect of many Princeton buildings.
Rhodes still retains its Gothic college architecture today. The most recent example is the Paul Barrett Library, built in 2005 in the style of a Gothic cathedral .
In 1984 the film Zoff was filmed at the Hoover Academy on the Rhodes College campus .
Students and teachers
There are currently 1,712 students enrolled in 46 states, 58% of whom are female and 42% are male. In addition, 74 foreign students from 15 countries studied at Rhodes College in 2010/2011, which have been organized in the International Students Association since 2010. The supervision ratio was 10: 1 and the mean group size in the courses was 13 students. Out of 32 majors (8 of which are interdisciplinary), the most popular are biology , history , English , economics and psychology .
College sports
The mascot of Rhodes College is the lynx , the colors black and red.
The teams compete in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference within NCAA Division III. Rhodes can look back on 5 national championships, one of them in 1961 in baseball , the other four in the " mock trial ".
Personalities
Teaching
- Susan Bies , member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
- Andrew A. Michta , MW Buckman Distinguished Professor of International Relations
- Robert Penn Warren , Pulitzer Prize winner, author of All the King's Men , began teaching in 1930 in Rhodes
- Dave Wottle , athletics trainer, dean for admission and financial aid, Olympic champion over 800 meters in 1972 in Munich
Alumni
science
- David Alexander , President of Rhodes College and Pomona College
- Harry L. Swinney , director of the Center for Nonlinear Dynamics at the University of Texas at Austin .
- Mark D. West , University of Michigan Law School Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Nippon Life Professor of Law
economy
- John H. Bryan , former CEO of Sara Lee and a member of the Board of Directors at Goldman Sachs
Politics and military
- Bill Alexander , United States Congressman from Arkansas (1969-1993), Deputy Whip for the Democrats in the House of Representatives
- Theodore M. Brantley , Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court (1899–1922)
- Abe Fortas , US Supreme Court Justice (1965–1969), unsuccessful candidate for the post of Chief Justice of the United States
- Claudia Kennedy , first woman to rank as a 3-star general in the US Army , a member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
- Alison Lundergan Grimes , first wife as Secretary of State of Kentucky
Literature and art
- John Boswell , author and publisher
- Dixie Carter , actress, Emmy nomination
- Charlaine Harris , bestselling author
- George Hearn , actor and singer on New York Broadway
- Sarah Lacy , technology journalist
- Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor , author, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Verner Moore White , well-known landscape and portrait painter
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 1, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. [1]
- ↑ a b TN Encyclopedia: RHODES COLLEGE . Tennesseeencyclopedia.net. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
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^ Pope, Loren: Colleges that Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges . Penguin Books, New York, 2006, p. 181.
See also “Best Liberal Arts Colleges,” America's Best Colleges, US News and World Report, 1999–2007. - ^ Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) , National Center for Education Statistics.
- ^ The 25 Best Schools for Do-Gooders , newsweek.com. October 12, 2010.
- ^ Franek, Robert et al .: The Best 361 Colleges: the Smart Student's Guide to Colleges . Random House, Inc., New York, 2006, p. 424.
- ^ Loren Pope: Colleges that Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges . Penguin Books, New York, 2006, p. 185.
- ↑ Loren Pope : Colleges That Change Lives : 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges . Penguin , July 25, 2006, ISBN 978-0143037361 , p. 320.
- ↑ Complete Book of Colleges . Princeton Review , Aug. 7, 2007, ISBN 978-0375766206 , p. 1584.
- ↑ http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rhodes-college-3519
- ↑ America's Best Colleges , Forbes.com. August 5, 2009.
- ^ As in Turner South's: Blue Ribbon . Princeton Review, Collegiate Gothic: The Architecture of Rhodes College by William Stroud and other sources
- ^ Rhodes Recognized . Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved July 2011.
- ^ A Trip Down to the South . Accessed July 2011.
- ↑ These figures are published in the Rhodes College Common Data Set ( Memento of August 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 35 ° 9 ′ 15 ″ N , 89 ° 59 ′ 21 ″ W.