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Rhodes College  -  Rhodes



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Rhodes History

Rhodes College started off in a very different place--literally and figuratively--than where it has ended up a century-and-a-half later. It was first founded in 1848 in Clarksville, Tennessee, as the Masonic University of Tennessee, and in 1850 it changed its name to the Masonic College. Under the leadership of president William M. Stewart, the school switched its religious affiliation from the Masons to the Presbyterian Church in 1855, and the school was later renamed Stewart College in President Stewart's honor. A theology school was added in 1875 (it closed in 1917), and the school became known as the Southwestern Presbyterian University.

In 1925, the school relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, under the leadership of president Charles Diehl (the Clarksville campus became the site of Austin Peay State University), and shortened its name to Southwestern, eventually (in 1945) changing its name yet again to Southwestern at Memphis to limit confusion. In 1984, the school's name changed one final time, to Rhodes College, in honor of former president Peyton Nalle Rhodes. Since then, the school has focused on strenghtening its liberal arts core and increasing the number of out-of-state students it attracts.

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Rhodes Dorms

Rhodes College students can live on-campus in one of 13 residence halls or three apartment buildings.
RESIDENCE HALLS
Bellingrath Hall
Blount Hall
Ellett Hall
Glassell Hall
Neely Hall
Robb Hall
Robinson Hall
Stewart Hall
Margaret Townsend Hall
Suzanne Trezevant Hall
Voorhies Hall
Gordon White Hall
Anne Marie Caskey Williford Hall

ON-CAMPUS APARTMENT
Spann Townhouses
East Village A
East Village B

Rhodes College Academics

Students must complete a 13-16 course Foundations program in the liberal arts. Areas of required study include: writing and language, humanities, distribution requirements in four different areas, and three courses in Physical Education.

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