Rhodes Alumni & Parent Community

Rollow Avenue of Oaks

“I wanted to give everyone an update on the damage our campus trees took during last week’s storms. First the good news: we suffered no property damage, and our power was back up and running after only 48 hours. We did lose a few large trees: a water oak just west of Oak Alley, a cottonwood near the East Village parking lot, and an ash near the North Parkway gate. We also lost some smaller trees, including two black walnuts, two sawtooth oaks, some Bradford pears, a tulip poplar, and a persimmon tree. Our plan is to replace these this winter with hardwood trees, at a ratio of 3 new trees for every one tree lost. That will add 33 trees to our campus—they will start out small, but our children and grandchildren will enjoy hearing us tell about when these towering trees only reached up to our chins!”

Commencement 2009

Class of 2009, welcome to the Rhodes College Alumni Association. Join the Lasting Lynx Online Community to keep your contact information up to date and stay in touch with classmates and other alumni via these free services:

1. Online Alumni Directory
Search for classmates to reconnect or make new connections for networking purposes.

2. Permanent forwarding E-mail addresses
Not sure where you will end up after graduation? Set up a free permanent forwarding E-mail address that never changes and is affiliated with your alma mater. The address will have the domain: yourname@rhodes-alumni.net. This address will remain the same even if you change jobs or e-mail providers. You can easily update your account with a new forwarding address. Please note that this is not a fully functioning e-mail account. Set up your forwarding e-mail.

3. Class Notes
Stay up to date with news on your classmates. Find out what fellow alumni are up to and share your news and events by submitting a class note.

4. Rhodes Magazine
Published three times a year and available online. Read about fellow alumni, faculty and changes on campus.

5. Chapter Events and Career Networking Events
Currently, we have 15 Rhodes Chapters across the continental United States. By keeping your information current you will receive invitations to Rhodes Chapter events and Career Networking events in your area.

Rhodes is looking for an Assistant Director of Alumni Relations. Please read the job description, qualifications and filing procedures HERE. Act by June 10th to ensure that your resume is reviewed by the screening committee.

If you have any questions about the online description, contact Human Resources at 901-843-3750 or the Alumni Relations office at alumni@rhodes.edu.

What a talented group of young people enter the alumni ranks as our newest members! They become part of a remarkable community. With the May 16th Commencement, symbolically we close the books on the 160th session of Rhodes College.

The 2008-09 year has been a trying one. It has been a year that has tested the mettle of the College. We have faced challenges and in meeting those, we have called upon alumni and parents in unprecedented ways. You have responded at every turn.

Perhaps one of our greatest accomplishments in the course of this year is that we came to trust more fully our loyal community members. We appreciate your love for the College which you translated into meaningful help and gifts of your talents, your time, and your resources. The College not only weathered the year, but flourished in the process.

As for me, May is the anniversary month of my appointment. I joined the staff in May 2003. Aside from commencement marking the end of the school year, the coinciding of this annual ceremony with my appointment month gives opportunity for reflection and assessment. I look back over the year and make sense of how we may do things better in serving alumni. I tell you again that it means much to serve in this role. It remains a privilege to work with good staff, a fine faculty, and committed students. But it goes beyond privilege and is indeed an honor to serve the alumni of Rhodes who care so deeply about their alma mater.

Thank you for all that you do to help Rhodes become a better institution.

4th Annual Memphis Children’s Theatre Festival

McCoy Theater: Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23

Visit www.voicesofthesouth.org for a schedule of events!

This year it’s going to bigger and better than ever…We need 90 volunteers on Saturday, May 23rd to help make our festival a success. Please sign up for (at least) one SHIFT. The shifts are as follows:
9AM-12NOON

11:30AM-2:30PM

2PM-5:30PM

Feel free to work 2 or 3 shifts, if you can! There will be many different activities and duties for our volunteers. We will put you where we most need smiling faces! Invite your family, kids and friends to volunteer as well! Every volunteer gets free admission and a Children’s Festival T-shirt.