July 11, 2025 – Hendrix College is pleased to announce the appointment of six new members to its Board of Trustees: Melissa Taulbee Brighton ’97, Margaret K. Dorman ’85, Jeff Johnson ’88, Rev. Nathan Kilbourne, Rev. Zach Roberts ’01, and Rev. Jennie Williams.

July 8, 2025 – JTJ Restaurants has been selected as the new dining services partner for Hendrix College, bringing innovative food expertise and comprehensive dining solutions to the campus community. The partnership represents a fresh approach to college dining that enhances the overall experience, encompassing three key areas: dining services, events, and catering.

June 17, 2025 – Hendrix College is pleased to announce Quincy Davidson as vice president for advancement beginning this summer. A seasoned leader in higher education philanthropy and alumni engagement, Davidson brings nearly two decades of experience building philanthropic support and strengthening institutional relationships.

June 16, 2025 – Hendrix College is excited to announce the recipients of Hays Memorial Scholarships and Provost Scholarships for the Class of 2029. These scholarships represent the highest academic honors awarded to incoming first-year students and reflect Hendrix’s commitment to academic excellence, intellectual curiosity, and student achievement.

June 5, 2025 – Nadia Bolz-Weber, a New York Times bestselling author and ordained Lutheran pastor, will speak in Staples Auditorium on the campus of Hendrix College Monday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. 

June 4, 2025 – Hendrix College announces its Spring 2025 Dean’s List, consisting of 272 students who, completing no fewer than four whole credit courses in the semester for a letter grade, received no grade other than an A.

June 2, 2025 — “Peace is a Shy Thing” (St. Martin’s Press, 2025) by Dr. Alex Vernon, the first literary biography of noted writer Tim O’Brien--author of “The Things They Carried”—hit bookshelves May 27. Vernon is the M.E. and Ima Graves Peace Distinguished Professor of English at Hendrix College.  

June 2, 2025 — Recent Hendrix College Graduate Dani Brumbelow ’25, a politics major, has been awarded the 2025 Best Undergraduate Paper Award by the Arkansas Political Science Association for her project, “Pro se Litigations: Determined or Deadly? The Impact of Self-representation in Craighead and Faulkner Counties.

May 29, 2025 – The Hendrix College Committee on Engaged Learning is pleased to announce $78,275.72 in Odyssey Program funding awarded to 23 projects. 

May 27, 2025 - Hendrix College is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Tumlinson as vice president for finance & operations and chief financial officer beginning in August.

Hendrix College awarded 275 Bachelor of Arts degrees and 10 Master of Arts degrees in accounting at the 2025 Commencement ceremony May 17 in Young-Wise Memorial Stadium.

Hendrix College receives $600,000 gift from Conway Corporation for Galloway Hall renovation CONWAY, Ark. – Conway Corporation has made a public commitment toward answering the challenge set forth by the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation by making a $600,000

Hendrix College is proud to celebrate students Rowan McCollum ’26 and Kailey Thurman ’26 who travelled to Chicago in April to share their research at the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB).

Hendrix College is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $2 million challenge grant from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation to support the renovation of historic Galloway Hall on the Hendrix College campus.

Hendrix College students were honored for academic achievement and campus leadership on April 24 at the 2025 Honors Convocation in the Wellness and Athletics Center.

Hendrix College students were recognized for academic excellence and campus community service at the 2025 Honors Day Convocation on April 24 in the Wellness and Athletics Center.

Dr. Richard Pazdur, director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE), will receive an Honorary Doctor of Science degree and address the class of 2025 at Hendrix College’s commencement. The ceremony begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 17 at Hendrix’s Young-Wise Memorial Stadium.

Hendrix College is excited to announce Harry Lance ’26 was named a Goldwater Scholar by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.

The Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) named its second cohort of ACS Mellon Academic Leadership Fellows following a competitive selection process among its member institutions. Hendrix College is proud to announce that among the nine professors selected this year was Hendrix Associate Professor of Spanish Dr. Garbiñe Vidal-Torreira.

Hendrix College will host its second microbiology camp this summer for middle school students. The camp runs June 23-27 from 9 am to 4 pm daily in the DW Reynolds building. Dr. Andrew Schurko invites middle school students to Hendrix for the second year of this STEM camp. 

The Hendrix Players will offer three performances of the 2025 Senior Seminar production “Up, Down, Strange, Charmed, Beauty, and Truth” by Edward Allan Baker. Showtimes are April 24 and 25 at 7:30 p.m. and April 26 at 2 p.m. in Cabe Theatre.

Continuing its tradition of expanding the vision and developing the potential of remarkable young leaders, the Watson Foundation announced its 57th class of Thomas J. Watson Fellows, including Hendrix College student Cecelia Schneider ’25. The prestigious fellowship provides a year of unparalleled discovery to graduating college students from any discipline. 

Jeff ’88 and Katherine Arnold ’89 Johnson have given a $1 million gift to Hendrix College to create an endowed scholarship fund in support of future generations of students.

Past and present contributors to the writing center at Hendrix College authored a piece featured in the Spring 2025 issue of The Peer Review. 

Leading into Hendrix College’s Alumni Weekend (April 4-6) two Hendrix alumni will host public talks on Thursday, April 3. Both events are free and open to the public. Len Nichols ’75 will present a lecture titled “The Value of a Liberal Arts Education for Economists and Normal People” at 6 p.m. in Mills A. Immediately following, Jo Ann Biggs ’80 will host “Shattering Glass Ceilings (From Hendrix to Career)” at 7:30 p.m. in the Hundley Shell Theatre.

These projects involve a range of academic, professional, and personal explorations through experiences from researching how personal experiences and emotions shape the design, style, size, placement, and willingness to pay for tattoos and how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi respond to environmental changes to undertaking internships in auditing with an accounting company and in development with a philharmonic organization, and much more. 

Hendrix College announces the appointment of Nate Cowden as Facilities Management Executive Director. Cowden will take over the position effective April 1.

Hendrix Players will present two performances of the 2025 Hendrix Dance Ensemble Spring Concert: Fri., April 4 at 7:30 pm and Sat., April 5 at 6 p.m. in Staples Auditorium on the Hendrix campus (building 12 on the campus map).

Dr. Maureen McClung '01 mentors Leah Crenshaw ’20 in Panamá for Judy and Randy Wilbourn Odyssey Professorship

Hendrix College President Karen Petersen has joined the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for a two-year term expiring in Dec. 2026. The 38-member board represents the vast membership of the Chamber, which includes more than 1,400 businesses and organizations.

Hendrix Provost Dr. Teresa Garrett is serving a three-year term on Conway’s Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Board.

Tori-Beth Poland ’27, a Hendrix cheerleader, won the Miss Diamond Lakes title at the Feb. 8 pageant. Poland is the first Hendrix student in 15 years to compete in the Miss Arkansas pageant. The campus community rallies behind her as she pursues the coveted Miss Arkansas title June 8-14 at Robinson Performance Hall in Little Rock.

The Hendrix College Mock Trial team recently attended the Mississippi State Regional Mock Trial Tournament Competition where they competed in four rounds against other schools from around the country. Payden McGann ‘28 earned an award for Outstanding Performance with 19 ranks, the most at the competition.

Cecelia Schnieder and Lily Parson proceed to final stage for prestigious teaching assistantships in Mexico and Paraguay, respectively.

Hendrix Players will perform “(title) Unknown | a devised performance” at Hendrix College’s Cabe Theatre March 5-7 at 7:30 p.m. and March 8 at 2 p.m. Admission is free for the public, but reservations are strongly encouraged and can be made at https://bit.ly/TIXTITLEUNKNOWN.

Grant will fund a new health humanities program at Hendrix.

An exhibition of nature artwork by K-12 students from across Arkansas.

A long distance collaboration between two artists who pen pal abstract textiles back and forth. CONWAY, Arkansas (February 12, 2025)—The Windgate Museum of Art at Hendrix College (WMA) presents “The Wondermakers Night Fever,” a collaborative

Odyssey Professorships are part of a competitive process to fund specific, term-limited projects.

The Hendrix College Alumni Association will honor four award recipients at its awards brunch Saturday, April 5. Starting at 10 a.m. in Worsham Student Performance Hall in the Student Life and Technology Center, the event is part of the College’s Alumni Weekend festivities. 

The poem “Arkansas” by Annie Crouch, senior psychology major from Fayetteville, recently appeared in the American Literary Review, a literary magazine published through the Department of English at the University of North Texas.

Richmond, Va.  The Hendrix men's and women's swimming and diving programs have earned Scholar All America honors by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) for the 2024 fall semester. The women's program,

Kasey Evans to join Hendrix staff in March. Hendrix College has named Kasey Evans its new Vice President for Enrollment following an extensive nationwide search. Evans will join the Hendrix staff in March. 

Hendrix College has announced the addition of women's flag football to its lineup of intercollegiate athletics programs beginning in 2025-26.

Hendrix Scholars Return with Accolades for Literary Magazine and Playwrighting. Winners are invited to read their work at the Southern Literary Festival, set for April 3-5 at Blue Mountain Christian University in Blue Mountain, Miss.

Britni Rush to serve on Central Arkansas Human Resources Association Board (CAHRA) of SHRM and TIAA Select Client Advisory Council. Hendrix College is excited to recognize Britni Rush, Chief Human Resources Officer, for her recent professional accomplishments.

Family and Friends Celebrate Posthumous Diploma and Endowed ScholarshipHonoring the late Julia Farnham McMahon ’87 Above pictured l to r Provost Teresa Garrett, John McMahon '89, James Gill III ’86, Clancy McMahon '89, and President Petersen

Growing Happiness Through Gardening with Older Adults  Hendrix College Juniors Adia Stone and Kailey Thurman Continue Their Odyssey Project Beyond Program Credit Requirements    Hendrix students planting seeds with older adults

Hendrix Murphy Foundation awards over $163,000 in grants for student and faculty projects in literature and languageTiffany Pickett November 25, 2024 Conway, Ark.—The Hendrix Murphy Foundation awarded $163,245 in grants in October for three student

273 students earn a 4.0 GPA in the Fall 2024 semester CONWAY, Ark. (January 8, 2025) – The Fall 2024 Dean’s List consists of 273 Hendrix College students who, completing no fewer than four whole credit courses in the

George and Sallie Gill of Barrington, Illinois, Honor Their Brother and Brother-in-Law

President Karen Petersen’s expertise to serve broader higher ed landscape