Buddy Ebsen, from the Yellow Brick Road to The Beverly Hillbillies
Buddy Ebsen attended Rollins from 1927 to 1928, when the Florida Land bust forced him to leave school. He is probably most well-known for playing Jed Clampett in
The Beverly Hillbillies, the popular 1960s television show.
More...Oullette Receives Cornell Distinguished Faculty Award
The Cornell Distinguished Faculty Award was established by the Rollins College Board of Trustees in 2004 in honor of Rollins’ beloved alumnus and longtime trustee George Cornell, whose generous bequest made the award possible. Each year the award recognizes exceptional professional accomplishments in at least two of the three primary areas of professional responsibility including teaching, research, or service. More…
National Book Award-Winning Author to Speak at Rollins
Essayist and short-story writer Barry Lopez is best known as the author of Arctic Dreams, for which he received the National Book Award. On Thursday, February 11, Lopez will read from one of his works and participate in a Q&A as the final speaker in the Winter With the Writers Series. More…
How I Learned to Drive
This Pulitzer Prize-winning play takes a light look at a dark subject, telling the story of Li'l Bit, a young woman whose uncle taught her much more than how to drive. How I Learned to Drive will run February 12-20 at the Annie Russell Theatre. More…
Rollins Named Among Top 50 "Best Value" Private Colleges Nationally
Rollins is one of the nation's 50 "Best Value" private colleges and
universities, according to The Princeton Review, one of America's most
widely known education services and test preparation companies.
More...Faculty Continue to Lead the Way in Interdisciplinary Scholarship
This spring, the Interdisciplinary Scholarship Series (ISS) continues as an opportunity for faculty to engage in collegial discussion topics and promote interdisciplinary scholarship at Rollins.
More…Students Make Ninth Trip to New Orleans to Help Hurricane Katrina Victims
Wanting to make a difference in the global community, 19 Rollins students spent their winter break working in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity to rebuild homes of Hurricane Katrina victims in New Orleans. More…
We're #1--Again!
For
the fifth consecutive year, Rollins College is number one among 117
Southern master's-level universities in the annual rankings of
"America's Best Colleges," released by
U.S. News & World Report.
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