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CONWAY, Ark. – Hendrix-Murphy Visiting Poet and Pulitzer Prize winner Sharon Olds will read and discuss her work on Thursday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Staples Auditorium on Hendri...
CONWAY, Ark. (March 1, 2023)- Hendrix-Murphy Foundation’s Visiting Poets Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris will read and discuss their work on Tuesday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves...
In the Fall semester of 2022, the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation awarded $101,368 in grants for six student cocurricular projects, two faculty-led campus projects, and two faculty-led s...
Submissions are now open for the 2022-2023 Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Student and Alumni Playwriting Contests. The two contests are judged by a professional playwright and are open ...
CONWAY, Ark. (October 20, 2022)- Poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib will read and discuss his work on Thursday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall on...
CONWAY, Ark. (October 1, 2022)-Ornithologist, writer, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow J. Drew Lanham, will read and discuss his work on Wednesday, October 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Rec...
The Nation's Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, will read and discuss her work on Thursday, October 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Staples Auditorium on the Hendrix College campus. A book signing in Mi...
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Playwright’s Theatre: A Seriously Shakespearean Drama Club by Carlee Shepard ’20 Friday, Se...
Hendrix College’s 25th annual Playwright’s Theatre will be held on Friday, September 9, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. in Cabe Theatre on the Hendrix College campus. This year’s play, A Seriou...
Danielle Kuntz, English with an emphasis in creative writing major, studied abroad at the University of Oxford in Fall of 2021.
A native of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Kuntz used her...
Last summer Murphy Scholars Lauren Berry and Marni Younger ’22 hiked 240 miles over 23 days, completing the John Muir Trail with their fellow Hendrix classmate Hailey Johnston ’22....
Utilizing her Murphy Scholar travel funds, Anushka Yadava ’22 spent one of her winter breaks studying abroad in Spain. As a Biochemistry—Molecular Biology (BCMB) major, Yadava appl...
With the help of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation, Murphy Scholar Sidra Hanson '22 completed a total of four Murphy Scholar projects, including two trips abroad. Hanson spent the spri...
Congratulations to the 2022 graduating cohort of Murphy Scholars! A Farewell Fest celebrating the accomplishments of 29 senior scholars was held on May 2. Students were recognized ...
April 8 marked the final presentation of “4-H: Hendrix-Grown Theatre,” featuring plays by Phillip Powell, Jay Vicente, and Elizabeth Yang.
The program, which is based on the New...
Over spring break, the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation supported Murphy Visiting Fellow in Poetry Dr. Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach in taking a group of students to the Association of Writers...
Via Hendrix College:
CONWAY, Ark. (April 6, 2022) – Thirty-four first-year Hendrix College students selected for the Murphy Scholars Program were formally inducted into the progr...
Revolutionary Reads is a student-led book group that discusses literary works about race and social justice. This month’s selection is Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde. In this colle...
This year’s Murphy Visiting Theatre Director is actor, director, and teaching artist Marti Gobel. Gobel is an adjunct professor at Marquette University and earned her BA in Perform...
In February we were honored to have hosted Murphy Visiting Playwright Lynn Nottage who is the first, and remains the only, woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice. Not...