Hendrix-Murphy Foundation - Programs in Literature and Language

Hendrix Players and the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation present the 27th annual Playwright’s Theatre on Friday, September 6, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in Cabe Theatre at Hendrix College. This e...

Murphy Scholar Sable Alysse ’24 recently completed an independent archival research project at the Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center at the University of Chic...

Using his Murphy Scholar travel funds, accounting major and Murphy Scholar Trevion Williams ’24 explored his passion for Korean language and culture by taking two trips to South K...

With the support of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation, Murphy Scholar and English-Creative Writing major Samantha Broussard ’24 was able to explore her passion for writing though an o...

Murphy Scholar Gabrielle Lefear ’24, a double major in Study of the Mind/Neuroscience and Spanish, graduated this May magna cum laude with distinction in both majors and Odyssey. ...

We're delighted to announce our Distinguished Visitors for the 2024-2025 academic year. This year's line-up include poets, playwrights, fiction writers, science writers, memoirist...

In the Spring semester of 2024, the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation awarded $114,237 in grants for seventeen student cocurricular projects, two faculty-led campus projects, and three f...

On Saturday, May 11, the seventh cohort of Murphy Scholars in Literature and Language graduated as a part of the Hendrix College Class of 2024 . As Murphy Scholars , students are e...

CONWAY, Ark. (April 2, 2024) – Thirty-five first-year Hendrix College students selected for the Murphy Scholars Program were formally inducted at a ceremony held the evening of Ma...

Hendrix-Murphy Visiting Writer Mark Vanhoenacker will be in Conversation with Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Director Hope Coulter on Wednesday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital...

CONWAY, Ark. January 17, 2024 - Hendrix-Murphy Visiting Playwright Theresa Rebeck will read and discuss her work on Thursday, February 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall on ...

For four weeks this past summer, seven Hendrix students embarked on an immersive French program in Tours, France—capital of the Loire Valley. Dr. Cathy Jellenik, French professor ...

This summer, Hendrix students spent six weeks exploring the natural splendor and culture of Costa Rica with Psychology professor Dr. Carmen Merrick and Biology and Health Sciences...

In the Fall semester of 2023, the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation awarded $41,336 in grants for six student cocurricular projects, two faculty-led campus projects, and one faculty-led ...

This July, 14 Hendrix students spent a month in Spain, exploring and studying peninsular and Latin American Spanish literature at the prestigious University Complutense of Madrid....

CONWAY, Ark. October 17, 2023 - Hendrix-Murphy Visiting Poet Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre will read and discuss his work on Thursday, November 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall ...

CONWAY, Ark. (September 13, 2023)-Hendrix-Murphy Visiting Writer K-Ming Chang will read and discuss her work on Thursday, October 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall on Hendrix...

Murphy Scholar Renova Uwingabire graduated with distinction in psychology in spring 2023. While in the program, she completed a total of five Murphy Scholar projects, which exp...

CONWAY, Ark. (August 18 , 2023) - Poet , memoirist , and audio writer Garrett Hongo will read and discuss his work on Thursday, October 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital...

With support from the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation, creative writing professors Hope Coulter and Ty Jaeger traveled with 12 students to “the land of saints and scholars” to investiga...