Hendrix-Murphy Foundation - Programs in Literature and Language

Conway, Ark.— Calling all Hendrix playwrights. Submissions are open for the 2024-2025 Hendrix-Murphy Student and Alumni Playwriting Contests, co-sponsored by the Hendrix-Murphy Fou...

Conway, Ark.—The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation awarded $163,245 in grants in October for three student cocurricular projects and four faculty-led study-travel projects in literature an...

Conway, Ark.—The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation will host Alberto Rojo as a Murphy Visiting Writer on Thursday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall at Hendrix College. He wi...

Conway, Ark. - Murphy Visiting Writer Carmen Maria Machado will read and discuss her work on Wednesday, October 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall at Hendrix College. A rece...

CONWAY, Ark. (September 5, 2024) Hendrix-Murphy Visiting Playwright Candrice Jones will give a public talk on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall on He...

Join us for a semester full of French films (with English subtitles)! free and open to the public no tickets or reservations required all screenings held in the Hundley-Sh...

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 ...