Students Honored at Awards Banquet
At the end of each year, the department holds a celebration and awards recognition for our students. Associate Professors Justin Arft and Stephen Collins-Elliott served as the masters of ceremonies.
Our 2024 Eta Sigma Phi initiates were: Robert Greene, Priscilla Owens, Drew Piper Jr., Katie Emler, Madeleine Shroades, Landon Bryan, Apeksha Sawarkar, Wyatt Smith, Lela Flowers, and Dorothea Stansell. Our leadership team for Eta Sigma Phi and the Classics Club, Ethan Peebles and Desirae Cordell, remain in place and have done a stellar job organizing our activities and membership.
Several students were recognized for their outstanding academic work during the 2024 academic year, or have been awarded scholarships for 2024-2025. Ethan Peebles received our signature Arthur H. Moser Memorial Scholarship for language students, and CC Hazelton our signature Albert Rapp Memorial Scholarship for archaeology and civilization students. Landon Bryan and Henry Greene received Haines-Morris Scholarships, and Mak Pentz a Haines-Morris Award. Evan Shannon received a departmental Poikilia scholarship. Shannon also was honored with a national Snowden scholarship of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens for participation in a 2024 summer seminar in Greece, as well as with a UT Commission for Disability Undergraduate Student Award.
Several students were awarded departmental travel scholarships: Landon Bryan received an Athena travel scholarship, Henry Greene an S.D. Martin Excellence Scholarship, and Isaac Buck, Natalie Newsome, Mak Pentz, and Ben Smelser Haines-Morris travel scholarships, which enabled them to participate in the Hesperides project in Morocco.
Two of our students were recognized as Volunteers of Distinction: Houston Boyd in classical civilization, and Adelle Rosendale in Latin. The College of Arts and Sciences also recognized outstanding graduates for the May 2023 commencement: Houston Boyd for classical civilization, Adelle Rosendale for Latin, and Tony Caldwell for classical archaeology. In addition, the department gave senior awards to Tony Caldwell in classical archaeology, Christina Onolfo in classical civilization, and Adelle Rosendale in Latin.
Henry Greene also received our department’s Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Classical Studies, and Tony Caldwell was given the department’s Dedication and Service Award.
Many of our students excelled at the CAMWS National Latin Exam 2023-2024. For Intermediate Latin, Grant Williams placed in the cash award group (the highest); Alexander Wyrick and Joshua Adedokun placed in the book award group (the second highest). Noah Hornback, Lela Flowers, Lauren Shinn, Houston Boyd, and Kaitlyn Emler earned certificates of commendation. For Advanced Latin, Henry Greene placed in the cash award group (the highest).
The Department of Classics heartily congratulates the students who were recognized for their hard work and devotion to the study of classics. We are very proud of them and of all our graduates!