Students Honored at Eta Sigma Phi/End of Year Banquet
The 2022 Eta Sigma Phi initiation for our Beta Delta chapter saw the addition of the following new members on account of their excellent performance in Greek or Latin: Hunter Deblackmere, CC Hazelton, Connor Lynch, Robert McNeil, Lucas Meyers, Grace Miller, Taryn Miscowiec, Ethan Peebles, Elokkin Pate-Geames, Katherine Reed, Adelle Rosendale, Rebekka Webb, and Amber Williams.
Salvador Bartera gave an incisive and thoughtful reflection on the field of classics and its future, and Justin Arft served as Master of Ceremonies for the evening. Our leadership team for both Eta Sigma Phi and the Classics Club—Ethan Peebles, Adelle Rosendale, 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 2023 academic year or awarded scholarships for the upcoming 2024 year. Adelle Rosendale received an Arthur H. Moser Memorial Scholarship, CC Hazelton an Albert Rapp Memorial Scholarship, Ethan Peebles an inaugural McDow Scholarship. CC Hazelton, Ethan Peebles, Landon Bryan, Katherine Reed, and Lauren Wood were granted Haines-Morris Awards. Mary Walter was awarded an inaugural grant from the Chris and Ann Robinson-Craig scholarship fund to support her Latin teacher training.
Students also received departmental scholarships to study or gain practical experience abroad: Ethan Peebles was given an Athena travel scholarship to support his travel to the University of Athens, Greece, for a year of study; CC Hazelton received a Susan D. Martin Excellence Scholarship for a semester of study at the University of Athens; and Landon Bryan and Tony Caldwell were granted Haines-Morris travel scholarships to participate in Stephen Collins-Elliott’s Hesperides excavation in Morocco.
Several of our students were recognized campus-wide as Volunteers of Distinction: Daniel Green, Walt Price, and Nora Clarke in Classical Civilization; and Kaitlyn Lyne in Classical Archaeology. Daniel Green was our outstanding graduate at the May 2023 commencement, and Nora Clarke was awarded our Senior Greek Prize. CC Hazelton received our department’s CAMWS Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Classical Studies.
The Department of Classics heartily congratulates the students who were recognized for their devotion to the study of classics and their hard work. We are all very proud of their success, and we are proud of all of our graduates!