SALVETE ET KAI XAIPETE! The Gamma Omicron chapter had a rather exciting year! We kicked off the year in early September by helping to sand and attach shields on our Roman and Greek shields for Classics Day in April. In August, we first celebrated the Bimillenium of Augustus’ Death Day…
In November 2014, six members were initiated into the charter class by the chapter from Hillsdale College. Four representatives were sent to the AIA and SCS Joint Annual Conference, held in New Orleans in January 2015. Our members spent a night in February decorating t-shirts to wear around campus. In…
The Zeta Epsilon Chapter at Rutgers University this year inducted eight undergraduates. Our initiation was a great success, with Chapter Officers Tyler Archer, Adam Kasarda, and Hasan Habib as Hipparchos, Grammateus and Chrysophylax, and Prytanis respectively. Chapter Member Meghan Kiernan stayed up late making additional, fabulous coronae for the occasion,…
The Epsilon chapter had a fun-packed year. We had our traditional departmental coffee hours where the whole department gathered for food, conversation, and poetry readings in Greek and Latin. Our second annual Squirrel Augury took place on Halloween, where our chapter distributed candy and fortunes to students and faculty. In…
Beta Nu held its third annual used book sale this past fall in conjunction with the University of Mary Washington Classics Club. Once again, faculty members from across our campus were generous with their contributions, and we made several hundred dollars to support our various activities. Beta Nu also held…
Eta Zeta hosted many events throughout the school year. We raised interest through events like our first annual Classics interest dinner party, several non-authentic Roman spaghetti dinners, a Lupercalentine’s sale, various bake sales and Carpe Coffee, and Oktoberfest, where we sold hot cider. As a group, we visited and subsequently…
The Theta Lambda chapter of Eta Sigma Phi inducted eight new members in the fall of 2014, and we installed a set of new officers. Since four of our members studied abroad in Italy and London in the spring semester, we had double officers for two of the offices, shared…
Salvete omnes! The Iota chapter of the University of Vermont comprises the core of the larger campus classics club, and we have had an especially busy and engaging year in 2014-15. While each semester featured a highlighted marquee event (a field trip to the MFA in Boston in the fall…
This year our chapter fostered Classics education for the students of Augustana College. During our Homecoming Cardboard Regatta our group made it into the finals for the mixed group bracket and fought valiantly but unfortunately lost to a superior boat. This showed the drive and determination that the Classics community…
This year our Chapter had multiple social and educational events. We have organized field trips to the Getty Villa and the Huntington Library to engage the remnants of Classics readily available to us. We have held social movie nights to discuss the mythological and classical aspects of contemporary films and…
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