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Eta Eta at Virginia Tech

Eta Eta at Virginia Tech

The Eta Eta chapter has been busy this year. We met weekly at a local restaurant for Classics Table where we talked about Classics Club news and just relaxed after a long week. We watched The Agora during our fall semester movie night and we even got together to watch…

Eta Zeta at Truman State University

Eta Zeta at Truman State University

Eta Zeta chapter sponsored a number of academic and social events this year. This Fall’s Classics “Alive and Kicking” series included our delicious annual Greek Dinner, a Classically-themed quiz bowl showcasing our cleverness, capstone presentations by our grand graduating seniors, a wholly Homeric oral reading of Book 9 of The…

Eta Delta at Hillsdale College

Eta Delta at Hillsdale College

We began the year by staffing a booth at “The Source,” an information fair during freshman orientation. There we got a list of incoming and returning students interested in the Classics. A week later, we hosted an Eta Sigma Phi mixer during which we introduced the interested students to our…

Zeta Chi at Xavier University

Zeta Chi at Xavier University

This year our chapter began holding regular monthly activities for all its members. We held multiple movie nights where we showed movies such as the original Clash of the Titans, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and parts of the Rome miniseries. We found that this…

Zeta Xi at Iowa State University

Zeta Xi at Iowa State University

This year the Zeta Xi chapter of Eta Sigma Phi organized an assortment of new events that emphasized the gathering of Classical Studies enthusiasts. The chapter established a new Classics Club, for both ΗΣΦ members and non-members alike, so that anyone with interests in Greek, Latin, ancient history, and culture…

Zeta Nu at University of Maryland, College Park

Zeta Nu at University of Maryland, College Park

In September, the chapter provided staffing for the Department of Classics table at the “First Look Fair,” a two-day event at which new and returning students can get information about clubs and academic programs at the University. We handed out brochures describing the department’s major tracks and answered lots of…

Zeta Lambda at University of Louisville

Zeta Lambda at University of Louisville

In the fall of 2010, we initiated nine new members into our chapter. In an outreach project, our chapter encouraged high school Latin students by awarding official Eta Sigma Phi medallions, ribbons, and certificates to the outstanding Latin students in our local high schools. Also under our auspices, at our…

Zeta Kappa Chapter at Trinity College

Zeta Kappa Chapter at Trinity College

This semester, we re-established our chapter, had an initiation dinner, reenacted the death of Cesar on the Ides of March, held an event in which students partook in telling myths as well as answering trivia, and we also screened Gladiator for the student body. It has been a very successful…

Zeta Eta at Loyola Marymount University

Zeta Eta at Loyola Marymount University

This year has proven to be a very successful year for our chapter. In March, we hosted a Dionysian Festival that included ancient rituals and skits performed by Classic majors, as well as non-Classic majors who just happen to love ancient history. The biggest treat of the festival came when…

Zeta Beta Chapter at Temple University

Zeta Beta Chapter at Temple University

Zeta Beta Chapter has had a productive and entertaining year celebrating Classics and spreading the word about Eta Sigma Phi. We started off the year with a hot dog fundraiser during welcome week for freshmen, and had officers and professors advise incoming freshmen about starting a college career in general…