Awards for Scholarship
The Classics Department gives several awards to students at its annual Eta Sigma Phi initiation ceremony.
The Latin Prize is given to the most promising student of Latin who plans to continue study of the language beyond the first year.
Winners:
- 2023 Grace Martinez
Established in 1997, this prize is given to the Classics major or minor who writes the best single essay or research paper on a Classical topic, as determined by the Classics Department. This award is not given every year.
Winners:
- 2023 Gabriel (Brendan) Webb, “Live, Laugh, Rage: Νόμοι and gender in Euripides’ Medea"
- 2022 Claudia Stefanescu, “Society through the Senses: The Production of Ancient Roman Perfume and its Impact on Roman Society”
- 2020 Zoe Baumbach, “The Legacy of Roman Architecture in Nazi Germany: Hitler's Inspirations for World Domination and Cultural Superiority"
- 2019 Ana Hoshovsky, “From Surgery to Sanitation: How the Roman Army Advanced Medicine in 1st to 3rd Century AD”
- 2018 Brigitte Ladd, "Etruscan Temples: An Analysis of Architecture and Cultural Exchange"
- 2016 Brian Le, "Food for Thought: Biological and Social Processes of Memory and Sustenance in the Odyssey”
- 2015 Jonathan Homrighausen, "When Herakles Went to India: The Transformation of a Greco-Roman Hero-God in Buddhist Art"
- 2014 Sierra Cirimelli-Low: For the Excitement of Virtue and Defense of the Homeland: The "Praefatio in Athleticam" of Paulus Hector Mair's De Arte Athleticam.
- 2013 Brenna Donnellan: Dionysus and Jesus: Immortal Mortals and Other Similarities
- 2012 Mitch Metling: "'Remember that you are just a man': An Examination of the Triumphs of Julius Caesar and their Political Ramifications"
- 2011 Morgan Hunter: "The Envy of the Gods Did Not Take Place"
- 2010 Dan Felice: Divine Revenge and Human Values in the Plays of Euripides
- 2008 Rileigh Turnbull: Sappho’s Symposium: A Study of Sappho in Her Social Context
- 2005 Emily C. Elrod: Reexamining Heresy: The Donatists
- 2004 Ariel Dillon: The Political Nature of Fifth Century Athenian Tragedy
Established in 1997 in memory of Walter J. Kropp, S.J., by the faculty of the Department of Classics, this award is given to the senior classics major who has attained the highest average in classics courses.
Winners:
- 2023 Grace Emmons
- 2022 Claudia Stefanescu
- 2021 Abigail Nairn
- 2019 Ana Hoshovsky
- 2018 Giannina Ong
- 2017 Francesco Merola
- 2016 Brian Le
- 2015 Jonathan Homrighausen
- 2014 Margaret Woods
- 2013 Victor Republicano
- 2012 Jordan Clarke
- 2011 Morgan Hunter
- 2010 Dan Felice
- 2009 Erik L. Hesla
- 2008 Michael E. Gray
- 2007 Sara J. Pauk
- 2006 Jennifer S. Roberts
- 2005 Emily M. Mooney
- 2004 Christine E. Lechelt
- 2003 Thomas A. Garvey
- 2002 Ryan J. Avalos
- 2001 -----
- 2000 Mary Nuxoll
- 1999 Shannon M. Nessier
The Augusta Prize in Greek Studies, established in honor of Helen Moritz, Associate Professor Emerita of Classics, is given to the most promising student of ancient Greek who plans to continue study of the language beyond the first year.
Winners:
- 2023 Jackson Flynn
- 2022 D'Angelo Castillo
- 2021 Grace Emmons, Brendan Webb
- 2017 Ye Chit Ko
- 2015 Keegan Pincombe