Eta Sigma Phi is pleased to welcome our newest chapter (Iota Phi) from San Francisco State University. They completed their first initiation ceremony on December 11, 2015 with a total of 20 initiates with 9 Active inductees and 11 Associate inductees. Congratulations!…
Throughout the past academic year (2014-2015), the Creighton University chapter of Eta Sigma Phi has been busy spreading the love of Classics throughout the greater Omaha area. Our largest event of the year is sponsoring a Mock Certamen for the local high schools. We had record attendance this year, and…
The title of this award indicates very clearly the reason for its bestowal on the recipient. That person will have amassed impressive evidence of noteworthy deeds; and that service to his or her discipline, associates, and the community at large will have been performed over the course of enough years…
Picture this: fifty-two years ago, March 1962, the Theta Chapter at Indiana University holds an Eta Sigma Phi Induction Ceremony. A young man, probably in a bow-tie, whose coursework in that second semester of his sophomore year included Virgil’s Aeneid and Elementary Greek, was inducted as a member of our…
It is a great honor, as well as a formidable task, to present to you our second honoree of this evening, Sister Thérèse Marie Dougherty. Professor Dougherty earned her BA degree at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and then moved on to the Catholic University of America in…
This evening, ladies and gentlemen, it is the privilege of Eta Sigma Phi to honor an institution at Wake Forest University. Robert W. Ulery, Jr. was a member of the faculty at Wake Forest for forty years before his retirement in 2011, and he has not held a position at…
Beta Psi sent six members to the national convention this year, and had an absolutely amazing time! In 2014-2015, we had a lot of participation in several classically themed events. At the very end of spring semester 2014, we hosted a Vergil Vigil, a marathon reading of the Aeneid. Members,…
In the Fall of 2014 our chapter sponsored the Indiana State University 10th Annual Fall Classics Fest, which was attended by over 250 people and covered by the university press. In the Spring of 2015 we sponsored the Indiana State University 11th Annual Spring Classics Fest, which was attended by…
It has been a full three years since Alpha Theta was revived, and our chapter is experiencing its most eventful year yet. In the fall, our chapter elected its new officers, initiating Indira Abiskaroon, former Chrysophylax, as Prytanis, Emmanuel Aprilakis as Hyparchos, Guadalupe Terrones as Grammateus, and Albert Han as…
The Delta Pi Chapter at Randolph-Macon College enjoyed a tremendous year of growth and fun activities. Throughout the semester, the chapter maintained its tradition of hosting Friday afternoon Classics Teas for the Department at large. During the Fall, members had the opportunity to work as student volunteers during the Classical…
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