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…
Dr. Stephen A. Collins-Elliott, who specializes in Roman Archaeology, and Dr. Daniel Walker Moore, who specializes in Greek historiography, have both been strong advocates in promoting the study of Classics during their first year at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Collins-Elliott served as co-advisor for the Beat Delta chapter of…
Dr. Audrey L. Anton, assistant professor of philosophy at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY, has been enormously generous with her time and talent to our local chapter. An expert in ancient philosophy and Aristotle in particular, she has delivered several lectures for us on various aspects of Aristotle’s…
Dr. Jeffrey Asher is a religious historian who specializes in ancient Mediterranean religions. He is a Classicist by training, and he teaches Greek as part of the Classics minor. The Gamma Theta chapter is happy to have him as a collaborator in supporting the Classics at Georgetown College.…
Dr. Eric Adler holds a Ph.D. from Duke University and has just been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Classics with tenure here at the University of Maryland College Park. He is the advisor of our Classics Club and recently co-directed a new spring break study abroad program…
Professor Jason R. Ripley, a member of St. Olaf’s Religion Department, has energetically supported our local chapter by speaking on several occasions to our members, by supervising some of their independent research projects (which are required for some of our majors), by accompanying Prof. Anne Groton on her recent month-long…
Robert Simmons has been an active promoter of the study of Classics since he received his doctorate from the University of Iowa in 2004. He has organized very popular Classics Days as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. As the new advisor of the Gamma…
Dr. Burch has actively supported the establishment and strengthening of a full-time position in Classics at Georgetown College, first by serving on the hiring committee for this position, then by encouraging and supporting that faculty member’s teaching and path towards applying for tenure. As chair of the English department, she…
The end of 2014 saw the reception of two new chapters into the society. Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia and Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI each held their first induction of members and completed the necessary administrative steps to qualify as active chapters. Their petitions to…
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