| University of Colorado Department of Classics | November 1999 |
SCHOLARSHIP NEWSRegular readers of the newsletter will recall that last spring the Classics Department was able to offer three sizable scholarships to some of our outstanding students thanks to a generous gift from a donor. Two students (Marion Brew and Melissa Baker) were given $4,000 each for tuition and fees at CU and a third (Bleys Kueck) received $11,000 which he will use to study in Rome this spring. We are overjoyed to announce that this same donor, Ann Nichols, a CU alumna and former Classics major, has given an even larger gift this year, $25,000. Naturally we are delighted that Ms. Nichol's generosity will once again allow us to reward some of our most dedicated students. Indeed, her increased donation will allow the Classics Department to expand its awards to incoming freshmen who have shown promise in the field in high school and wish to continue their studies. Within the next few weeks, Colorado high school teachers should receive information on how their students can apply for this award. We cannot thank Ms. Nichols enough for her magnanimity. |
LABORE FESSI VENIMUS LAREM AD NOSTRUMWhen I first joined the Department of Classics in 1992, our offices were located in the annex to Hellems that houses the School of Education. As the only Arts and Sciences faculty in the building, members of the Department understandably felt somewhat isolated from the mainstream of the College. When the Department migrated to temporary office space in Molecular Biology in 1996, the lawn south of Woodbury on the Norlin Quadrangle was still an open patch of green and the building that was to be erected there still a twinkle in the eye of the architects. During the three and a half years that we have spent in the labs, we have watched with anticipation as ground was broken and the new Humanities Building with its distinctive belltower began to rise. Today it is the showcase building of the University and it is entirely fitting that the new and permanent home of the Classics Department is located on the top floor of this splendid facility at the heart of the campus. 
Faculty offices on the south side of the Humanities Building and the newly renovated Woodbury look out upon the Flatirons, rising above the Quadrangle. Inside, students in the Department will find study space in the Reading Room, a semicircular room with views to the south, east, and north. In fair weather they can take their work outside to the top floor terrace. Classrooms, many with power and data hookups at each seat, offer the latest facilities in teaching technology. The 250 students who enroll in "Greek Mythology" will be accommodated in the University's most advanced-and comfortable-auditorium on the ground floor, while lecture halls on the upper floors will accommodate large classes in Roman Art and Archaeology and Women in Ancient Greece. Undergraduate majors will read Greek and Latin texts in seminar rooms adjacent to faculty offices. The ground floor features an area known as "the Living Room," a place to read, to talk, and to reflect. Throughout the building the architects have created inviting spaces to read Virgil or share an observation on Aristotle. |
