Vol. III · No. 1 : Page Two

Undergraduate News

Undergraduates at the University of Colorado will have an attractive option for study abroad in the future. The Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome has been designated an official Study Abroad Program of the University. Although students from CU have attended the ICCS in the past, it has not always been easy for them. Now students will receive residence credits for their work at ICCS and financial aid will be easier for them to obtain. The ICCS, also known familiarly as the "Centro" is operated by a consortium of leading American colleges and universities and administered by Duke University. Current undergraduate majors Kevin Rams and Ted Moore are "alumni" of the Centro.

Graduate Student News

The Department welcomed eleven new students to the program this fall, including four who received their undergraduate degrees here at the University of Colorado. Dennis Bajcar (BA '95) enters the MA program in the Teaching of Latin. Mary Wiland (BA '96) is pursuing the track in Classical Antiquity, while Michael Dulock (BA '96) and Mark Mikow (BA '96) will prepare for the MA in Greek.

Seven graduate students from around the country will be joining them in the MA program: Timothy Beck (St. John's University) is the only new candidate for the MA in Latin. Tracy Dickinson (New York University) and Andrea Fiory (Colorado College) enter the MA program in Greek. Elizabeth Arnold (University of Colorado - Denver),

Jonathan Gottsegen (Colorado State University), Jerome Haines (Cornell University), and Aaron Johnson (Colorado Christian University) are all pursuing the track in Classical Antiquity.

This year's Graduate Representatives are Toby Terrell and David Harris. The new secretary of the Classics Graduate Student Association is first-year student Mary Wiland. Mary is planning to apply her degree in Classical Antiquity to a career in marine archaeology and is currently completing her Divemaster training for scuba diving. Jennifer Smith is this year's elected representative to the Department's Diversity Committee, while Zachary Biles is on the Department's Lecture Committee and new student Tracy Dickinson is on the Library Committee.

The Classics Graduate Student Associaton hosted the first Annual Fall Picnic, which was held in North Boulder Park on a beautiful autumn morning, October 5. About 50 graduate students, faculty and their families took advantage of the opportunity to meet each other in less formal surroundings.

"Teaching Language and Literature, a workshop for graduate students, sponsored jointly by the language departments and the Graduate Teacher Program, was held on Saturday, Sept. 7. Presentations were made by Barbara Hill on teaching students with language learning disabilities and Prof. Eckart Schütrumpf on Aristotle's Poetics in the classroom.

On Thursday, Dec. 5 at 7:00 PM the CGSA will host a showing of "I, Claudius", Part One in Education 220.

 New Faculty

J. Bradford ("Brad") Churchill joins the faculty of the Classics Department this year as an Assistant Professor. Prof. Churchill received his PhD earlier this year from the University of Illinois. His thesis, "The Elder Cato: A Philological Assessment", is a re-examination of the fragments of Cato's works and the testimonia. He is currently revising it with plans for publications as a monograph. He has already published an article on a related topic, "On the Content and Structure of the Prologue to Cato's Origines" in Illinois Classical Studies 20 (1995) 91-106.

New faculty member J. Bradford Churchill with his daughter, Brandy.

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In his first semester Prof. Churchill is teaching a lecture course in translation on "Greek and Roman Comedy" and an undergraduate Latin class on Cicero's De Senectute.

Prof. Churchill has one daughter, Brandy, age 11.