| Department of Classics | University of Colorado at Boulder | May 2001 |
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2001 Nichols Fellowships Awarded to Outstanding Students
Association of Students of the Classical World Organizes Student Symposium
Classics Faculty Receive Teaching Awards
Classics Major Adam Kay Garners Awards
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News from Our Alumni
Rebecca Jessup (BA 1993) teaches eleven home school Latin students ranging in age from 8 to 14, going by the name of Magistra Home School. Magistra Home School students have entered the ACL/NJCL's National Latin Exams (NLE) for the past two years with very good results. In 2000, ten of Rebecca's students took the NLE, all at either the introductory level or at level one. This year the group has made such progress that two of the students took the Latin three prose exam, three took the Latin two exam, two the Latin one, and four, including Rebecca's youngest student, the introductory exam. The group won two gold medals, one silver, and one cum laude. Magistra Home School has won the NLE's Certificate of Merit for both years.
Ivy Stiles (BA 1995), was named STAR Teacher for his school, Rabun Gap Nacoochee School, and also chosen as the STAR Teacher for Rabun County, Georgia. STAR Teachers are designated yearly by outstanding Rabun County students who choose the single teacher who affected them most during their academic careers. This year Ivy taught Latin I - III, a middle school Introduction to Latin course, and an independent study in Greek.
David Smiley (BA 1997) graduated from Creighton University School of Law in spring 2000 and recently joined the Denver law firm of White & Stelle, P.C, an insurance defense litigation firm, as an associate attorney. David and his wife Noelle live in the Denver area. David reports that he is still using such Latin phrases as "res ipsa loquitur", "lis pendens" and "res judicata" on a daily basis in his work. Charles (Chuck) Smith (BA 1997) graduates from the University of Denver School of Law this spring. Last summer he was an intern at the Denver City Attorney's Office and worked on environmental health issues. This semester he interned at the Denver District Attorney's Office in the appellate division and worked on writing "The People's" response briefs to defendants' motions. He hopes to get a job at one of these offices after he passes the bar exam. Chuck is happy to report that everyone in the "legal world" is most impressed that he spent a semester translating Virgil, an endeavor generally impressive to most people, but particularly impressive to lawyers and law professors.
Jennifer (Elle) Tauer (BA 1997, MA 1999) is a second year student at the University of Denver School of Law. Her article, on "The Human Genome Project and Human Rights" is being published by the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy.
Anetra Parks (BA 1998) graduates this spring from the University of Colorado School of Law. She has worked at the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) in Boulder since the summer following her first year in law school. Last summer she worked in NARF's office in Anchorage, AK. In April she attended the Federal Indian Bar Conference in Albuquerque, NM. She looks forward to a career in Native American law.
