Vol 86, No. 2 Fall 2012 - Monmouth College

Report of the Chair of the Board of Trustees, 2012
Those of you who attended the convention
this March in Columbia, Missouri know
that it is with great regret for the past good
times in ΗΣΦ, but also with anticipation
of enjoyment of your fellowship in the years
to come that I have prepared this final
report as Chair of the Board.
The duties of the Board of Trustees are
many and varied, and include everything
from financial and policy decisions to personnel
matters. Policy decisions will come
before the assembly for approval, and the
Executive Secretary will tell you about the
latest developments in such areas as our
relationship with other Classics organizations.
The financial reports will be given
by the Executive Secretary and our former
Executive Secretary, now an Honorary
Trustee, Professor Brent Froberg. It is my
task to report to you all on the personnel
changes that are on the agenda of the
Board.
The terms of office for Professor Joseph
Garnjobst and Sister Thérèse Dougherty
expired this year. Professor Garnjobst, of
Hillsdale College, has accepted another
term of three years, subject to ratification
by the assembly. Sister Thérèse will retire
from her long and gracious service on the
Board, sometimes as Chair, and will henceforth
be welcome among us as an Honorary
Trustee. In her place Professor Mary
Pendergraft of Wake Forest University will
begin a three year term as Trustee, subject
to ratification by the assembly.
As I step down from the chairmanship
but finish my current term on the Board
with one more year, Professor Antonios
Augoustakis of the University of Illinois
will assume the duties of Chair. He will
bring his own special and effective form of
leadership to the office.
As you know, Professor David Sick of
Rhodes College left the Board in order to
become the new Executive Secretary of
ΗΣΦ. We look forward to many years of
cooperation with him as ΗΣΦ continues
to develop. His ideas for our growth in old
and new directions are exciting, as you
have already had a chance to notice in his
presentation in Saturday’s session.
Professor Thomas J. Sienkewicz of Monmouth
College, who has guided us — and
in wondrous ways — up to this convention
will leave the position of Executive
Secretary, but will continue to meet with
us in the capacity of Honorary Trustee.
The ΗΣΦ panel at CAMWS-Southern
Section will be named in his honor, in
recognition of his efforts on our behalf.
Among his contributions to our Society
the spotlight falls brightest on his creation
of that CAMWS panel, which gives undergraduate
students regular biennial opportunities
to present scholarly papers, and
his creation of the APA panel, the very
first one for undergraduate presentations at
the conference that annually defines and
redefines the Classics profession.
I will miss being your Chair, but am
already looking ahead to meeting with you
all at Wake Forest in 2013, and at our fantastic
Centennial Celebration in Chicago
in 2014.
Quistis nos omnes feliciter tueatur!
Martha A. Davis, Temple University
New Ideas from Young Minds:
Eta Sigma Phi Honors Thomas J.
Sienkewicz at CAMWS-SS
At the 92 nd meeting of the Southern
Section of CAMWS, Eta Sigma Phi will
sponsor a panel of papers presented by
undergraduate members of the society.
This panel will honor the contributions of
Thomas J. Sienkewicz to the society and
the discipline. Prof. Sienkewicz recently
resigned his post as Executive Secretary
of ΗΣΦ to serve as Secretary-Treasurer
of CAMWS. The conference will be held
from November 1–3 in Tallahassee, FL.
The presenters will speak on a wide range
of topics within classical studies:
1. Judgmental Wrath or Unreflecting
Passion? The ὀργή of the Athenians in
Thucydides, Book II: Kristen Block (Eta
Delta at Hillsdale College)
2. The (Roman) Triumph of Seneca’s
Medea: Michelle Currie (Beta Psi at
Rhodes College)
3. Inform and Delight: Ekphrasis in Cupid
and Psyche: Emily S. Goodling (Eta
Delta at Hillsdale College)
4. The Sons of Heroes in Greek Epic: Sean
Minion (Zeta Chi at Xavier University)
5. The Provenance of Mithras: Andrew
Zigler (Gamma Sigma at University of
Texas at Austin)
ΗΣΦ plans for the Centennial!
The Centennial Planning Committee is pleased to announce that work is progressing
to design the Centennial Convention, set to take place in Chicago, IL in 2014,
in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Phi Sigma at the University
of Chicago. We hope to visit sites on the campuses of both Northwestern University
and the University of Chicago, including the standard academic and business
events of a standard convention, with additional celebratory events.
The committee would also like to announce a contest to design a logo for the
centennial, which will be featured on the masthead of the Nuntius and membership
pins issued during the 2013–14 academic year. Modifications of the current emblem
and new creations are welcome in this contest. Interested parties should submit
designs to David Giovagnoli at dgiovagnoli@ truman.edu by January 1st, 2013. The
designer of the winning logo will receive a cash prize of $250.
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