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Prizes Awarded at the 2007 ConventionCertamenMembers of the winning team in the certamenat national convention each receive acopy of The Oxford Dictionary of the ClassicalWorld by John Roberts. These prizes areprovided by the National Latin Exam.April Philpott of Gamma Alpha atIndiana State UniversityJustin Hill of Beta Theta atHampden-Sydney CollegeAllen Horton of Beta Theta atHampden-Sydney CollegeAlex Mayberry of Beta Theta atHampden-Sydney CollegeEta Sigma Phi expresses its gratitude tothe National Latin Exam for its financialsupport for this contest.Service AwardThis $50 cash prize is awarded annually tothe chapter which has performed the mostnoteworthy service activity in the promotionof Latin during the academic year.The winner is determined by the Board ofTrustees based upon information providedin chapter reports submitted orallyat convention. This year there were tworecipients:Gamma Alpha at Indiana StateUniversityZeta Gamma at San Diego StateUniversity2007 Fox Latin Scholarship RecipientThe 2007 Eta Sigma Phi Bernice FoxTeacher Training Scholarship winner isErin Davis-Valdez of Austin TX. Erinteaches Latin at Hill Country ChristianSchool in Austin. She earned her BA atHillsdale College where she was presidentof her Eta Sigma Phi chapter and presentedthe best paper at national Conventionin 2001. Erin received the MA fromthe Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, in2001. She will use the award to attend theACL Institute this summer. Watch for Ms.Davis-Valdez’s report on her experiences inthe next issue of NUNTIUS.Best-Dressed Vir$25 cash prize for the male dressed in thebest ancient costume at the annual conventionbanquet.Dan King of Beta Psi at Rhodes2007 Summer Scholarship RecipientsBest-Dressed Femina$25 cash prize for the female dressed inthe best ancient costume at the annualconvention banquet.Kira Jones of Zeta Iota at the Universityof GeorgiaMica-Mica Award for Best BlingThis was a special award created specificallyto celebrate the theme of the 2007convention. The winning chapter receiveda $50 cash prize.Gamma Xi at Howard UniversityBrent Malcolm Froberg Scholarship tothe American School of ClassicalStudies at AthensJason Pedicone of Theta Gamma at RogerWilliams UniversityEta Sigma Phi Scholarship to the ClassicalSummer School at the AmericanAcademy in RomeDavid Collier of Alpha Mu at the Universityof Missouri at ColumbiaTheodore Bedrick Scholarship to theVergilian Society at CumaeMackenzie Zalin of Beta Psi at RhodesCollegeWatch for reports from all three scholarshiprecipients in the next issue ofNUNTIUS.Best Paper Read at National ConventionThe author of the best student paper readat national convention receives a $50 cashprize and remission of convention registrationfees. The paper is also published inthe NUNTIUS. The winner is determinedby a group of chapter advisors.Kira Jones of Zeta Iota at the Universityof GeorgiaBest Chapter RegaliaThe chapter with the best chapter regaliadisplayed at the national convention isawarded a $50 cash prize. The winner isdetermined by acclamation at convention.Gamma Omega at Baylor UniversityHOLD THESE DATESfor the 2008 Convention80th Annual Eta Sigma Phi Convention will be held at the invitation of EpsilonOmicron Chapter at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on March 28-30,2008. The local committee for the 2008 convention consists of Andrew Carroll(mtcicero86@gmail.com), chair; Jesse Sawyer (jjsawyer@student.umass.edu), KatieBreen (kmbreen@student.umass.edu), Kelly Scinto (kscinto@student.umass.edu),Amanda Hecht (ahecht@student.umass.edu), Kelsey Whiting-Jones (kwhiting@student.umass.edu), Angelica Bonacita (abonavit@student.umass.edu), and KellyDeegan (kdeegan@student.umass.edu). Please feel free to contact them with yourquestions and suggestions.12