Vol. 82, No. 2, Summer 2008 - Monmouth College

Ubi Sunt Alumni Nostri?Theta Gamma (Roger WilliamsUniversity)Nick DeFusco, Charles Kelly, PhilipLevine, Rian Sirkus (5-11-07)Theta Theta (University ofConnecticut)Alysha Adamo, Eric Baird, Kelsey Brown,John Flanagan, Tori Hendrix (9-8-07)Theta Lambda (Hamilton College) LeahFinkelstein Delany, Margaret ElizabethNoonan, Adam Polonski, Albert BenjaminTrithart (9-20-07)Zeta Lambda (University of Louisville)Tara Gill (9-28-07)Theta Omicron (Carthage College)Sarah Cvey, Elizabeth Greer Griffith,Neal Hill, Danielle Norkunas, CassandraTorgerson (10-15-07)Theta Pi (Kenyon College)Alexander Bender, Alison Fisher, JamieFishman, Elizabeth Gottschalk, RobGyenes, Chris Henson, Tim Miller, AldenTigh, Jessica Wise (10-5-07)Theta Rho (University of Miami)John Azinheira, Angel DelVecchio, JayDorsey, Kait Ginder, Eric Gomez, DamonHelms, Chris Kumetz, Erik Kumetz, AlexaLee, Ryan Mason, Colleen O’Brien,Laura Pascal, Samantha Perkins, StephenSinclair, Sarah Swenson; Honorary: Dr.Daniel Holmes (11-7-07)2008 MembershipUpdateAs this issue of NUNTIUS went to press,1070 new members had been initiated intoEta Sigma Phi during the academic year2007-2008. The final membership total for2006–2007 was 1273 (the second highesttotal on record). The final membershiptotal for 2005–2006 was 1194. The highestannual membership total ever was 1588(in 1967–1968).Final membership numbers for 2007–2008 will be reported in the next issue.Jenn Baxter of Zeta Beta at TempleUniversity has passed the PennsylvaniaBar exam. She credits the Classics in herundergraduate years with much of hersuccess in Law.Eric Collins of Zeta Beta at TempleUniversity is in his first year of teachingLatin at Allentown HS in New Jersey andhas persuaded his school to switch texts toOrberg’s Lingua Latina.Cassaundra Amato of Zeta Beta atTemple University is in graduate school inLeeds, England.Lyndy Danvers of Zeta Beta at TempleUniversity is enjoying her first year atgraduate school at Rutgers.Traci Dougherty of Zeta Beta at TempleUniversity has made excellent grades inLatin and Greek at the University of PennsylvaniaPost-Baccalaureate Program.Kelly Heckler and Tara Stewart of ZetaBeta at Temple University both came toa Classics major late in their undergraduatecareer and are both headed to the Uof Penn Post-Baccalaureate Program nextyear. Andrew and committee membersfrom UMass, take note: Your wonderfulconvention convinced Tara that Classics isin her graduate school future!Matthew Katsenes of Gamma Omicron atMonmouth College earned an M.A.T. inLatin from the University of MassachusettsAmherst in May and will start a new Latinprogram at Pentaucket Regional HighSchool in West Newbury, Massachusetts,this fall.Jon Panofsky of Zeta Beta at TempleUniversity is pursuing a master’s degree inHistory at the University of Miami wherehe helped kickstart the new Eta Sigma Phichapter there by helping to organize a costumed,torchlight ceremony for initiation.Matt Scannapieco of Zeta Beta at TempleUniversity has been an assistant for Latininstruction at St. Joseph’s Prep, but hasdecided to apply to grad school in Classics.Amy Sommer, Latin teacher at CherryCreek High School in Denver, Colorado,received the 2008 award for outstandingteacher of a lesser-taught foreign languagefrom University of Northern Colorado.Amy is a 2002 graduate of Gustavus AdolphusCollege in Saint Peter, Minnesota,where she was a member of Eta SigmaPhi. She received her MA in teachingLatin from the University of Colorado atBoulder in 2004 and has taught Latin atCherry Creek High School for four years.Each year the University of NorthernColorado hosts a foreign language day forhigh school students in the state. At thisannual event they also give four awards foroutstanding teachers of Spanish, French,German, and the lesser-taught languages.To be considered for this award, a teachermust be nominated by a fellow foreign languageteacher, compile a portfolio demonstratinghis/her teaching accomplishments,and submit letters of recommendationfrom an administrator, a colleague, and astudent.Dawn McRoberts Strauss of GammaOmicron at Monmouth College, MegaleGrammateus in 2000-2001 and MegaleHyparchos in 2001-2002, is now teachinga full Latin program and FenwickAcademy in Chicago. This year she wasinvited to participate in an NEH summerinstitute in Rome run by Sr. Therese MarieDougherty.Andrew Viscariello of Gamma Omicronat Monmouth College will begin a mastersprogram in Classics at the University ofKansas in September, 2008.45