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Outstanding Undergraduates

Murphey Hall continues to be home for high-achieving undergraduates!
The Classical Association of the Middle West and South has honored Caitlin Hines with a Manson A. Stewart Scholarship. One of six undergraduates recognized for being "outstanding young Classicists," Caitlin will use the $1,000 award to further her Classical studies here.
Also, Caitlin, Rachel Mazzara, and Henry Ross were inducted into the University's Phi Beta Kappa chapter for their exceptional academics.
We congratulate these promising juniors for their great accomplishments!

AIA's Best Site

The department is excited to share that Prof. Donald Haggis has garnered the Archaeological Institute of America's Best Practices in Site Preservation Award for the Azoria Project in Crete, Greece. Co-director Margaret Mook and Prof. Haggis work with local specialists to preserve the site as they excavate, creating a sustainable eco-archaeological tourist site. We applaud their innovative work, and invite you to learn more about and to support the Azoria Project.

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    Funding

    Graduate School Fellowships | Department of Classics Fellowships

    The Department has a large number of fellowships and assistantships for graduate students each year. These pay a substantial stipend and carry eligibility for full tuition and health insurance. Most of the assistantships are teaching positions in which graduate students teach elementary and intermediate Latin courses and direct discussion sections in large lecture courses such as The Greeks and The Romans. When students have had sufficient experience they may also ask to teach one of the large lecture courses which include Greek Mythology, Etymology, and Ancient Cities (our introductory archaeology course). First-year students ordinarily do not teach independent sections and instead work as assistants in courses taught by faculty. The Department is also home to the  Classical World Mapping Center, and from time to time one of our students will work as an assistant in the center. In addition, there are a number of assistantships available from the department that pay a stipend but no tuition. These include positions such as assistant in our departmental library, assistant in the slide room, acting as the liaison between the department and the research library, and assisting with our Apollo Project (database of digitized archaeological images).

    When students apply for admission, they may be nominated by the department for one of a number of fellowships awarded by the Graduate School. These range from special stipends for the first year of study to full funding for five years. For a full description of each fellowship, please see the Graduate School Website. Graduate students are also eligible for two fellowships within the department which are supported by endowments. Brief descriptions of the fellowships most commonly awarded to Classics students are listed below.

    For further information on graduate funding, please contact the department chair.

    For information on the Phi Beta Kappa Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship in Greek Studies, please visit the honor society's website.

    For information on tuition and fees, visit the website for Student Accounts.

     

    Graduate School Fellowships

    Royster Society of Fellows

    Royster Fellows receive tuition for five years; non-service awards in their first and fifth years of study and three years of teaching assistantships. Currently, the stipend is at least $20,000 per year plus tuition, fees, and health insurance. Competition for these fellowships is keen; the Graduate School awards only a dozen of them per year, across all fields. The Department of Classics, however, has historically done very well in the competition for these fellowships.

    University Fellows

    University Fellows are awarded in honor of Pogue, Kenan, Reynolds and Humphreys. This fellowship is similar to the Royster except that the first year is non-service and all subsequent years may include teaching and research activities.

    University Merit Assistantships

    University Merit Assistantships are one-year awards which provide a competitive stipend for students entering the doctoral program. Full tuition and student health insurance are provided. Students pay only fees. Students awarded University Merit Assistantships will assist with teaching or research activities, not to exceed twenty hours per week.

     

    Department of Classics Fellowships

    The Kenneth Reckford Fellowship

    The Kenneth Reckford Fellowship was created to honor Kenneth J. Reckford, who taught Greek and Latin in the department from 1960 until 2003. This Fellowship is open to students in all fields. It provides full funding (tuition, stipend, and health insurance) for five years. The first year is a non-service year, so that the student can devote his or her entire time to study. The student is given teaching appointments in the second, third, and fourth years in order to acquire training and experience in the classroom. The fifth year is again a non-service year so that the student can prepare to complete their dissertation. No separate application for the Reckford Fellowship is necessary; all applicants to the graduate program are automatically considered.

    The Berthe Marti Fellowship

    The Berthe Marti Fellowship is an Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome. Offered in memory of Berthe Marti, who taught at both Bryn Mawr College and the University of North Carolina, it is open to advanced students in Latin, medieval, and post-classical studies. The fellowship provides full funding for one year at the academy, ordinarily in support of work on a dissertation. The fellowship is shared by The University of North Carolina and Bryn Mawr College, and each institution sends a fellow to the academy roughly every third year. Interested students should consult with the chair of the department in the third year of their work.

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