Departmental Distinction
The following students graduated from St. Olaf College with distinction in Classics, Latin, or Medieval Studies:
Elizabeth A. Beerman (2007) - "Praise of the Country Life: Vergil's Georgics 2.458-542. A Translation and Commentary with Supplementary Essays" (Classics)
Jennifer S. Starkey (2007) - "Spondaic Lines in Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica (with Hellenistic Perspective)" (Classics)
Christopher A. Schifani (2005) - "Plato in the World: A Translation of Selected Platonic Epistles with Commentary and Notes" (Classics)
Marquis S. Berrey (2003) - "Known for His Wisdom: An Assessment of Solon's Ethical Thought by way of Comparison to Herodotus 1.29-33" (Classics)
Matthew C. Steenberg (2001) - "2 Maccabees: A New Translation from the Septuagint, with Notes and Introduction" (Classics)
Jeremiah J. Harrelson (1999) - "A Letter to the Saints in Colossae" (Classics)
Catherine E. Kusske (1997) - "Dactylic Squeaks and Croaks: The Batrachomyomachia as a Parody of Homer" (Classics)
Gwendolyn L. Compton (1992) - "Spatial Semantics in Euripides' Medea" (Classics)
Stephanie L. Hill (1992) - "The Doleful Day: Malory's Arthur and the Destruction of the Round Table" (Medieval Studies)
Joyce M. Scheitel (1978) - "Classical Rhetoric and Luke's Rhetoric" (Classics)
Kim Ann Severson (1978) - "Aristotle's Concept of Hamartia: Action, Character, and Human Limitations" (Classics)
Mark P. Gravrock (1973) - "Following Neoptolemus through the Philoctetes" (Classics)
Pamela L. Severson (1971) - "De Rerum Natura: The Outer Form of the Poem and Its Inner Hope" (Classics)
Susan J. Lee (1969) - "Joseph Hall As Juvenalian Satirist" (Classics)
Margaret Scarseth (1928) - "The Character of Aeneas" (Latin)
[We fear that our list is not complete; if you know of anyone we have omitted, please let us know. Thank you!]
