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Classics Department announces annual award winners

By David Gonnerman '90
May 13, 2008

The St. Olaf College Department of Classics has announced the winners of the 8th annual competition for the Loomis Endowed Academic Award in Latin and the 7th annual competition for the Groton Endowed Academic Award in Greek, plus other academic contests.

Loomis Latin, Groton Greek contests

HalvorsenTom
Halvorsen
Students who entered the Loomis Latin contest had one hour to translate at sight one of Pliny's letters. First prize went to classics major Thomas K. Halvorsen '10. Second prize went to classics and chemistry double major Sarah M. Adamson '09, while classics and philosophy double major Hilary J. Bouxsein '09 won third prize. Honorable mention went to classics and biology double major Alaina K. Burkard '08.

GuldenMike
Gulden
Students who entered the Groton Greek contest had one hour to translate at sight a passage from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. First prize went to Michael W. Gulden '08, a classics and history double major. Second prize went to Bouxsein. Third prize went to classics major Kevin J. Moore '08.

The Loomis contest is named for Kenneth and Kathleen Loomis and their son, Stephen Loomis '97, who endowed the award. The Greek contest is name for Professor of Classics Anne Groton, who endowed the award.

Groomis Grant winner
RowellAdrienne
Rowell
The Groomis Grant is funded by the Groton and Loomis endowments. This year's winner is history major Adrienne C. Rowell '09. She plans to participate in a three-week dig sponsored by the Ecomuseum of the Cape of Cavelleria in Menorca, Spain, where she will help excavate the ancient Roman town of Saninsera.

Outstanding accomplishment
RasmussenKayla
Rasmussen
An Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Classical Studies from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South has been won by classics and history double major Kayla A. Rasmussen '08. In the fall she will begin graduate studies in classical and ancient Mediterranean studies at The Pennsylvania State University. Rasmussen's accomplishments during the past year include presenting a paper, "Restoring the Wall: Death, Ritual, and Community in Book 23 of the Iliad," at two undergraduate symposia.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.