2023 Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award winners announced
Carly Davis's poem "Seattle Song" won the 24th annual Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award at Augustana.
In Classics, you’re in an excellent position to take full advantage of an Augustana liberal arts education: Classics is a broad, interdisciplinary field focused on the study of ancient Greece and Rome, and encompassing everything from language and literature to history, religion, philosophy, art history, archaeology, mythology, drama, poetry and much, much more.
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Carly Davis's poem "Seattle Song" won the 24th annual Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award at Augustana.
Kaitlin Jacobson's poem "crooked smile"” won the 23rd annual Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award at Augustana.
Kira Banks '23 came to Augustana to study biology and public health and, as often happens at a liberal arts school, discovered a passion for a seemingly unrelated major — Classics. Read about her recent award.
Dr. Danielle Fatkin will present "Understanding Baptism: Its Origins in Roman Judaea and Why They Matter."
Dr. Robert Holschuh Simmons will present "Demagogues and Masses in Athens and the Athenian Theatre: Class Anxiety and Apprehensions About Insurgencies in Euripides’ Tragedies."