Classical Studies

Internships, Independent Study and Travel

At Hollins, students use the Short Term in January to put their classroom education into practice. Students have worked in museums, taught Latin in high schools, and catalogued the classics department’s collection of antiquities.

• Julia Manuel '01 worked at the Art Museum of Western Virginia in Roanoke Art Venture for Children. She prepared information and led tours through the "Vessels through the Ages" exhibition.
• Normalee Ash '00 taught in Latin classes at Faith Christian School in Roanoke.
• Sarah Lathom '00 worked on cleaning, restoring, photographing, cataloguing, and storing in a safe environment the classics department’s collection of artifacts. An example of her work can be found on the student projects page.
• Susan Cloeter (Horizon) worked with elementary school students in Roanoke, teaching them ancient Egyptian history, myth, and culture.
• Carrie Kuehne '98 taught in first, second and third year Latin classes at her high school alma mater, Linganore High School in Frederick, MD.
• Cynthia Wood '97 worked on an uncatalogued collection of Roman glass in the Art Museum of Western Virginia in Roanoke.

Travel and Study Programs

Also during the January Short Term, Hollins students have the opportunity to see many of the monuments and sites they study. Hollins faculty members lead travel programs to Europe during the month of January. Students prepare themselves with introductory readings on campus before they go abroad and complete a packed itinerary of sites, ancient and modern, in the country they are visiting.
    In January 1998, Professor Salowey led a trip to Greece entitled "Archaeology, Communication, and Culture." The itinerary focused on the famous sites of Delphi, Olympia, and Athens, but also allowed visits to more remote sites like Cape Tainaron, the reputed entrance to the underworld.