ROME/ATHENS SUMMER SCHOLARSHIPS

This is a special opportunity for Club members to win scholarships of up to $5,000 toward the cost of study in the summer session of the American Academy in Rome, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, or the Paideia Institute for study in Greece and/or Rome. All members in the third consecutive year of paid membership in the Club are eligible to apply for the award, although preference will be given to secondary school teachers and graduate students. Interested individuals should obtain applications from the Academy, School or Institute, complete them, and send copies of all application materials by MARCH 1, 2013 to Prof. Matthew McGowan, Dept. of Classics, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458. For info: mamcgowan@fordham.edu.

PHYLLIS WINQUIST TUITION ASSISTANCE AWARDS

These awards are bestowed by the NYCC in honor of a master teacher, Phyllis Winquist, to support candidates who are taking courses to acquire or improve skills in teaching Latin or Ancient Greek in grades 7-12. Candidates must be paid members of the NYCC at the time of applying and during the twelve months of the funded period. They must either be teaching Classics in grades 7-12 or show clear indication of doing so in the near future. All application materials must be postmarked by March 1, 2013, and mailed to Ms. Kathleen Durkin, Maspeth High School, Department of Latin, 54-40 74th Street, Maspeth, NY 11373-4702. Please contact Vice-President, Kathleen Durkin, for more information and an application for the scholarship at krdurkin@gmail.com. The application can be found here:WINQUIST FORM 2013

NEW APA TEACHING AWARDS

Please also take note of the brand new pedagogy awards offered by the American Philological Association, Deadline March 1st. Membership not required. Contact Prof. Ronnie Ancona, APA Vice-President for Education: rancona@hunter.cuny.edu.

President's Grant ($500-1,000)

Grants of $500-1,000 are available to support projects promoting interest in classical antiquity in the New York area. All applicants must be current NY Classical Club members. Deadline: Wednesday February 1, 2013. To download the application click here. Contact: mamcgowan@fordham.edu.

High School Latin Sight Translations:
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 4-6pm, Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus (60th St./Columbus Ave.). For details and information on the five levels of exams—Caesar, Cicero, Ovid, Horace, Vergil—and to register, visit https://sites.google.com/site/nycchssight/or contact: Kathleen Durkin at krdurkin@gmail.com.

NY City Dionysia: High School Classical Theater Contest
This year's play for the NY City Dionysia, our classical theater contest for high school students, is Euripides' Bacchae. Adapt Euripides' classical text of divine revelation and revenge to a 15-20 minute performance. Indulge your creative genius! Aim to entertain and to instruct! Date: April 19, 2013, 5-7pm. Place: Leonard Theater, Fordham Preparatory School (on Fordham University campus, Bronx, NY 10458). This year's performance includes a special treat: scenes from Plautus' Mostellaria in a new translation with lyrics, The Ghoul Next Door, by Prof. John Starks, Binghamton University SUNY, and original music by Santino DeAngelo. Registration due Friday, March 22, 2013. For info and registration, contact: Matthew McGowan at mamcgowan@fordham.edu.

Oral Reading Contests in Greek and Latin:
Saturday, April 20, 2013, 2:30pm, 603 Hamilton Hall, Columbia University. For details and information, all entrants must email Prof. Katharina Volk of Columbia University: kv2018@columbia.edu.

College Greek and Latin Sight Translations:
Friday, April 26, 2013, 1:30-5pm, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, Room 503. The Greek exam will be given from 1:30-3; the Latin from 3:15-4:45. Cash prizes! For details and information contact: Prof. David Sider at: david.sider@nyu.edu.