Eta Sigma Phi, or HSF, is the national honor society of students of Latin and Greek in colleges and universities. The purposes of the organization are to “develop and promote interest in classical study among the students of colleges and universities; to promote closer fraternal relationship among students who are interested in classical study, including inter-campus relationship; to engage generally in an effort to stimulate interest in classical study, and in the history, art, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome.” Every year, students who have shown exceptional scholarship in Latin and Greek are inducted into the society. Among the great opportunities Eta Sigma Phi offers nationwide are a translation contest, an annual spring convention, and summer scholarship opportunities. In addition, our chapter of Eta Sigma Phi plans to enliven the year with various events.
Fall Eta Sigma Phi Events this Year - Past and Future
Here are some of the events our Eta Sigma Phi officers have planned this fall:
- October 5th - Classics game and movie night; played Classics pictionary and watched Monty Python’s Life of Brian
- November 10th - Visit to Science Museum in St. Paul to see Pompeii exhibit and OmniMax Greece movie; dinner at Kristos’
- December 15th - Annual Classics Broomball Extravaganza!! Battle it out on the ice for a couple hours, and then, follow it with an afterparty in the caf = cafterparty!
- January 17th - Classics Food and Costume Festival!! We will be preparing foods based on traditional ancient Greek and Roman cuisine, and have a costume contest for those who show up in the best, authentic-styled costumes!
- In February, we will be attending the Theatre/Dance department’s production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
- In March, we plan on having our annual What to do With a Classics Major? night.
- In April, we will be having a Festival of Dionysus! We would love help planning this event as well, so keep an eye out for emails concerning that as the date approaches.
- And, in May, we will be initiating new members, including honorary faculty members, and we want to start an annual tradition of Greeks versus Romans capture the flag.
Officers 2007-08
Veronica Bean
Veronica is a senior Classics and Political Science double major from Ridgefield, Washington. She spends her free time (what little she has) involved with several organizations on campus, including Democracy Matters, I Am We Are, Habitat for Humanity, and Chi Kappa Chi sorority. You can also see some of her labor in the sets of the plays, as she helps build the sets in her work study position at the Scene Shop for Theatre and Dance. Veronica enjoyed studying the arts and culture of India in Delhi, India last spring. She is thrilled to be the Secretary for Eta Sigma Phi and is incredibly excited for all of the fun events that we will be doing this year.
Stephanie Soiseth
Stephanie is a senior from Anchorage, Alaska majoring in biology and unofficially in
Latin as well. She plans on attending medical school after she graduates to become either a surgeon or an OB/GYN. Two summers ago she spent a month out of rural Alaska with the bears counting the salmon escapement totals on the Igushik river. Stephanie plays the violin in the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra and she likes the color blue.
Jon Carlson
(Bio in Progress)
Didaskalos (Faculty sponsor):
Mary McHugh
New Members 2008
- To Be Announced in May…
Existing Members
- Veronica Bean
- Henry Boeh
- Jonathan Carlson
- Andrew Cockerill
- Colin Gettle
- Shayla Gibbens
- Ahna Gilbertson
- Emily Nelson
- Elizabeth Olson
- Jonathan Peasley
- Margaret Sotos
- Stephanie Soiseth
- John Thielman
