Upcoming Events:

Trudy Becker, Instructor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Blacksburg, Virginia, successfully defended her Ph.D. Thesis and became the second person to be awarded a Ph.D. in Classical Studies from our Distance Learning Program. We congratulate Trudy for her outstanding achievement.

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2008 CLASSICS AND GREEK STUDIES
AWARDS CEREMONY

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CLASSICS AWARDS
ITS FIRST DISTANCE LEARNING PH.D.

David McClister, Professor of Biblical Studies in Florida College successfully defended his PhD Thesis. This is the first ever Distance Learning PhD to be awarded by the Department of Classics, and the Humanities as a whole, in the UF. David's Dissertation was on Ethnicity and Identity in the works of Josephus. We congratulate David for this exceptional achievement.

Click to enlarge picture: From left Classics Chair Robert Wagman, Committee Chair K. Kapparis, the External Examiner Gwynn Kessler, David McClister and Committee Members Gareth Schmeling and Jennifer Rea.

Click to enlarge picture: Committee Chair K. Kapparis is signing the form with David in the background.