Would your students like to have their own personal motto? Written in Latin, it can adorn a backpack or
a notebook or even a computer, and other students will be forced to ask them what it means. What a
great way to publicize Latin! My own “motto” is vis sit tecum (yes, I am a sci-fi fan), but it can’t be used,
since it is a translation of one that is already out there. This program is being run by CANE retirees:
CARE. Read the description and have fun!
Three Weeks in Italy: A Report on the Renata Poggioli Award
September 9, 2026
There are gifts that bring a restitutive expansiveness to the life of the mind, and the Renata Poggioli Award is one of them. My grant proposal set out two intentions: to visit sites in Italy that had eluded previous itineraries, and to seek places that would nourish my doctoral work in Comparative Literature, where Ovid, Augustine, Dante, and Bonaventure are constant interlocutors.