Daily Archives: November 24, 2013


Announcements for the week of November 24

CANE
All sorts of CANE deadlines are right around the corner!
December 1st –

  • applications for the Barker Scholarship
  • the winter quarterly CANE Discretionary Funds application deadline
  • the Means Scholarship application
  • deadline to submit papers for the Annual Meeting

December 15th – deadline to submit CANE Annual Writing Contest entrees
December 31st – deadline to nominate a teacher for the Weincke Award for Teaching
BEYOND CANE
Ascanius’ SCRIBO student writing competition has a registration due date of December 1st! See the link for more details, including past entrees and detailed rules.
The Massachusetts Junior Classical League will hold their annual Classics Day on Friday, Dec. 6th at Boston University.
Brown University’s Annual Latin Carol Celebration is Dec. 9th.
The deadline for the Iris Art and Fiction Competitions is Dec. 20th.
The Pioneer Valley Classical Association is holding its own Classics Day on Friday, Jan. 17th. Please email the PVCA President, Bruce Arnold, for more details.
SALVI’s Rusticatio Latin July 2014 immersion weeks and pedagogy seminars are now open for registration. Sign up by Feb. 15th for a discount. See link for details. If a whole week is too much, you could sign up for their Biduum, Feb. 21-23.
The Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History has a collection of Egyptian artefacts on display until the end of the year. The exhibition is called Echoes of Egypt and highlights the influence of and interest in Egyptian culture throughout the ages.