There are many fun but educational opportunities out there for Classics majors, concentrators, and aficionados. Do you want to excavate ancient ruins and receive a unique firsthand experience of the ancient world? Is your interest piqued by the thought of travelling around ancient sites and seeing where the major events of classical times occurred? Would you like to hone your Latin and Greek skills in the lands where these languages were once spoken? Take some time to explore the options on this portion of our website and find a program that is right for you. Be sure to check out our funding pages, as well; programs can be expensive, but there are many scholarship opportunities available to Classics students.
Background photo: the Temple of Hephaestus at Athens © 2016 by Isabella Villanueva, BA '18
His first step was to enroll in physician’s assistant school at Baylor’s College of Medicine, a career trajectory to which he had aspired since his early childhood. Nowadays, Jonathan Cunningham, BA ’17, is dedicated to the vocational pursuit of comfort and healing at MD Anderson in Houston, among the largest cancer treatment centers in the U.S., where he was once a chemotherapy patient himself.
+ Read MoreDuring his Rome semester in 1991, Joseph Meaney, BA '93, with his friends (now Father) Kevin Cook, BA '94, and (now Texas State Representative and UD Trustee) Tan Parker, BA '93, attended a private Mass with Pope St. John Paul II. Several weeks earlier, they had hand-delivered a letter to the Swiss Guards outside St. Peter's requesting the Mass and including their contact information; at last, they'd received the phone call instructing them to be at the Bronze Gates at 5 a.m.
+ Read MoreFrom the time he was in fourth grade, Bishop Francis Malone, BA '74 MA '77 MDiv '77, knew he was going to be a priest. As he was serving Mass in his home parish, Malone heard God's call, loud and clear.
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