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Call for Volunteers for 2013 Annual Meeting

Posted Fri, 08/17/2012 - 19:36 in SCS Announcements.

Members are invited to serve as volunteers at the 144th Annual Meeting of the Association in Seattle, WA this coming January. Assignments include assistance in the Registration Area, monitoring session rooms, and supporting the Placement Service. Interested members should contact Heather Gasda in the Association Office by October 1, 2012. The Chair of the Local Arrangements Committee will develop a schedule of volunteer activity in late Fall.

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August Positions for Classicists and Archaeologists

Posted Thu, 08/16/2012 - 15:22 in SCS Announcements.

The August 2012 issue of Positions has been posted on the APA web site.

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Good News about the German Office of L'Annee

Posted Mon, 08/13/2012 - 18:11 in SCS Announcements.

In April I briefed members on behalf of the Board about the funding threat to the German office of L'Année and promised to update members when we had further news (http://apaclassics.org/index.php/apa_blog/apa_blog_entry/3325/). I am delighted to pass along the following letter of 11 August 2012 from SIBC President Margarethe Billerbeck:

Jeff Henderson

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

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Election Materials for 2012

Posted Fri, 08/10/2012 - 13:52 in SCS Announcements.

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LOU BOLCHAZY, June 7, 1937—July 28, 2012

Posted Mon, 07/30/2012 - 12:03 in In Memoriam.

Published in The Chicago Tribune on July 29, 2012

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2012-2013 Placement Service Now Open

Posted Tue, 07/17/2012 - 16:32 in SCS Announcements.

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The Amphora Is Almost Full (a report from President Jeffrey Henderson)

Posted Mon, 07/16/2012 - 18:12 in SCS Announcements.

APA Amphora Cartoon

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MARTIN OSTWALD, January 15, 1922–April 10, 2010

Posted Mon, 07/16/2012 - 14:50 in In Memoriam.

(A longer version of the following memoir, by Helen North, Centennial Professor of Classics Emerita, Swarthmore College, was commissioned for a forthcoming volume of the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. This version was lightly edited and abridged by Ralph M. Rosen. Sadly, Professor North herself died on January, 21, 2012. Shortly before her death she had given her permission for this obituary to be abridged and published in the APA Newsletter.

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Coalition on the Academic Workforce Survey Results

Posted Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:29 in SCS Announcements.

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APA Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Pre-Collegiate Level

Posted Fri, 06/08/2012 - 17:01 in SCS Announcements.

Do you know an outstanding classics teacher at the pre-collegiate level? Consider nominating him or her for the APA Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Pre-Collegiate Level.

Ronnie Ancona
APA Vice President for Education

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