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In 2015 the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), founded in 1869 as the American Philological Association, awarded the third set of its Pedagogy Awards to three outstanding classics teachers. One of the major goals of the Society's capital campaign, Gatekeeper to Gateway: The Campaign for Classics in the Twenty-first Century, was to ensure that an inspiring, well trained teacher would be available for every school and college classics classroom. A subcommittee of the Joint Committee on the Classics in American Education, whose membership is selected from both the SCS and the American Classical League, reviewed proposals from classics teachers at all levels requesting funds to support a variety activities that would improve their teaching and their students’ experiences in the classroom. The awards received by the three successful applicants are funded by income derived from the following contributions to the Campaign’s Research and Teaching Endowment: a major gift from an anonymous donor, a contribution from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS), and donations to the Friends of Zeph Stewart Fund.

Ted Gellar-Goad, Wake Forest University, received $650 to support the travel of his students to perform adaptations of Aristophanes and Plautus for the North Carolina Junior Classical League state convention in April 2016.

David C. Noe, Calvin College, received $700 to underwrite a Bidvvm Latinvm Calvinianvm or spoken Latin weekend at his home institution in September 2015. This will be the second such event at Calvin, which hosted the first in the fall of 2013 with more than 60 participants from Michigan and around the country.

Heather F. Sharpe, West Chester University, received $1,050 to work with art students at her institution to design and produce via 3D-printing a series of Greek drinking cups of various shapes and sizes. The group will then conduct experiments to determine the functional qualities of various Greek drinking cups and specifically address the reasons behind the choice of kylix as the preferred symposium cup.

In addition, Patrick Owens, Wyoming Catholic College, has just submitted his report on a Pedagogy Award he received in 2014.

We are grateful to the selection committee (Keely Lake, Wayland Academy; Sally W.Morris, Phillips Exeter Academy; and Ariana Traill, University of Illinois) for their careful review of the applications. In late 2015 the SCS will publish a call for applications for the 2016 Pedagogy Awards and Zeph Stewart Teacher Training Award. Applications will be due around March 1, 2016.