Short-Term Professional Goals:

• master Latin grammar and become comfortable with its nuances
• continue to build my Latin vocabulary
• reaquaint myself with Koine Greek and familiarize myself with Ancient/Classical Greek
• build my Latin library
• begin work on my master's reading list
• begin collecting research for my master's thesis
• develop sight-reading/translating skills
• grow confident of self-improvement in classics

• teach English in a foreign country
• teach high school English (in U.S.)
• teach high school Latin (in U.S.)
• promote classical studies in the public schools
• design a curriculum suitable for teaching Latin to younger students (elementary/middle)
• implement a classical education program in a middle school
• teach middle/elementary school Latin
• publish children's classical literature book(s).
• write a non-classically-related book.

    Accomplishments:
 

• I received funding through several scholarships to enroll in a study-abroad program in Rome, Italy during the summer of 2001.
• While abroad, I had the opportunity to travel independantly in France, Germany, Switzerland, the Czcech Republic, and Greece, thereby extending my cross-cultural experience and enriching my knowledge of other classical lands.
• I served as the treasurer for the Epsilon Iota chapter of Eta Sigma Phi, a Classics honor society, from 2001-2002.
• I attended two National Conventions for Eta Sigma Phi (2001 in Monmouth, IL, and 2002 in San Diego, CA).
• I will graduate cum laudeon May 3, 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classical Studies.
• Prior to graduation, I was accepted into the Classics master's program at the University of Florida.
• For my scholarship and desire to teach, I was awarded a graduate teaching assistantship in the Classics department.