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The C. J. Goodwin Award of Merit Committee is delighted to announce the three recipients of the 2024 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit. The Goodwin Awards honor outstanding contributions to classical scholarship by members of the Society. This year’s awardees includes UC Davis Classics faculty member Colin Webster. His full award citation is below.

The University of California, Davis, is third in the nation among public universities and 12th among all universities for how well it sets its graduates up for financial success in the WSJ/College Pulse rankings released today (Sept. 5, 2024).

What was your major? Why did you choose it? I majored in classical civilizations and chose Latin as my language focus. I came to UC Davis as an undeclared humanities major and planned to attend law school. At orientation, I met with an academic advisor who suggested I major in anything I thought I could get good grades. I am forever thankful she did not simply encourage me to pursue political science. In my first  quarter, I enrolled in Major Works of the Ancient World (COM 001), which whet my appetite for antiquity.

Why did you choose to major in classics?
I chose classics after taking CLA003 with the late Professor Stem. I had so much fun learning about ancient Rome that I took the follow-up course, CLA004, and also had a great time learning about late antiquity. After my first year, it became clear that I wanted to study classics.

Nota Bene is the Journal of Classical Studies at the University of California, Davis. It is a publication of the Classical Studies Association (CSA) at UC Davis.

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by Julia Ann Easley, September 17, 2023

The University of California, Davis, rose to tie for sixth place among the nation’s top public universities in rankings published today (Sept. 17) by U.S. News & World Report.

The 2024 Best Colleges rankings moved UC Davis up four places from last year among public universities and up 10 places to tie for No. 28 among all national universities.

Classics faculty member Kathleen Cruz has been named one of the twenty new Career Enhancement Fellows for the 2023-24 academic year by The Institute for Citizens & Scholars.

Kendahl Alexis
Awni Kirstin Allie Cauthorn
Nestor Adalberto Cruz
Andrew Harrison Haley*
Fani Nkaujfuab Herr
Patrick Stephen Mckinley
Yutao Qian
Rachel Ann Roddy*
Ali Isabella Soto

*Graduating with Honors