Connections across history

"It has been amazing to find out how humanity will always be connected through the same ideals portrayed in ancient societies."

Kaitlin Marsh '14, classics

"Growing up, I watched the History Channel while my friends watched Nickelodeon. Something about history  always intrigued me. Material culture, archeology and ancient societies' impact on the world today -- those were the things that interested me most. And they still do.

"My first semester on campus, I enrolled in a classics foundation seminar called Myth, Reason and Faith with Janet Jones, Presidential Professor of Classics. Exploring classical texts like The Odyssey and The Aeneid intrigued me, so I enrolled in another of Professor Jones' courses, Archeology of Rome. 

"More than anything, I wanted to know more about the time period and society that could create characters like the ones I was reading about. It has been amazing to find out how humanity will always be connected through the same ideals portrayed in ancient societies."   

Kaitlin is from Belvidere, N.J.