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Scholarships available to Classics Majors

Incoming Students

(1) Incoming students should indicate on their applications for admission to the University that they are also applying for a Semple Scholarship. Incoming students must also send a separate letter of intent and statement of purpose to the Department of Classics in application for a Semple scholarship. The Semple application must be postmarked by March 1.

(2) Candidates must arrange to have three teachers who know their work well send letters of recommendation directly to the Department of Classics. Letters must be postmarked by March 1.

(3) A Latin diagnostic examination will be administered to each applicant. After receipt of letters of application and recommendations, the Department of Classics will notify each applicant of the time and place for this examination. Normally it will be given at the University in March. Other arrangements can be made to accommodate candidates who live outside the Cincinnati area. If it will be a hardship to take the test at the announced time and place, please contact the Classics Program Coordinator at (513-556-3050) as soon as possible.

University of Cincinnati Undergraduates

(1) Current UC undergraduates should submit a letter of application and statement of purpose by March 1.

(2) Candidates should request a letter of recommendation from a faculty member who has taught them or is teaching them in a 300 level or above Greek or Latin course.

All application materials should be sent to:
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Classics
University of Cincinnati
PO Box 210226
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0226
Telephone 513-556-3050
Fax 513-556-4366

Recipients will be notified of their awards on or about April 15. The award of a Semple Scholarship in no way affects the recipient’s right to apply for other scholarship aid offered by the University.

The scholarships may be held by freshmen or sophomores who are not majors in the department, but in the junior and senior years only departmental majors are eligible to hold Semple Scholarships. The scholarship may not be held for more than four years.

To remain in good standing, Semple Scholars must be fulltime students at the University, enroll in at least one Latin course at the 300 level or above or one Greek course each quarter, earn a "B" or better in each Latin or Greek course, and maintain an overall 3.0 grade point average. A student who falls short of these requirements in any given quarter will be placed on probation for the following quarter. Failure to meet the requirements in the probationary quarter will result in termination of the scholarship. Students who fail to register for an appropriate Latin or Greek course or to attend such a course or who drop below fulltime status will be immediately terminated.

Traveling Scholarship

A Semple Traveling Scholarship may be awarded to one recipient of the regular Semple Scholarships each year. This scholarship will help cover tuition in a foreign study program for a period not to exceed one academic year. Interested students should make application to the department by March 1 of the preceding academic year. The scholarship will be awarded on a competitive basis, although the department may choose not to make the award in any given year.

Undergraduate Prizes

Each spring quarter the Department of Classics offers the following undergraduate prizes:

Junior Latin Prize. A translation prize for those who have not taken more than three 300 level courses in Latin.

Senior Latin Prize. A translation prize for those who have taken more than three 300 level courses in Latin.

Junior Greek Prize. A translation prize for those who have not taken more than three 300 level courses in Greek.

Senior Greek Prize. A translation prize for those who have taken more than three 300 level courses in Greek.

Classical Civilization Prize. A prize for the best paper written in a classical civilization class. Professors may nominate no more than five papers from each class.

The prizes will be awarded on an annual basis, and the award will be a book on classical antiquity. The awards will be given out at a reception for undergraduate majors and faculty.