Awards & Prizes

Susan P. Cobbs Fellowship

The Susan P. Cobbs Fellowship is awarded to one or more students to assist them in the study of Latin or Greek or with travel for educational purposes in Italy or Greece. It was made possible by gifts from alumni, managers, faculty members, and friends made in memory of Susan P. Cobbs, who was dean and professor of classics until 1969.

 

Awards & Prizes Recipients
  

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

2017

 

 

2015

Harry Lau '27
Lillian Newby '27
Zhuangyan Sun '27

 

Jake Bohman '25
Max Steuer '26

 

Chloe Kanemaru '26
Jayden Booker '26
Joseph Petchauer '24

 

Connie Jiang '23
Carlotta Piantanida '24
Amanda Roessler '24

 

Jewoo Chang '22
Cynthia Ruimin Shi '22

 

Gwyneth Fletcher '22

 

Rebecca Regan '19

Nathaniel Stern '20

 

Irene Elias '18
Suness Jones '16
Austen Van Burns '17

 
2014 Emma King '16
Alex Moskowitz '15
Julia Nee '15
 
2013Aaron Kroeber '16
Erick White '15
 
2011Sophia Agathis '13 
2010Amanda Klause '12
Taylor Wuerker '12
 
2009William Beck '11
Adriana Massi '12
Laura Pond '12
 
2008Andrew Herrmann '08
Eleanor Mc Sherry '10
Lucy VanEssen-Fishman '08
 
2007Katherine Berry '06
Abraham Howland '06
Marianne Klingaman '07
Renee Sevier '08
David Stifler '08
Lucy VanEssen-Fishman '08
 
2006Lekha Shupeck '06
Mali Skotheim '05
Taru Taylor '05
 
2005Elizabeth Englehardt '05 
2004Claire Weiss '03 

Susan P. Cobbs Scholarship

The Susan P. Cobbs Scholarship is awarded to the most outstanding student of classics in the senior class. It was made possible by a bequest of Susan P. Cobbs, who was dean and professor of classics until 1969, and by additional funds given in her memory.

Awards & Prizes Recipients
  

2025

 

2024

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

Claire Pettit '25

 

Jasmine Yimeng Bao '24

 

Connie Jiang '23
Cynthia Ruimin Shi '23

 

Gwyneth Fletcher '22
Madeleine Palden '22

 

Rebeccca Sanders '21

 

Amelie Ya Deau '20

  
2019Ed Jones '19  
2017Austen Van Burns '17  
2015Sarah Geselowitz '16  
2014Alex Moskowitz '15  
2013Bradford Kim '14
Megan Thompson '14
  
2011Amanda Klause '11
Adriana Massi '11
  
2010William Beck '11  
2009Liana Katz '10  
2008for Greek: Lucy VanEssen-Fishman '08
for Latin: Daniel Jamison '08
  
2007for Greek: Jennifer Peck '06
for Latin: Lisa Hunter '06
  
2006Elizabeth Engelhardt '05  
 2005Mackenzie Carlson '04  
2004Kellam Conover '03  

The Helen F. North Award

The Helen F. North Award is awarded to one or more students to assist them in the study of Latin or Greek or with travel for educational purposes in Italy or Greece. It is made possible by a fund established by the late F.C. Ruff '60 and Susan Willis Ruff '60 and supported by many others, in honor of Helen F. North, who retired in 1991 as the Centennial Professor of Classics after 43 years as a member of the Swarthmore faculty .

Awards & Prizes Recipients
 

2024

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

2017

 

Zachary Atticus Hempel '25

 

Lukas Irwin '23

Connie Jiang '23

Jasmine Bao '24

 

Joseph Petchauer '24

Cynthia Ruimin Shi '23

Andrew Sung '23

 

Pablo Salvatierra '22

 

Kodie Bastian '22

 

Katherine Ham '18 

Gabriela Key '18

Sida Li '18

2014Josh Chang '15
Aaron Kroeber '16
2011Daniel Browning '13
Ben Ellentuck '13
Bradford Kim '13
2010Adriana Massi '12
2009Ming Cai '11
2007Lucy VanEssen-Fishman '08
2006Michael Predmore '06
Sally O'Brien '07
2005

Nathaniel Erb-Satullo '07

Lauren Janowitz '07                                                                                                                                           
Kathryn Van Winkle '07

  
  

The Gil Rose Prize

The Gil Rose Prize, endowed by John Marincola '76 in honor of Gilbert P. Rose, Susan Lippincott Professor Emeritus of Modern and Classical Languages, is awarded to a senior student of Latin and/or Greek who, in the judgment of the department faculty,  displays deep knowledge of the ancient language(s) and whose written work is both rigorous and imaginative .

2025

 

2024

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

John Bohman '25

 

Joseph Petchauer '24

 

Kiran McDonald '23

 

Kodie Bastian '22
Pablo Salvatierra '22

 

Rebecca Posner-Hess '21

 

Tobias Philip '20 and Rebecca Rosenthal '20

2019Rebecca Regan '19                                                             
2018Irene Elias '18
2017Emma Remsberg '17
2016Aaron Kroeber '16