March 26, 2019 at 3:11 pm
Our Core alumna sent us a digital postcard all the way from Paris! Thank you to Hannah Jew for her note. As a conversation with a certain little Cat revealed that my real postcard got lost dans la poste, a digital postcard: Dear Core, I hope the semester back home is moving along swimmingly. Here […]
November 6, 2018 at 11:37 am
Our Core alumna, Kat Monahan, sent us a postcard all the way from Greece! Here’s what she reflects on during her time in Rethymno: Sept. 12, 2018 Γεία σου, Κωρ! Hi Core! Wishing everyone an auspicious start to the 2018-2019 school year. I’d like to propose a Classics alumni trip to Crete so I can […]
August 21, 2018 at 11:26 am
Oh boy, more mail! We’ve just heard from BU and Core alum Peter Michelli, currently doing research in southern Italy. Dear Stephanie, Cliff, Rose and Zach, Sending Regards from Bari where I’m on my first (!) archival trip! (And they let me in!) Sincerely, Peter Michelli […]
We are delighted to receive our first postcard of the summer! This one comes from Core alum and rising junior Hannah Jew, currently interning in Washington, D.C. Hello Core, Everything is beautiful at the ballet… and everything is swampy in D.C. My internship is going nicely, but […]
April 23, 2018 at 10:13 am
Exciting news: We have received word back from one of our students studying abroad in Madrid! This postcard comes to us from recent Core alum Kassandra Round, who has been very missed at the Core office. Dear Core, I have been in Madrid for almost 3 months and it has been an amazing experience. I […]
October 2, 2017 at 3:03 pm
Here at the Core office, we’ve gotten quite a few postcards over the year from alumni, current students, and faculty alike. Any visitor to CAS 119 will say that our wall (and, recently, the conference room door) is one of the most eye-catching aspects of the office. And after all, we do love living vicariously […]
September 11, 2017 at 11:30 am
Another postcard has flown to us from overseas. It comes from Core alum and current senior Gregory Kerr, who writes to us from Rome, Italy. He says: Hello Core, Greeting from Rome! I’m taking a vacation following my completion of a summer project I’d only have done because of my experience with Core. (If it […]
September 1, 2017 at 10:51 am
Three (!!!) more postcards have arrived in the mail, this time from our friends studying abroad in the Summer Study in Greece program. All of them are addressed to our own Prof. Stephanie Nelson, whose contributions to the program have greatly impacted the trio of the students. Dear Prof. Nelson, Thank you so much for […]
August 30, 2017 at 9:56 am
We were thrilled to receive a postcard from Core alumna Suzyn-Elayne Soler this month! It comes to us all the way from Meadville, Pennsylvania. She writes: Dear Core, Greeetings from Meadville, PA! I recently began work in admissions and have been tapped to help with the new honors program. I hope to draw from Core […]
August 1, 2017 at 10:18 am
Exciting news: We have received word back from two of our students studying abroad in Athens! This postcard comes to us from recent Core alums Kassandra Round and Anto Rondon, whose stay in Greece has been particularly fruitful. See for yourself: 07/18/2017 Dear Core Curriculum, We wanted to send this postcard because we have been […]
