Associate Professor Selected For Seminar posted 4/1/08
Robin Bott travels to Washington, D.C. this summer

ADRIAN, Mich. – Adrian College Associate Professor Robin Bott has been selected to participate in the Homer and Hesiod seminar July 14-18, 2008 in Washington, D.C.

Bott is one of only 23 faculty members selected for participation from an unprecedented number of high-quality nominations. The seminar, co-sponsored by the Center for Hellenic Studies and CIC, will discuss Ancient Greece in the modern college classroom for faculty members in all fields.

Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, and Kenneth Scott Morrell, associate professor and chair of Greek and Roman Studies at Rhodes College, will lead the seminar on “Homer and Hesiod.” The seminar will offer faculty members an opportunity to extend their knowledge of ancient sources and develop strategies for incorporating them into their courses.

Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs Dale Nesbary says he and the administration are pleased with Bott’s accomplishments.

“This was an extremely competitive process and one of which she should be justifiably proud,” says Nesbary.

Bott, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, is an associate professor of English at Adrian College and specializes in Shakespeare, Medieval and Early Modern Literature, and Hawaiian and Pacific Literature. Bott is also the director of study abroad and travels with students each May on the EF Tours. This year they will spend 13 days touring the kingdom of Egypt.

Adrian College, a liberal arts College in the United Methodist tradition, is committed to the pursuit of truth and to the dignity of all people. Through active and creative learning in a supportive community, students are challenged to achieve excellence in their academic, personal, and professional lives, and to contribute to a more socially just society.
The College faculty is dedicated to teaching excellence, and 88 percent hold the highest degree in their field.