"Gold Medal" Review for Monmouth College's First Ancient Olympics Workshop for US Teachers

River Cities' Reader

Monmouth classics professor Bob Simmons and Louisiana classics teacher Nathalie Roy conceived the institute a few years ago and received a $175,000 grant from the National Endowment from the Humanities to fund it. The grant covered such items as stipends for travel, housing and food. 

"It was completely invigorating — nearly the ideal teaching circumstance," said Simmons. "The students were engaged, excited, and contributed to the process of learning. It was a mountain of work to organize, but I would absolutely do this again. It was so rewarding, stimulating, and satisfying. Meeting these people and working with them has been a total treat." 

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