Rebecca Harrison received an Eta Sigma Phi Lifetime Achievement Award

Rebecca Harrison, Truman Professor Emerita of Classics, received an Eta Sigma Phi Lifetime Achievement Award on April 19, 2021. Here are some highlights from her Ovatio:

“Dr. Harrison is a teacher scholar, and as such she is largely concerned with post-Classical Latin and language learning and teaching. Those are her twin passions even today. Dr. Harrison was an early adopter of the website as a way to publish research and student resources. She was ahead of her time. This was forward thinking. You can still visit her site today: it’s called “Rebecca Harrison’s Cogitatorium, a site for thinking and learning about Latin.”

“Dr. Harrison was also an early practitioner of service learning, and developed a program through which she sent her students to elementary school classrooms in Kirksville. As her students can attest. Dr. Harrison also believed in using oral Latin in the classroom.

“Becky recently retired from Truman, after more than 25 years. Even as a retiree, she continues to add to her website, as she propagates the educational materials she developed over her long career.”