Departmental Membership in the American Philological Association
The American Philological Association (APA) thanks the college and university departments offering programs in classical studies who became departmental members in the inaugural year of this program. The APA instituted this new category of membership as a way of giving recognition to those departments that are willing to support the entire field while they do the essential work of passing on an understanding of classical antiquity to each new generation of students. Departmental members are listed on the Association's web site, in an issue of the Association's Newsletter, and on a page in the Annual Meeting Program. The APA issued outstanding achievement awards to students designated by the department. Departmental members also obtained certain APA publications and other benefits at no charge, and they supported two important international classics projects in which the APA participates: the American Office of l'Année philologique and its fellowship to the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. Departmental dues revenue that exceeded the value of benefits received was used to support these two projects and made the APA eligible to receive matching funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) which is currently the major supporter of these two projects. In 2007 this program generated almost $5,000 for each of these projects.
A form for enrolling a department as a member is available on the APA web site: http://www.apaclassics.org/Administration/Dept_Member_Form.pdf. Departments may select a membership category that corresponds to the highest academic degree that each one offers. However, departments selecting the higher Supporting or Sustaining categories will enable the Association to claim additional matching funds from the NEH so that the Association can focus its fund-raising efforts on the capital campaign and on unrestricted annual giving.. The web site and Program listings of member departments will give appropriate recognition to those selectingthe higher levels.
Departmental Members for 2007
Sustaining Members
Cornell University
University of Vermont
Supporting Members
Amherst College
Princeton University
UCLA
University of Notre Dame
Vassar College
Wesleyan University
Ph.D.-granting Departments
Brown University
Catholic University of America
Columbia University
Florida State University
Indiana University
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Texas at Austin
University of Toronto
University of Virginia
University of Washington
M.A.-granting Departments
Dalhousie University
University of Georgia
University of New Brunswick
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
University of Victoria
B.A.-granting Departments
Ave Maria University
Ball State University
Baylor University
Bowdoin College
Carleton College
Carthage College
Colgate University
College of William and Mary
Georgia State University
Hillsdale College
Kenyon College
Ohio University
Roger Williams University
San Diego State University
St. Joseph's College of Maine
Trinity University
Union College
University of Arkansas
University of Maryland
University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of Oklahoma
Wake Forest University