I’m an alum of Calder Classics Florence, Rome, and Tuscany programs. I’m a sophomore Classics and Religion major at UChicago studying Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit. The Calder travel programs motivated me to keep studying ancient literature by letting me connect texts with tangible places and art. (I also met my best friend in college through the Tuscany program!).

I am an alum of Calder Classics in Florence, and I returned later as a chaperone. I attribute my decision to pursue a degree in Classical Civilization to the experience I had with Calder in Florence where I learned how the study of Classics isn’t just words in a textbook but can be immersive with references throughout society. The friends you make in Calder Classics programs not only share your interests but make the trip a life-long memory that you’ll talk about forever.

I’m an alum of Calder Classics and now a senior at Harvard College studying Developmental and Regenerative Biology and Classics and pursuing medicine after graduation. My journey towards medicine was and continues to be indelibly shaped by my study of Classics, which began with my Calder Classics program almost six years ago.