Featured Profiles

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    Fire in the belly

    August 27, 2018

    Alumna Caroline Carpenter was the first woman to graduate at the top of the Los Angeles Fire Department Academy—a testament to determination and grit

  • Michelle Plouse

    Michelle Plouse

    August 11, 2014

    Michelle Plouse is a current Classical Studies student at UC Santa Cruz.

  • Patrick Stange

    Patrick Stange

    July 28, 2014

    Patrick Stange is a Classical Studies alumnus who is beginning a Ph.D. program in the Religion Department at the University of Toronto in Fall 2014.

  • Alex Clayden

    Alex Clayden

    July 16, 2014

    Alex Clayden is a Classical Studies alumnus who is now pursing an Master's of Arts in Ancient Studies at University College London.

  • Randall Nichols

    Randall Nichols

    August 9, 2011

    Randall Nichols, award-winning high school classics teacher and UC Santa Cruz Classical Studies alumnus, says UCSC changed his life.

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    Victor Davis Hanson

    June 22, 2011

    U.C. Santa Cruz alumnus Victor Davis Hanson graduated in 1975 with Highest Honors in Classics. Now, he is a widely respected Historian, professor, author and columnist.