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2011 Fall Scholarship deadlines extended
Our two fall scholarships have had their deadlines extended to December 3rd. These are the TCA Gareth Morgan Scholarship and the Reuben Shannon Lovinggood Scholarship for Teaching Materials. You can find out more and download the applications on the scholarships page. Please apply!
2011 TCA Annual Conference and call for papers
The Texas Classical Association is pleased to welcome its members to the campus of the Baylor University for the annual fall conference November 11-12, 2011. The sessions will be held on the Baylor campus beginning Friday afternoon in Morrison Hall with a lecture by our keynote speaker, Professor John Camp, Niarchos Professor of Classics at Randolph-Macon College and Director of the Agora Excavations at Athens. He will be giving a talk on the recent results at the Agora excavations on Friday afternoon, and his presentation on Saturday will be on Athens in the Roman period.
On Friday, you may also want to consider making time for a visit to the Armstrong Browning Library on the Baylor campus at 710 Speight Ave. The library houses the largest collection of Browning-related materials as well as major book and manuscript holdings on Arnold, Dickens, Ruskin, Emerson, Milsand, MacDonald and others. The library with its impressive architectural features and stained glass is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and admission is free. More information about the library can be found at http://www.browninglibrary.org.
We look forward to seeing everyone in Waco!
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton Waco with rates of $119/night plus tax for king and queen rooms. Please contact the hotel to make your reservations by October 20th; use the TCA name to secure the conference rate. More information about the hotel rooms may be found online at http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/ACTWHHF-Hilton-Waco-Texas/index.do.
Hilton Waco
113 South University Parks Drive
Waco, TX 76701-2241
Telephone: 254-754-8484
Fax: 254-752-2214
Less expensive accommodations may be found at the following hotels, as well as others in the Waco area. We have not arranged for a special rate at these hotels, but they are merely suggestions if you do not wish to stay at the Hilton.
LaQuinta Waco, 1110 South 9th Street
Clarion Inn near Baylor University, 801 South 4th Street
Radisson Hotel Waco, 810 North I-35