Meet Our Students and Alumni

Classics students in Sperlonga.

Classics students and faculty visit Sperlonga, Italy

Meet Jackson, the Department of Classics undergraduate Ambassador for the College of Arts and Sciences. College Ambassadors are student volunteers who have been nominated by faculty and staff after demonstrating a commitment to academic excellence and community engagement. 

Jackson Slahta

What's your best advice for new students?

"The best piece of advice I can give to a new student is, even though it can be difficult especially when you’re a freshman, to try to speak to people in your classes, and to your professors. This will help you forge some good relationships in your major early on in your college career, and it’s also just a great way to meet people with similar interests to you. I also encourage new students to take a few classes outside of your major and explore your peripheral interests, you never know what new passions you may discover."

 


 

Alumni Testimonials

A heartfelt thank you to these amazing alums for sharing their stories with us!

  • Gabriel Malone.
    Gabriel Malone, BA '06

    After graduating from Buffalo in 2006 with a BA in Classics, I worked manual labor on a farm in upstate Vermont, reading Virgil’s Eclogues in the afternoon, after work. At the end of summer, I took a position as Latin teacher at a public high school in Washington, D.C. Although becoming a teacher was never my intention, I enjoyed the challenges of the profession, sharing my love of Latin, and, most importantly, the students. After three years I’ve decided to earn my Master’s in Latin pedagogy in the hopes of becoming the best teacher I can be. I am forever grateful to the University of Buffalo’s Classics department for its amazing professors, for the close-knit community it provided, and for the opportunities my degree has given me.