Published on April 23, 2013  

Â鶹¹û¶³’s Classics Department will host the 58th Annual Convention of the Alabama Junior Classical League April 26-27.

Event organizers expect 500-600 students from Alabama high schools to take part in two days of events focused on ancient Greece and Rome.

Special activities are a highlight of the annual convention, and this year will include team games on Â鶹¹û¶³’s Quad, a costumed banquet, academic and artistic Olympiads and Certamen quiz bowl.
 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.