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  DOROTHY DVORSKY-ROHNER
Associate Professor
Classics Department
NH Room 123   828-251-6295
drohner@unca.edu

Iowa born and bred 
A bit of background for those of you who may wonder about Iowans
 

                                                                                                 Food for thought
    Cut an apple into quarters. Three of the quarters represent the amount of the earth that is covered by oceans and other bodies of water. The quarter that is left represents land above water.
    Slice the remaining quarter in half. One-eighth of the apple is the portion of the earth inhabited by humans, but
not necessarily where they grow their food.  It includes cities, as well.
    Now slice that 1/8 piece of the apple into four sections and set aside all but one of them. The three sections that have been set aside represent the places where soil cannot be farmed because it is too rocky, too steep, too cold or too
wet to produce food. Those three sections also represent the land covered by cities, houses, developments, highways, shopping centers, schools, parks, industry, parking lots, golf courses, and other land uses other than agriculture.
   Because food can only be grown on top of the soil - food is only grown on the top 5 feet of the earth - peel the 1/32 section of an apple that is left. The peel represents the surface of the earth that is available to farm and feed the world. It represents the section of the earth's crust that all humans depend upon for their food and fibers for clothing and other goods.  Let us respect our home.

                                                                                              Food for the soul
                                                   From the sayings of Mahatma Gandi: The seven destroying evils
1. Politics without Principle
2. Business without Morality
3. Wealth without Work
4. Pleasure without Conscience
5. Knowledge without Character
6. Science without Humanity
7. Worship without Sacrifice

Spring  Semester - 2009
Jan 14th to May 4th
Holidays
Jan 19th Martin Luther King Day
Spring Break March 9 - 13
Reading Day: May 5th
Finals Week: May 6 to May 12th.

PLEASE NOTIFY ME IF YOU ARE A GRADUATING SENIOR on first day of class.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL STUDENTS:
    1. Be on time, have your assignments completed, be willing and able to engage in classroom activities.
    2. Please do turn off your cell phones.
    3. See Study Guide for policy regarding unexcused absences. Study guide for your class found on Moodle.
    4. Make certain that your regular e-mail is linked to the bulldog e-mail.
    5. My schedule of classes and office hours are listed on the following link.  
               SCHEDULE & OFFICE HOURS         

H    ΑΘΗΝΗ
INTERMEDIATE GREEK I
CLAS 211 - 001
CLASS -  MWF  1:45pm 2:35pm NEW HALL - Room 132 

Temple of Poseidon at Sunion Cape in Attica
GREEK ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Greek Art: ARTH 311-001  * ST:Greek Art - CLAS 373001
9:00am - 10:15am MW Owen Hall 237
Archaic Art link

Roman Patrician 75 B.C. Reflects the ideal of the Roman spirit;
Gravitas, Dignitas, Auctoritas
ROMAN REPUBLIC - CLAS344-001 *  ST: THE ROMAN REPUBLIC - HIST373-003
1:45pm - 3:00pm TR  NEW HALL 111

THE ANCIENT WORLD - 10461- HUM 124 - 001
MONDAY> LECTURE: HUMANITIES LECTURE HALL 139 11:25 am - 12:35 pm
CLASS DISCUSSION> WED/FRI  NEW HALL  016

ITALY: 2006  STUDY ABROAD COURSE; MUSEUM STUDIES
Link to images of trip
Students interested in Study Abroad Courses to Italy:
Please contact Dr. Laurel Taylor, ltaylor@unca.edu, Dr. Dorothy Dvorsky-Rohner, drohner@unca.edu
For Greek study abroad trip, contact Dr. Sophie Mills, smills@unca.edu

SEE OUR SUMMER TRIP TO GREECE AND ITALY HERE!!!
Link to photos

GREEK HISTORY
CLAS 343-001, HIST 340-001
CL8E:WI GREEK HISTORY 10418,
CL8E: WI CLASSICAL GREECE 10981

zeus and thunderbolt
MYTHOLOGY
CLAS 250-001 

BAULE MASK
 
AFRICAN ART
ARTH 385 001, AFST 373-002

SPRING 2007 LINKS DISABLED.

Etruscan Funerary Urn
 Ceramicov~,  Ceramico di terra cotta, Ceramics:
The History of Development, Cultural context and an Experiential Learning Process.
Fall 2006 Links below are disabled.
ROMAN EMPIRE 

Guess who.

Ancient Gardens
      
       Created garden with figurines reminiscent of ancient garden spirits.       Garden scene, painted, interior Livia's garden. (Wife of Augustus)          
Ancient Garden project:
The students of the Ancient Garden class took inspiration from the ancient gardens which we studied and carried the goal of the class much farther than had been anticipated. The original goal of the coarse was to study plants and their uses within ancient cultures and to develop and plant an ancient garden related to our studies.
This was only the beginning. The ancient garden class formed three groups to develop projects which conformed to our study and for which they took full responsibility in planning and work. The following pictures record the efforts on the last day, working in a snowstorm. The arbor and the sundial.

Arbor people taking turns holding wood, ladder, drills and trying to keep warm. Also, giving advise.
"I'm so tired and cold holding this piece of wood. Where is everybody?"

 

OK, so Aaron, Jared, and ? are working on the other side of the arbor's arch. Jessie and Kirby take time out from putting final painting touches on sundial, warming their hands.

Ben is left all alone, working on the sundial. Yes, those are snow flakes in his hair. Sundial group comes to help.
                          


Ancient Garden class and their projects. JOB WELL DONE!!!
List of participating students: not identified in photo.
Benjamin Alexander, Jared Andrews, Schuyler Bertolette, Jessica Brown, Douglas Ewald, Sabrina Johnson, Sarah Joy, Skyla Lamberto-Egan, Shannon Mac Minn, Lucia Moore, Kirby Morgan, Daria Shcheglikova, Kerry Untz, Aaron Valentine. Mentor Matt Stokes in back. (Sarah and Sabrina working inside on the signage for the gardens.)
The class constructed a grape arbor and planted grapes after studying the myths and literature surrounding the god Dionysus, god of wine and grape jelly. Well, not exactly. The class planted only plants that related to topics which were studied in the class as they related to ancient references in myth, literature, human use and art.
The Classics department gives special thanks to the efforts of the students who worked so hard to beautify the area on the west side of New Hall.
The area will begin blooming again in Spring and is truly a gift of love and work to all the students at UNCA.
Come by and enjoy when the bluebirds arrive.
The class gives special thanks to Melissa Acker, and Roger and Steve who with unfailing patience and guidance helped us as we struggled with shovels, drills and post hole diggers. Thank you so much.

SPRING 2006 COURSES DISABLED
AFRICAN ART

TCHOKWE CHIEF
 

• ROMAN EMPIRE
  
  
  ¤t links TO HANDOUTS, FORMATS, ETC.