MONMOUTH, Ill. — Tom Sienkewicz, Capron Professor of Classics at Monmouth College, has recently been appointed executive secretary of Eta Sigma Phi, the National Classical Honorary Society for students of Latin and/or Greek.

The purposes of Eta Sigma Phi, in the words of its constitution, are “to develop and promote interest in classical study among the students of colleges and universities; to promote closer fraternal relationship among students who are interested in classical study, including inter-campus relationship; (and) to engage generally in an effort to stimulate interest in classical study and in the history, art, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome.”

Members are elected by local chapters which have been chartered by Eta Sigma Phi. The society inducts 1,000 new members annually and sponsors an annual convention hosted by one of its chapters. Sienkewicz’s responsibilities include maintaining membership records and planning of the national convention.

Sienkewicz, who joined the MC faculty in 1984, also serves as the faculty adviser for the college’s Gamma Omicron Chapter of Eta Sigma Phi, which was established in 1956.