Emilia Wright ’26 has been accepted with full funding into two prestigious and competitive summer programs in classics at Harvard University.

“Emilia is a student who, from her first moments at Colorado College, has shown a remarkable degree of academic dedication, curiosity and ambition. To identify and successfully pursue these opportunities so early in her undergraduate career is extraordinary, and we all look forward to how her work at Harvard will enrich our own classics community when she returns in fall,” says Richard Fernando Buxton, associate professor and chair of the Classics Department.

Wright, a classics major, was awarded a grant from the Harvard Classics Scholars-in-Training Summer Program to study ancient Greek and live on the Harvard University campus.

“This program is intended to diversify the study of classics, supporting disadvantaged students who plan to make contributions to historically underrepresented topics within classics,” says Wright.

Wright will also work on an independent research program one-on-one with a Harvard faculty member for 10 weeks, due to receiving full funding from the Summer Research Opportunities at Harvard Internship.

The research program is a collaborative effort between the Leadership Alliance and the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences that aims to provide undergraduate students with training and mentoring, as well as to prepare them to pursue competitive applications to post-graduate programs. Wright will present her research at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium in Connecticut.

“I first applied to the Leadership Alliance program in December, after looking for opportunities to study classics throughout the summer. I was then directed to the Scholars-in-Training program by the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. When I was accepted to both, they offered to combine the programs, which had never been done before. In this respect, I’m incredibly grateful to both the Harvard Classics Department and Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for being willing to personalize my experience to this extent. Their communication and encouragement throughout the process, as well as their additional work to combine these programs, has been invaluable,” says Wright.

Wright’s favorite part about CC is the small class size, which she says allows for a personalized experience with professors and classmates.

“My professors have truly gone above and beyond in every class I’ve taken, supporting students’ passions wherever they lead. This format lets you form lasting connections not only with professors, but with fellow classmates. The comradery the Block Plan creates is visceral on campus, especially during fourth week! CC is such a unique place to learn, and there are endless people who are here to help you,” says Wright.

Wright is a QuestBridge and Bridge Scholar student and participated in the pre-New Student Orientation Bridge Scholars Program last summer.