We congratulate Elisabetta Drudi, an alumna of the Classics MA program, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation in Literature, entitled "The Golden Age and Roman Imperial Autocracy: The Power of Myth-Making in Creating Political Consensus," on April 3, 2018. Professor Keith Bradley, Emeritus, directed the dissertation, and Associate Professors Catherine Schlegel and Elizabeth Mazurek served as readers. Gaudeamus igitur!