![Classics professor Shelley Haley, left, accepts the CAAS gavel from outgoing president Sarolta Takacs of the Sage Colleges.](https://www.hamilton.edu/assets/mmlibrary/images/185x/ShelleyGavel.jpg)
Professor of Classics Shelley Haley delivered a paper titled "STEM Education VS Classical Education: Lessons from African American History" at the annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS) in Baltimore on Oct. 13.
She also presided over a session on Roman culture and served as first vice president of the organization. Haley was elected president of CAAS for 2011-2012.