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Eugenia Lao LATN101 Expecting a B+ JDPORT89_1 04/29/2026	As a student at The University of Maryland I had Dr. Eugenia Lao as a Professor in three semester courses: Elementary Latin I01 and 102, and a course on the Roman poet Ovid in which we studied his works. I found all three courses to be well-organized and intellectually stimulating. Dr. Lau proved to be an outstanding Professor who genuinely cared about her students. The Elementary Latin courses were both informative and challenging. I learned a great deal in both of these courses. The syllabus was excellent. Dr. Lao’s instructional methods included recorded lectures that I found fascinating and well-organized. The lectures presented Latin grammar and syntax in a very interesting way, often sprinkled with humor and fine visuals. Additionally, Dr. Lao hosted a lively zoom session each week in which students worked on oral translations focusing on improving their understanding of Latin grammar and vocabulary. During these sessions I found Dr. Lao to be helpful, patient, and extremely professional. The Ovid course involved students translating original Latin text and understanding the nuances of this Roman poet. Dr. Lao demonstrated a significant knowledge and enthusiasm for the material we covered in class. In short, this class was both educational and fun. Finally with respect to assessments and homework I found Dr. Lao to be fair and always capable of providing positive feedback to me. I highly recommend any of Dr. Lao’s courses to serious students of Latin and the Classics. Jonathan Porter 4/28/26
Eugenia Lao LATN101 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/29/2026	When I took Latin 101 in Fall of 2024, Dr. Lao was extremely helpful, dedicated, and empathetic towards her students. I had never taken Latin prior to that point, and she was absolutely a fantastic professor to introduce me to Latin. She was very willing to adapt to what students needed to learn best, and made it a point to reach out for student feedback frequently. Fittingly, she runs a very democratic classroom, in my experience! I myself am an education major, and I find myself very inspired by my experience with Dr. Lao's class. As both a student and and educator, I could imagine few better teachers. Thank you so much!
Eugenia Lao LATN101 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 04/28/2026	As a student at The University of Maryland I had Dr. Eugenia Lao as a Professor in three semester courses: Elementary Latin I and II, and a course on the Roman poet Ovid in which we studied his works. I found all three courses to be well-organized and intellectually stimulating. Dr. Lau proved to be an outstanding Professor who genuinely cared about her students. The Elementary Latin courses were both informative and challenging. I learned a great deal in both of these courses. The syllabus was excellent. Dr. Lao’s instructional methods included recorded lectures that I found fascinating and well-organized. The lectures presented Latin grammar and syntax in a very interesting way, often sprinkled with humor and fine visuals. Additionally, Dr. Lao hosted a lively zoom session each week in which students worked on oral translations focusing on improving their understanding of Latin grammar and vocabulary. During these sessions I found Dr. Lao to be helpful, patient, and extremely professional. The Ovid course involved students translating original Latin text and understanding the nuances of this Roman poet. Dr. Lao demonstrated a significant knowledge and enthusiasm for the material we covered in class. In short, this class was both educational and fun. Finally with respect to assessments and homework I found Dr. Lao to be fair and always capable of providing positive feedback to me. I highly recommend any of Dr. Lao’s courses to serious students of Latin and the Classics. 4/28/26
Yanneck Wiegers LATN101 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/07/2025	Highly recommend if you're taking this course. Patient and cares about your learning. Class was pretty challenging for me, but if you practice regularly you should be good.
Yanneck Wiegers LATN101 Anonymous 12/06/2025	Really great professor, cares a lot about your learning. There's a weekly quiz, so do make sure you're practicing regularly.
Eugenia Lao LATN101 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/23/2025	I took Latin 101 back in the fall and really liked the course. Prof. Lao was very helpful and in depth with the material and I feel as though I learned a lot. I earned an A.
Eugenia Lao LATN101 Anonymous 04/12/2023	I withdrew from her course back in the fall of 2022. She called me lazy and stupid in an email when all I did was double check my answers in the back of the book. She suggested that I withdraw from the class because I am too dumb to "catch up from cheating". She threatened to give me an XF on my transcript if I did not drop the class even though all my advisors agreed I did not cheat. She is a terrible professor and I highly recommend never taking her.
Eugenia Lao LATN101 Anonymous 10/25/2022	I dropped her class after she scheduled a zoom with me after our first assignment was due in a 101 level language class, basically called me mentally challenged, and suggested I take another language. It was a speaking assignment for a dead language that I've never spoken before and she assumed I was mentally challenged instead of learning a new language. do not take her class.

Eugenia Lao
LATN101

Expecting a B+
JDPORT89_1
04/29/2026

As a student at The University of Maryland I had Dr. Eugenia Lao as a Professor in three semester courses: Elementary Latin I01 and 102, and a course on the Roman poet Ovid in which we studied his works. I found all three courses to be well-organized and intellectually stimulating. Dr. Lau proved to be an outstanding Professor who genuinely cared about her students. The Elementary Latin courses were both informative and challenging. I learned a great deal in both of these courses. The syllabus was excellent. Dr. Lao’s instructional methods included recorded lectures that I found fascinating and well-organized. The lectures presented Latin grammar and syntax in a very interesting way, often sprinkled with humor and fine visuals. Additionally, Dr. Lao hosted a lively zoom session each week in which students worked on oral translations focusing on improving their understanding of Latin grammar and vocabulary. During these sessions I found Dr. Lao to be helpful, patient, and extremely professional. The Ovid course involved students translating original Latin text and understanding the nuances of this Roman poet. Dr. Lao demonstrated a significant knowledge and enthusiasm for the material we covered in class. In short, this class was both educational and fun. Finally with respect to assessments and homework I found Dr. Lao to be fair and always capable of providing positive feedback to me. I highly recommend any of Dr. Lao’s courses to serious students of Latin and the Classics. Jonathan Porter 4/28/26

Eugenia Lao
LATN101

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/29/2026

When I took Latin 101 in Fall of 2024, Dr. Lao was extremely helpful, dedicated, and empathetic towards her students. I had never taken Latin prior to that point, and she was absolutely a fantastic professor to introduce me to Latin. She was very willing to adapt to what students needed to learn best, and made it a point to reach out for student feedback frequently. Fittingly, she runs a very democratic classroom, in my experience! I myself am an education major, and I find myself very inspired by my experience with Dr. Lao's class. As both a student and and educator, I could imagine few better teachers. Thank you so much!

Eugenia Lao
LATN101

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
04/28/2026

As a student at The University of Maryland I had Dr. Eugenia Lao as a Professor in three semester courses: Elementary Latin I and II, and a course on the Roman poet Ovid in which we studied his works. I found all three courses to be well-organized and intellectually stimulating. Dr. Lau proved to be an outstanding Professor who genuinely cared about her students. The Elementary Latin courses were both informative and challenging. I learned a great deal in both of these courses. The syllabus was excellent. Dr. Lao’s instructional methods included recorded lectures that I found fascinating and well-organized. The lectures presented Latin grammar and syntax in a very interesting way, often sprinkled with humor and fine visuals. Additionally, Dr. Lao hosted a lively zoom session each week in which students worked on oral translations focusing on improving their understanding of Latin grammar and vocabulary. During these sessions I found Dr. Lao to be helpful, patient, and extremely professional. The Ovid course involved students translating original Latin text and understanding the nuances of this Roman poet. Dr. Lao demonstrated a significant knowledge and enthusiasm for the material we covered in class. In short, this class was both educational and fun. Finally with respect to assessments and homework I found Dr. Lao to be fair and always capable of providing positive feedback to me. I highly recommend any of Dr. Lao’s courses to serious students of Latin and the Classics. 4/28/26

Yanneck Wiegers
LATN101

Expecting a B
Anonymous
12/07/2025

Highly recommend if you're taking this course. Patient and cares about your learning. Class was pretty challenging for me, but if you practice regularly you should be good.

Yanneck Wiegers
LATN101

Anonymous
12/06/2025

Really great professor, cares a lot about your learning. There's a weekly quiz, so do make sure you're practicing regularly.

Eugenia Lao
LATN101

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/23/2025

I took Latin 101 back in the fall and really liked the course. Prof. Lao was very helpful and in depth with the material and I feel as though I learned a lot. I earned an A.

Eugenia Lao
LATN101

Anonymous
04/12/2023

I withdrew from her course back in the fall of 2022. She called me lazy and stupid in an email when all I did was double check my answers in the back of the book. She suggested that I withdraw from the class because I am too dumb to "catch up from cheating". She threatened to give me an XF on my transcript if I did not drop the class even though all my advisors agreed I did not cheat. She is a terrible professor and I highly recommend never taking her.

Eugenia Lao
LATN101

Anonymous
10/25/2022

I dropped her class after she scheduled a zoom with me after our first assignment was due in a 101 level language class, basically called me mentally challenged, and suggested I take another language. It was a speaking assignment for a dead language that I've never spoken before and she assumed I was mentally challenged instead of learning a new language. do not take her class.

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