![]() ![]() In fact, the geographical area happens to encompass most of Western and Eastern Europe and a lot of Northern Europe and also parts of that ill-defined continent, Asia, and the Indian subcontinent and North Africa. Because Greeks founded cities all around the Mediterranean and Romans built an empire that extended from Britain to Iraq, the time period and geographic area that Classics covers is vast. Marc and Tyler were not really business people when they founded SLA, rather they were idealistic graduate students and teachers who had been at the University of Washington together, working towards postgraduate degrees in Classics.Ĭlassics? For those who are not sure, Classics is the field of study of the ancient world, specifically the Greek and Roman cultures and languages. SLA was an institution that sprang from the passion for language, history, culture, and literature of its founders, Marc Mariani and Tyler Lansford. One way to see Glyph is as the profitable offspring of a not-for-profit public service organization, Seattle Language Academy, or SLA. Moreover, to know Glyph’s prehistory goes a long way to grasp certain qualities of Glyph’s present culture, particularly our dedication to service, our passion for language and culture, and our sense that “mean what you say” is our higher purpose. ![]() Indeed, the required papers and bureaucratic checklists were finalized in Seattle twenty years ago however, Glyph’s roots reach a good deal deeper into the past than that. That is, on February 12, 2022, Glyph will have been in business for twenty years … a long time in LSPyears! And an inspiring milestone for all of us who work here. According to the Washington State Certificate of Incorporation, which I must say looks rather important yet unassuming in its dusty black frame, Glyph Language Services, Inc., came into being on February 12, 2002.
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