My name is Julian Sharp and I am a senior at Antioch College. Over the past three years my experience at Antioch has been rich. I have taken challenging courses, involved myself in shared governance, for those of you on the board who know what ComCil is, I at one time served as the chair, made life long friends and have traveled the world through co-op and Antioch Education Abroad. Continue reading To the Antioch University Board of Trustees
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“We need this one.â€
“We are not just fighting for Antioch, we are fighting for the institution of tenure, for unions for liberal arts school, for other kids who might not go to Antioch, who might go to just another liberal arts college that did not close,†events manager Rory Adams Cheatham said in an impromptu speech during the afternoon session of the special stakeholder meeting with the Antioch Board of Trustees on Saturday. Continue reading “We need this one.â€
Alma Matters
By Kim-Jenna Jurriaans
For Joan Meadows, former library assistant, the last five months have been turbulent. In February she was one of four library workers burdened with the task of keeping a highly understaffed Olive Kettering Library running after the unexpected death of Joe Cali. Now she is filing for unemployment as one of 20 staff members who were the first to lose their jobs after the announced closing of Antioch College by its Board of Trustees in June. The board claims continuing financial deficit on the part of the College as reason for its decision.
Present at the Rise
A deserted Antioch College campus came alive with the arrival of over 600 alumni, spanning seven decades. The unruly group came by plane, car, boat and foot to make the historic Alumni Reunion 2007, largely in response to the announcement of the closure of the College. Dorms and Springs Motel brimming, some alumni pitched their tents on the empty Presidents’ lot and the golf course in true Antioch fashion.