See what our College community has been up to in the past month in our Campus Recap.
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ANTIOCH FARM: HARVEST HIGHLIGHTS
Sorghum, fall squash, and more from the farm have been used to beautify campus for the season.
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COMMUNITY DAY
Antioch College recently came together for, a long-standing campus tradition centered on service, connection, and celebration. Students, staff, and faculty collaborated to prepare brunch and dinner for the entire community and took part in a mix of service projects and fun activities across campus. Highlights included winter prep and invasive removal in the Apothecary Garden, technology cleanup and organization with Media Services, Narcan training, a Sip ’n Paint session, a lively game of hide and seek, and a wrap-up bonfire to close out the day.
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PARTNERSHIP WITH C ASSOCIATES AND THE OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS
From C Associates: Over the past 9 months, C Associates has worked tirelessly to expand Antioch College’s outreach and recruit the next generation of students. We’ve met with dozens of Job Corps Centers and their leadership across numerous states nationwide—both virtually and in person—spanning the East Coast, South, Midwest, West Coast, Southwest, and even Alaska.
Our efforts included hosting a national webinar with the entire National Job Corps Association network, with 40+ operators and staff in attendance. We have presented to hundreds of Job Corps students, both virtually and on-site, to share Antioch’s unique co-op model and opportunities as a four-year liberal arts college.
Beyond Job Corps, we’ve built partnerships with high schools, community colleges, nonprofits, and national organizations that support students in accessing higher education to share Antioch’s message as an affordable, mission-driven pathway for Pell-eligible students to earn their bachelor’s degree. We’ve also developed marketing materials, created direct contact channels for students, and participated in job fairs across the country.
For us, this work is deeply personal—John Capozzi’s father attended Antioch during World War II, and the Capozzi Family Scholarship was created in his honor to support future generations of Antiochians. Through C Associates, we’re proud to continue that legacy and help Antioch thrive. John reflects: “Partnering with Antioch College has been an incredibly meaningful experience,” said John Capozzi of C Associates. “We believe deeply in Antioch’s mission and its unique role in higher education, and we’re honored to help bring that opportunity to students across the country—especially those who might not have otherwise known this path was possible.”
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SHOWCASING ANTIOCH THROUGH CREATIVE MEDIA
Current student Jhun has spent this term on co-op with the Admissions Office, putting their media production skills to work to help tell Antioch’s story. Check out some of the creative TikTok content Jhun has developed for the College. This engaging media helps us reach and connect with prospective students by showcasing authentic campus life and the creativity of our community.
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ROD SERLING MARKER UNVEILED AT ANTIOCH COLLEGE
On October 2, Antioch College proudly hosted the unveiling of a new Ohio Historical Marker honoring Rod Serling, Class of 1950—renowned screenwriter, producer, and creator of The Twilight Zone. The ceremony took place on the 66th anniversary of the show’s original premiere on CBS. Following the unveiling, “A Tribute to Rod Serling” was screened in the Foundry Theater, opening the Yellow Springs Film Festival.
The Serling historical marker is a joint effort of the Ohioana Library Association, Antioch College, Yellow Springs Film Festival, Anne Serling, and Mark Dawidziak from the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation. The Ohio Historical Marker program is administered by the Ohio History Connection. Since 1957, the program has placed more than 1,700 markers that share Ohio’s history.
To learn more, see the Dayton Daily News’ video feature or listen to NPR’s coverage.
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FILMAKERS OF ANTIOCH: THEN AND NOW
This month, as part of our 175th Anniversary Celebration, we highlight one of the many fields shaped by Antiochians: film. From independent storytelling to social justice documentaries and major motion picture productions, Antiochians have long used film as a medium for truth, critique, imagination, and change. We’ve shared profiles from the archives and highlighted students and faculty on campus today.
Help Build Our List of 175 Antiochian Filmmakers!
As part of our 175th anniversary celebration, we are building a list of 175 Antiochian filmmakers—past and present—and we invite your participation. Check out the “Then & Now” content from previous months.
Please reply to this email with the names of any Antiochians working in film, including directors, editors, writers, producers, documentarians, cinematographers, or multimedia storytellers. Faculty and staff are welcome as well. Don’t forget, interacting with this email earns you Victory Points. Can you earn 175 points before the year’s end for a chance to win some exciting prizes? Any action from 2025 can be submitted.
SUPPORT THE CORETTA SCOTT KING CENTER
The Coretta Scott King Center at Antioch College continues Mrs. King’s vision of the Beloved Community by advancing racial and social justice through education, dialogue, and action. Sponsors help sustain transformative programs like the Global Racial & Social Justice Summit, Freedom Forums, student resource spaces, and community care projects. As we prepare to celebrate the Center’s 20th anniversary in 2026 and Mrs. King’s 100th birthday in 2027, we invite you to partner with us in this vital work.
Learn more: antiochcollege.edu/cskc. Email Jera Oliver (joliver@antiochcollege.edu) if you are interested.
THANK YOU TO OUR CAMPUS VOICES
Ahead of Hanif Abdurraqib’s appearance at the Foundry Theater, guests enjoyed a special reception highlighting the literary arts at Antioch College. We extend our gratitude to Allie McCarty, Visiting Instructor of Spanish Language and Culture in the Cooperative Education Division, and Lark Orbe, current student, who shared reflections on their experiences and contributions to Antioch’s vibrant literary community. With the Foundry Theater welcoming one of today’s most acclaimed writers, it was inspiring to also celebrate the creativity and excellence that flourish right here on campus year-round.
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Dear Friends:
At Antioch College, 61% of our students receive Pell Grants, and over 40% are the first in their families to attend college. Too often, financial barriers threaten to interrupt their education.
Your gift to the Fall Campaign helps students stay enrolled, complete their degrees, and become the teachers, scientists, and changemakers our world needs.
When we lift Antioch students, we lift the nation. Please give what you can today to help ensure every student has the chance to thrive.
With Gratitude,
President Jane Fernandes
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ANTIOCH ON THE ROAD
Antioch On the Road is coming to North Carolina next month, bringing Antioch College leadership, alumni, and friends together for connection and conversation.
Antioch On The Road: Cary, NC
Tuesday, 11/11/2025
6:00pm EDT – 7:30pm EDT
Register Here
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ALUMS MAKING AN IMPACT
Antioch alums continue to lead and inspire! Prexy Nesbitt ’62 will be featured at the annual Crossroads Fund James Thindwa Grassroots Organizing Fund event, taking place at the Chicago Teachers Union on November 13 at 5:30 PM. The event highlights a recent publication by scholar-activist Martha Biondi, which explores “forgotten solidarity with African liberation struggles through the life of Black Chicagoan Prexy Nesbitt.”
Barbara Winslow ’68, who helped promote and uplift this important event, joins Nesbitt in exemplifying the Antiochian spirit of activism and engagement. Both Winslow and Nesbitt previously served on the Antioch College Board of Trustees during the College’s reopening.
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VOLUNTEER WORK PROJECT ON CAMPUS THIS WEEK
Thank You, Volunteer Work Project!
Volunteer Work Project’s October work week wraps up today, and the campus looks great! We had 16 participants, with an age range from 85 years old to a volunteer who brought her teenager to pitch in for the week. It has been a memorable week of hard work, great food, and time with friends.
The volunteers took on drywall projects in North and South Halls, groundskeeping, picnic table repairs, sorting keys, replacing a faucet, tree removal, weeding and pruning, organizing the basement of South, a research project, phone calls for Advancement, building a storage rack, and campus sign cleaning. Additionally, a team of 3 volunteer chefs took care of the meal planning, shopping, and preparation of daily meals for the whole group. Volunteers stayed in town with friends and hosts.
We are so thankful for our alumni volunteers. Your contribution of time and energy is very much appreciated!
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Announcing Reunion 2026!
Next year’s Reunion will be July 16-19.
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Alumni Engagement Opportunities
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HOLD FOR SHANNON MATERIAL
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VICTORY POINTS
You only have a few months left to earn and claim your Victory Points in honor of Antioch’s 175th anniversary! So far, 16 students, staff, alumni and friends have earned 175 points or more. Will you join them on our leaderboard before the end of 2025? Learn how you can earn Victory Points, and submit them here.
VOLUNTEER WORK PROJECT
Mark your calendars for the 2026 Volunteer Work Projects:
January 20-23, March 22-27, July 12-16, October TBD
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MAD RIVER THEATER WORKS PRESENTS “WE WERE THERE” @ THE FOUNDRY THEATER
November 1 &2 @ 2:00 pm EDT
Compiled and adapted by Jane Blakelock and Amy Bennett.
WE WERE THERE showcases voices of women who served in Vietnam as recorded in two outstanding late twentieth century anthologies, one of interviews, the other, poetry. The women recount first-hand service during the war, complemented by poems recalling and reflecting on that time.
WE WERE THERE recognizes the worth, valor, and cost of women’s service in Vietnam. The cast invites the public to understand how vital women’s roles were, to consider the Vietnam War experience as told by women who were there. Come help us duly honor them as we commemorate this 50th anniversary year of the end of the Vietnam War!
We Were There is a community production being led by Jane Blakelock, Amy Bennet and Emily Shmidt with the assistance of Mad River Theater Works. The production will be held in The Foundry’s Experimental Theater. Donations will be accepted at the door.
STEVE POLTZ @ THE FOUNDRY THEATER
October 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT
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Some people start life with a plan. Not Steve. He opens himself up to the universe in a way most of us will never be loose enough to achieve, and the universe responds with a wink, a seemingly bottomless well of inspiration, and the talent to truly connect with an audience. While 2021 could have found him adrift, faced with a tour moratorium the likes of which he hadn’t experienced in decades, it opened a door — literally, his friend Oliver Wood of The Wood Brother’s door — to creating an exuberant, thoughtful batch of songs that celebrate life in all of its stages.
The resulting album is called Stardust & Satellites [Red House / Compass Records].
“I just make stuff up,” he exclaims, quipping, “it sounded good to say that.” Steve is the sort of prolific writer and collaborator who downplays what seems like a non-stop geyser of creativity. “I have no rhyme or reason for what I do. It’s all magic. I go by instinct. It just felt right, so I went with it.”
FREEDOM FIRST JAZZ CONCERT @ HERNDON GALLERY
Death Row Prisoner, poet, writer, and activists, Keith LaMar, to perform with collaborator, Catalan pianist and composer, Albert Marquès, in a Freedom First Jazz Concert at Antioch College.
On Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 1:00 PM in the Herndon Gallery at Antioch College (1 Morgan Place, Yellow Springs, Ohio), Keith LaMar and Albert Marquès will present a Freedom First Jazz Concert. LaMar is a Cleveland-born, death row prisoner, poet, writer, and activist who has spent more than 30 years in solitary confinement for a crime he maintains he did not commit. Albert Marquès is a Brooklyn-based, Catalan pianist and composer.
The concert is being sponsored by the Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom at Antioch College; Oranjudio Recording, a Columbus-based recording company; and the 365 Project of Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Tickets for the concert are $40. Ticket sales will begin on Friday, October 17, 2025. Attendees can obtain a ticket via the Coretta Scott King Center’s website, www.antiochcollege.edu/cskc.
During the concert, LaMar will perform live via phone from a solitary confinement cell. He is scheduled for execution by the State of Ohio on January 13, 2027. This concert aims to raise awareness about and support for LaMar’s case as well as awareness about upcoming death penalty legislation in Ohio.
SOIL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM @ ANTIOCH FARM
This will be a full-day program at the Antioch Farm, a hub of sustainability and hands-on learning at Antioch College. This event is designed for farmers from all backgrounds, practitioners, researchers, and community leaders who are passionate about soil health, sustainable agriculture, and collaborative project development. Registrants will connect onsite to participate in generally applicable soil health training/education; to learn about the Antioch College Micro Farm’s sustainable agriculture practices; to brainstorm innovative, fundable, and mutually beneficial projects; and to socialize with like-minded agriculturalists and environmentalists.
Soil Health Symposium Hosted by Antioch College Micro Farm and Learning Hub
Friday, November 14, 2025
9:30 AM 3:30 PM
Learn more here.
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THE WORLD HOUSE CHOIR: REBEL WITH A CAUSE, SINCERELY YOURS, PAULI MURRAY AT THE FOUNDRY THEATER
Antioch College is proud to host the Yellow Springs premiere of the dramatic cantata Sincerely Yours, Pauli Murray and a dedicated academic symposium celebrating the life and legacy of the trailblazing activist, legal scholar, and priest. These events, presented in partnership with the World House Choir and AlivenArts, are free and open to the public.
The 100-voice World House Choir will perform Sincerely Yours, Pauli Murray in the College’s Foundry Theatre on Friday, November 7, at 7:00 PM and Sunday, November 9, at 2:00 PM. The compelling ten-movement work, commissioned by GALA Choruses, draws from Murray’s own words to illuminate her extraordinary and prophetic vision of equality and human dignity. It is scored for choir, soloists, and an instrumental ensemble.
“Pauli Murray’s life work—dismantling systems of oppression in pursuit of a more just world—is a living embodiment of the Antiochian mission,” said Shane Creepingbear, Dean of Community and External Relations. “We are honored to host these events and to provide a platform for learning about and celebrating this monumental figure whose ideas continue to shape our community and our nation.”
In addition to the performances, Antioch College will host “Defying Jim & Jane Crow: The Power & Impact of Pauli Murray,” a free public symposium on Saturday, November 1, from 11:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The symposium will begin with a screening of “My Name is Pauly Murray” at 11:00 am in the Arts & Sciences Building. After a lunch break, the symposium will continue at 2:30 PM with a panel discussion in the Herndon Gallery featuring Anjalique Knight, Director of Education and Outreach at the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice in Durham, NC; Serena Mayeri, Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law at the Penn Carey Law School of the University of Pennsylvania; and Miriam McKenney, Missioner for Beloved Community in the Episcopal Church Diocese of Southern Ohio. The symposium will bring together scholars, activists, and community members to explore Murray’s enduring influence on civil rights, women’s rights, and law.
Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray (1910–1985) was a trailblazer and a woman of “firsts:” the first to refuse to give up her seat on a segregated Virginia bus in 1940, the first woman to earn a J.S.D. from Yale Law School, and the first Black woman ordained as an Episcopal priest. She was a co-founder of both the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the National Organization for Women (NOW). Her groundbreaking legal thinking informed Thurgood Marshall’s victory in Brown v. Board of Education nd shaped Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s work to extend the Equal Protection Clause to women.
The composer, Steve Milloy, along with librettist Kim Hines, dramaturg Jane Ramsayer Miller, and Rosita Steven-Holsey, the niece of Pauli Murray, will participate in post-concert discussions following the Yellow Springs performances.
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RHYTHM & RELEASE @ THE CORETTA SCOTT KING CENTER
This exciting dance class taught by Dr. Queen Meccasia Zabriskie features West African and Contemporary African dance, and it is accompanied by live percussion from Afracanacosa’s Bro. G, Shamba Muhammad, Tom Kondas, and other area drummers.
This class is being sponsored by the Coretta Scott King Center at Antioch College and the Yellow Springs Community Foundation every Friday at 6:30-8:00PM.
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Arrivals, Departures, Transitions & Milestones
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ARRIVALS
James Goffe I Director of Business & Revenue
Samual Massie I Public Safety Patrol Officer
June Wonn I Admissions Counselor
DEPARTURES
Kevin Stokes I Sr. Director of Facilities and Technology
TRANSITIONS
Noah Street I Manger of Information Technology and Educational Technology
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