Sisterhood & Social Justice Theme for Annual Legacy Celebration
On April 29, 2021, at 1 PM EDT, the Coretta Scott King Center will co-host its annual legacy celebration with the Celebrate! Maya Project. This free and open-to-the-public virtual gathering, Sisterhood & Social Justice, honors the life and legacy of two American giants, Coretta Scott King (Antioch College Class of 1951) and Dr. Maya Angelou.
COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic
The SOPP/Title IX Office has resources and events planned during the month of April for Sexual Assault Awareness month.
When Maple Leaves Are as Big as a Mouse’s Ear
In SW Ohio there is a folkish saying, “Best to plant the start of your garden when the maple leaves are the size of a mouse’s ear.”
Memoir by Judge LaDoris Cordell ’71
Judge LaDoris Cordell ’71 will release Her Honor: A Judge’s Candid Look at Our Legal System on October 5, 2021 — a memoir detailing Judge Cordell’s personal story and experiences with the American judicial system as jurist, lawyer, and police auditor.
William H. Cottrell ’52
Book Edited by Susan “Shay” Mayer ’79 to Be Released
Antioch College Trustee Susan Jean “Shay” Mayer ’79 and Mary Kay Delaney, Visiting Clinical Professor at Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, have edited a new book, In Search of Wonderful Ideas: Critical Exploration in Teacher Education, available on April 9, 2021, from Teachers College Press of Columbia University.
April Is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
The SOPP/Title IX Office has resources and events planned during the month of April for Sexual Assault Awareness month.
Josephine M. Schuman ’53
Dr. Melvin L. Kohn, Friend of the College
Lela Klein ’02 Building Community
By the end of April, Gem City Market – a west Dayton Co-op – will open to the public, bringing to fruition six years of planning. Lela Klein ’02, who sits on the board and is Co-Executive Director of Co-op Dayton, told The Herald Bulletin that the planning for Gem City began in 2016 with the development of a business plan.
Naomi Shakow Connelly ’52
Rev. Richard Kellaway ’56
William “Bill” Gamson ’55
Dr. Kevin McGruder on the Impact of Redlining
On Thursday, March 25, Associate Professor of History Dr. Kevin McGruder spoke as a panelist in the virtual seminar The Impact of Redlining on Black Americans: addressing racism in real estate, organized by Columbia University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
The sick cocktail of meritocracy and shame
John Chaney ’75 to Receive Metropolitan Award
John Chaney ’75, who passed away on January 29, 2021, will be the recipient of the 2021 National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Metropolitan Award presented by NIKE “for long and outstanding service to men’s college basketball.”
Edward Dennis “Denny” E. Conroy ’50
Joseph “Joe” L. Marcum ’47
Portia Ann Brown ’63
Professor Jennifer Grubbs Authors Book Ecoliberation
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and the Prison Justice Initiative convener at Antioch, Dr. Jennifer D. Grubbs, has just announced the release of her new book “Ecoliberation: Reimagining Resistance and the Green Scare” to be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in June 2021.
Ka’Dae Brockington ’21 Presenting at GLCA e-Conference
Ka’Dae Brockington ’21 (Biomedical Anthropology major with a focus on American Jurisprudence, Physical and Biological Anthropology) will be presenting in the GLCA Women’s & Gender Studies e-conference. His work on ‘Determining Access: Social and Physical Barriers for Marginalized College Students’ will be part of a Wellness & Health Equity panel from 9 am to 10 am.
A Statement from Antioch College
Trustee Emerita Frances Degen Horowitz ’54 Passes Away
HLC Reaffirms College’s Accreditation
The Higher Learning Commission has reaffirmed the College’s accreditation after routine review at the midpoint in Antioch’s accreditation cycle.
Dr. Frances Degen Horowitz ’54
Gabby Loomis-Amrhein ’17 Debut Book Release
Gabby Loomis-Amrhein ’17 has had her first book, evening primroses, a book of poetry, published by Recenter Press.
Karen Burrill Spivack ’60
Explorations Through Co-op: Jen Ruud ’18
Although Jen Ruud ’18 majored in Environmental Science at Antioch, their Co-ops provided opportunities for exploration in different fields.
Board Moves to Affirm Tenure
Catalina Alvarez and Liz Flyntz ’02 Leading Spring Guest Workshop
April 7 – May 5, 2021, Assistant Professor of Media Arts Catalina Jordan Alvarez and Liz Flyntz ’02 (artist, curator, writer and digital experience designer) will be leading a guest workshop, “The Collaboration Agreement: Designing for Creative Conflict and Consent” at The School of Making Thinking, which will consist of five workshop sessions taught on Wednesdays from 7-9pm EST.
Interview with Poet and Writer Anna (Coates) Scotti ’80
Anna (Coates) Scotti ‘80 is a widely published writer and poet, born in Washington DC, who was awarded the first-ever Lightscatter Prize for her collection of poetry, Bewildered by All This Broken Sky, which is set to release in April 2021.
Wanting Another Piece of the Pie
Maybe by next March 14 Pi Day, we will be able to have a piece of pie in a way similar prior to the pandemic. I would love another piece of that pie…but I hope it to be apple rather than leftover cherry.
Organizing Her Voice Rises: Faculty Spotlight on Luisa Bieri
Her Voice Rises; a transnational arts exchange between Antioch College and Mujeres de Artes Tomar (MAT) was an arts residency three years in the making, spearheaded by Yellow Springs-native and Associate Professor of Cooperative Education Luisa Bieri.
Comments on Margaret Fuller’s Conversations
Beginning in 1839, both as a way to edify women with little access to higher education and as a source of revenue, Margaret Fuller began to hold her now famous “conversations.”
William “Bill” R. Beachy ’73
Barbara Granger Jaffe, Former Faculty
Marilyn E. Thomas ’77
Yvonne L. Davenport, Former Staff
The Rev. Theodore “Ted” P. Fritsch ’53
Louise Friedal Billotte ’63
Mary Catherine Towbin ’50
Joan Argetsinger Steitz ’63 Awarded Wolf Prize in Medicine
The Wolf Prize in medicine was awarded to three scientists—Lynne Maquat, Adrian Krainer, and Joan Steitz ’63—on February 9, 2021, whose research in messenger RNA (mRNA) enabled the development of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Perri Freeman ’15 Reelected to Burlington City Council
Perri Freeman ’15 runs on a platform to fight for issues of economic, social, and environmental justice in reelection bid for Burlington City Council
March Presidential Search Listening Sessions
Million Dollar March Match Supports the Second Century of Co-op
Media Production 102 with WYSO’s Basim Blunt
During the 2021 Winter quarter, students of Media Production 102 are gaining hands-on experience from Basim Blunt–WYSO Senior Media Producer and Instructor, Dayton Youth Radio Project Coordinator, and Host of Behind the Groove.
New Faculty Publications
Assistant Professor of Psychology Téofilo Espada-Brignoni has recently had two articles published in scholarly journals, both centering around culture and music.