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Featured News
Announcing the 2020 Winning Victories Grant Recipients
Finalists for the 2020 Winning Victories Grants—created to accelerate the development and deepen the impact of projects undertaken by Antioch College alumni—were announced in August. The five finalists presented their proposals during Virtual Reunion...
Faculty News
Catalina Jordan Alvarez to Present at Workshop
Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Arts Catalina Jordan Alvarez will be presenting at the online UnionDocs workshop Conduits of Truth and Fantasy: The Art of The Interview running from October 3 through 11. Known for her experimental filmmaking,...
Kevin McGruder on Trump’s path to the presidency
Vice President for Academic Affairs & Associate Professor of History Dr. Kevin McGruder was featured in the PBS NewsHour documentary, "Trump’s path to the presidency — and the remaking of the Republican Party," by journalists Yamiche Alcindor and...
Catalina Alvarez premieres Sound Spring Seq. #6
Visiting Professor of Media Arts, Catalina Jordan Alvarez is among eight artists featured in the 21st annual Open Video Call, a juried online screening series presented by the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) and...
From the President: Lines of Thinking
“Lines of Thinking” is a monthly feature from College President Tom Manley. Each installment features a poem selected for its powers to transport us to some higher, lower or common ground, and, possibly in the process, provide fresh perspective and insight on the ground we occupy daily.
Seamus Heaney and Louise Glück
Just today I awoke to the news that Louise Glück had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. “Wonderful,” I thought. As I was already planning for this month’s offering to share some lines of translation from Seamus Heaney, who received the...
Doorways: Thich Naht Nan, Mary Oliver
These days, I am more mindful of dichotomies I have drawn and leveled falsely over time. Often they seem to reside in dismissive (and unnecessary) judgments about situations and people, rationalized by fact-lite narratives I construct for them. They...
Dunbar, Giovanni, Jess
For some time, since coming to Yellow Springs, I’ve been thinking about Paul Laurence Dunbar, who was from nearby Dayton. There was a Dunbar high school in my hometown of Baltimore, as there are in many if not most major cities across the country....
FEATURED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING STORIES
Antioch is the premier college for the applied liberal arts, where real-world work experience is fully integrated into the curriculum. The following student-written pieces are reflections from experiences gained through Antioch College’s flagship Cooperative Education (Co-op) program. Read more about experiential learning on Antioch Engaged, our journal of social practice & professional engagement.
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Looking at the Green Mountain through Chroma Lenses: Moumita Dam ’20 at Chroma Technology Corpby Moumita Dam on October 14, 2020
I am a senior at Antioch College and, for my fourth co-op, I chose to work for Chroma Technology Corp in Bellows Falls, Vermont. My experience with Chroma was very different in many different ways. I was working in a lab as a quality control
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Sailing Adventure: Lois Chermansky ’22 at The Drummond Island Tall Ship Company on Shelter Island, Michiganby Lois on October 13, 2020
This co-op term I am employed at The Drummond Island Tall Ship Company as an intern deckhand on the Schooner Huron Jewel. The Coverts (who own this company) live on Shelter Island, which is off the coast of Drummond Island, and have two small one-room cabins for
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The Center of a Movement in the Middle of Nowhere: Ike Wylie ’22 at Camphill Copake in Copake, NYby Ike Wylie on October 10, 2020
In a valley that, if observed from up high, resembles a bowl- there is a village of twelve houses. They hold farmers, bakers, and candlemakers. These houses do not have televisions, pets, or microwaves. They sing and bless their meals. They are from Europe
Alumni Achievements
Announcing the 2020 Winning Victories Grant Recipients
Finalists for the 2020 Winning Victories Grants—created to accelerate the development and deepen the impact of projects undertaken by Antioch College alumni—were announced in August. The five finalists presented their proposals during Virtual Reunion...
Peter Jacobs ’61 Awarded High Honor in Landscape Architecture
Peter Jacobs ’61 has received the 2020 Governor General’s Medal in Landscape Architecture, the highest honor bestowed by the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA). The medal honors exceptional landscape architects whose lifetime...
Pathways to Regeneration
Antioch is represented in the upcoming virtual conference, Pathways to Regeneration: Restoration, Resiliency and Reciprocity planned for November 6 – 8, 2020! Hosted by The Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions, the conference is for...
A Buffalo Honored
Last weekend during Reunion 2020, our beloved tie-dyed buffalo, the inimitable Steven Duffy ’77, was honored by the Antiochian community with the J.D. Dawson Award. The Dawson award recognizes people who have contributed in a significant way to...
In Memoriam
Dr. Joseph L. Anthony ’69
Dr. Joseph "Joe" Lindell Anthony was born June 22, 1928, to Okey and Fanny Anthony in Ashland, Ky. He returned home to the hands of our Heavenly Father on Sept. 3, 2020, at the age of 92. Dr. Anthony was always a man of service. Upon graduating from...
Arthur Weeks Finch ’61
Arthur W. Finch, Esq. died on July 18, 2020 at the age of eighty-two after being hospitalized for several weeks for COVID-19. Attorney Finch had been suffering from debilitating chronic illnesses over the past several years before contracting...
Richard S. Blofson ’55
Princeton, NJ, resident Richard Stephen “Dick” Blofson, a Broadway production manager and New Jersey filmmaker, died peacefully on September 3, 2020, of complications of non-COVID pneumonia at the University Medical Center Princeton in Plainsboro,...
Campus News
Announcing the 2020 Winning Victories Grant Recipients
Finalists for the 2020 Winning Victories Grants—created to accelerate the development and deepen the impact of projects undertaken by Antioch College alumni—were announced in August. The five finalists presented their proposals during Virtual Reunion...
Self Care and Artistic Practice Workshop Held
Community Meeting on Tuesday, October 20 featured a workshop taught by Tobi De'Ja Nicol Ewing of The Self Care Café. Tobi De'Ja Nicol Ewing is a multi-disciplinary artist exploring visual art, sound, and storytelling as a tool for creative...
Arts@Antioch: Call for Participation
Arts@Antioch is back and actively seeking community participation! The Arts@Antioch is all about what kind of art is being talked about, created, and dreamed of here in the Antioch community and beyond. Are you making work? Are you looking for an...
Weston Hall Reopening With Precautions
Community Manager Coco Gagnet '18 announced today that Weston Hall would reopen with COVID-19 safety precautions. Students will be able to access Weston the rest of Fall 2020 quarter on Tuesdays from 3:30-6:30 PM and on Fridays from 7-10 PM. One...
Pathways to Regeneration
Antioch is represented in the upcoming virtual conference, Pathways to Regeneration: Restoration, Resiliency and Reciprocity planned for November 6 – 8, 2020! Hosted by The Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions, the conference is for...
Upcoming Events
Reunion 2020
Anime Club Halloween Costume Showcase
Academic Affairs Trick or Treat
Soulful Yoga on the Lawn
