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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Featured News
Say Her Name
Antioch College wishes to express its deep outrage at the failure of a Louisville, Kentucky grand jury to provide a process for securing truth and justice for Breonna Taylor by holding her killers accountable. We stand in solidarity with her family and the families of all other victims of racist police violence and against the systemic perpetuation of a society based in fear, hatred and enforced through violence.
Faculty News
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...
Luisa Bieri Featured by Dayton Daily News
Assistant Professor of Cooperative Education Luisa Bieri was recently featured in a Dayton Daily News print edition article detailing distance-learning innovations she's made to her Antioch Community Action course. Bieri has designed Co-op coursework...
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.
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....
Sounding Two Poems by Ross Gay
(This is an entry I started thinking about six months ago. I put it aside for various reasons, not all of which were clear to me then, and some of which only showed themselves long since.) Some things disappear for a while, or they seem to. Thoughts...
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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Community Solution in Practice-Noah Yasgur ’19by Noah Yasgur on June 5, 2019
In a nutshell, and as seen on their website, the aim of Community Solutions “is to educate people about ways to make their communities more self-reliant and resilient.” However small this sounds in scope, I can assure you that there is A LOT that fits
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Art, Interview, Translations: United States Holocaust Memorial Museumby Sarah Tibble on May 15, 2019
When I first thought of working for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the idea seemed daunting. Washington D.C. in general seems daunting, working with people I have never met before is daunting, living with people I have only briefly met before seems daunting. I
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Sam Eagleburger ’19 at Center for Global Justice and Tianguis Organico in San Miguel de Allende, Mexicoby Luisa Bieri on August 11, 2018
San Miguel De Allende gets the latter part of its name from Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga, a general in the Mexican Army and a hero of Mexico’s fight for independence from Spain. This rebellious and radical character still exists in the town to
Alumni Achievements
Introducing Community Manager Coco Gagnet ’18
On Tuesday, February 25, 2020—week eight of winter term—students, faculty, and staff gathered in McGregor 113 for our usual Community Meeting. This time, however, a special event was happening: the first Community Manager Candidates Forum first since...
2020 Alumni Awards
The Alumni Association Board of Directors has announced the recipients for the 2020 awards bestowed by the Alumni Association. Nominations were received from the entire Antiochian community. The nominations were reviewed by the Alumni Board...
Julia Reichert ’70 in Greene County Women’s Hall of Fame
The Greene County Women’s Hall of Fame selection committee announced that Julia Reichert ’70 will be inducted for her endeavors in filmmaking. The Greene County Women's Hall of Fame was organized in March 1981 to honor women of Greene County, OH, who...
“Breathing” by Karen Folger Jacobs ’63
The following is a submission from Karen Folger Jacobs '63. BREATHING We breathe. We inhale. We exhale. Minneapolis saw. The world heard. On Memorial Day A horizontal lynching. Stopping breathing causes death. Blacks die...
In Memoriam
Ted Campbell ’57
H.T. "Ted" Campbell '57 , longtime resident of Yellow Springs, died peacefully on the morning of Aug. 25, 2020, in his home, surrounded by family. He was 90 years old. Ted was born on June 9, 1930, in Grove City Pa., the son of Dr. Hiram Theodore Sr....
Jane Sanford ’57
Jane Sanford '57 passed away on the evening of Aug. 27, 2020 in Boothbay Harbor. Jane was born on Aug. 13, 1932 in Sherborne, Mass., the fourth child of Christine Sanford and first child of Nevitt Sanford, a psychology professor at UC Berkeley and...
Richard L. Rees ’74
Richard Rees, a 68-year-old resident of Palmyra, Virginia, died on July 18, 2020. The cause of his death was organ failure related to osteogenesis imperfecta For the last 41 years, he was a Virginia resident. He lived first in the Great Falls area...
Campus News
Reunion 2020: Virtually
We're going virtual for Reunion 2020! From Alumni Awards to social events and film screenings, virtual Reunion is packed with events for every Antiochian. Reunion 2020 begins on Thursday, October 1 with events every week through Sunday, November 1....
2020 Alumni Awards
The Alumni Association Board of Directors has announced the recipients for the 2020 awards bestowed by the Alumni Association. Nominations were received from the entire Antiochian community. The nominations were reviewed by the Alumni Board...
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...
Fall 2020: Classes Back in Session!
Welcome back to all our students! The College's Fall quarter began on Monday, August 31, 2020. While classes this fall will look very different than any time in our history, including hybrid and fully online instruction, socially distanced indoor and...
Community Governance Fall 2020 Elections
Community Governance is central to the Antioch College experience as a laboratory college where students, faculty, and staff share responsibility for governance. Community Council (ComCil) and College Council are two of the key representative bodies,...
Upcoming Events
Voter Registration Drive
Convocation 2020: Freedom to Vote
Reunion 2020
HLC Accreditation Reaffirmation Site Visit