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Maya Canaztuj ’17: “Just Keep Pushing!”
Finding employment after college is a common challenge. But Antioch College students have a leg up, gaining valuable real-world experience through Co-op starting in the first year. Antiochians graduate not just with a degree, but also with a resume....
Faculty News
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...
Michael Casselli ’87 Featured by Dayton Daily News
Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Installation Michael Casselli ’87 was featured this week in a Dayton Daily News print edition article titled, "Antioch College professor helps during pandemic" for his work as part of a crowdsourcing project to...
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.
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...
Being the Shortest Day
At year’s end, I experience a heightened awareness of time and light and their interplay. The low-slung sun moves over the edge of the backyard fence; it beams through an otherwise innocuous container on the windowsill, casting a light shadow of...
The Purpose of Poetry: Wendell Berry, Czelaw Milosz, Jack Gilbert
Lines of thinking easily ride the river of consciousness, below or above our level of awareness. Talk about live streaming! When the proverbial dots are connected, if they are at all, we may see patterns and relationships in our lives that appear...
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
Maya Canaztuj ’17: “Just Keep Pushing!”
Finding employment after college is a common challenge. But Antioch College students have a leg up, gaining valuable real-world experience through Co-op starting in the first year. Antiochians graduate not just with a degree, but also with a resume....
Julia Bloch Frey ’66 Releases New Book: Venus Betrayed
Julia Bloch Frey ’66 has released a new book titled Venus Betrayed: The Private World of Édouard Vuillard. Drawing on insights and images from Édouard Vuillard (1868–1940)’s still unpublished diaries, Julia Frey leads the reader on a journey through...
Charles Rosenberg ’68 Book Release
The Day Lincoln Lost, a new novel by Charles (Chuck) Rosenberg '68, has been released by Hanover Square Press. The novel presents an alternative history of Lincoln's Presidential Election. As Chuck explains, “My new “what if” lets you wrap your head...
Wayne Tuttle ’67: Letter to the Editor
In 1968, Wayne Tuttle '67 wrote a letter to the editor of The Antiochian. The letter focused on an event Wayne experienced while he was in Chicago, either on Co-op or during summer quarter. Wayne describes the event as “an excruciating moment when...
In Memoriam
Dr. Pamela “Pam” Olsen ’68
Pamela "Pam" Olsen of Post Falls, ID, died suddenly on March 29, 2020. Pam was born in Ogden, UT, on April 29, 1944, to Edwin Carl Olsen, Jr. and Anita Ruby Hargis. She attended Polk School and Central Jr. High, where she studied German. Her...
Marina Powdermaker ’86
Marina Powdermaker died in Harrisville on Sunday, June 28, 2020, following a brief illness. Born Aug. 27, 1961, in Keene, NH, Marina spent her early years in Gilsum, before moving to Newton, Mass. She received a Bachelor of Arts in visual arts from...
Dr. Mary Belenky ’55
Mary Field Belenky, resident of Kendal at Hanover, NH, died peacefully after months of declining health on July 10, 2020 at the age of 87. Her husband, Bob, was with her. Mary was born on June 22, 1933 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the middle of three...
Campus News
Maya Canaztuj ’17: “Just Keep Pushing!”
Finding employment after college is a common challenge. But Antioch College students have a leg up, gaining valuable real-world experience through Co-op starting in the first year. Antiochians graduate not just with a degree, but also with a resume....
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President Tom Manley Announces Retirement
In a message to the campus today, Antioch College President Tom Manley announced his plans to retire at the end of the academic year in 2021. Dr. Manley was named president in November 2015 after a national search by the Board of Trustees. He started...
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...
Amelia Gonzalez ’17 featured in PBS special
Amelia Gonzales '17 is featured in a new half-hour documentary special, "A Family of Us," which is part of the PBS American Portrait initiative. The episode will premiere on Sunday, August 2 at 10:30 PM EST. Amelia's father, Ernesto, was released...
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