News Archive
College Supporting Black Farming Conference in September
Antioch College will be partnering in support of Agraria’s Black Farming Conference to be held September 10-11, 2021.
Wellness Center Moves Toward Reopening
Antioch College and the Yellow Springs Development Corporation (YSDC) are pleased to announce a collaborative agreement to work toward the reopening of the Wellness Center.
Janet Goldner ’74 Featured in Two NYC Shows
New York City-based artist Janet Goldner ‘74 featured two shows in NYC this summer: The Sculptors Guild’s “No Vacancy” and “Between the Ground and the Sky.”
Jewel Graham Oral History Interview with Professor McGruder
In 2014, Antioch College Professor of History Dr. Kevin McGruder spent a warm summer afternoon talking to Precious Jewel Freeman Graham—treasured member of the community, founder of Antioch’s social work program, advocate for Black students, and...
Petition to Rename Purdue Building After A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. ’49
After reading “In The Matters of Color: Race and the American Legal Process” by A. Leon Higginbotham ‘49, a group of Purdue alumni started a petition on Change.org to rename Elliot Hall – named for former president Edward C. Elliot who opposed improving the living conditions of Black student housing at Purdue University.
Neelon Crawford ’69 Interviewed by Filmmaker Magazine
Neelon Crawford ’69, in an interview conducted by Daniel Eagan for Filmmaker Magazine, reflects on his beginnings in film, what inspired him to begin creating experimental cinema, and his thoughts on finding and crafting narrative through experimental film.
New Library Director Announced
Emily Samborsky has been announced as the new director of Antioch College’s Olive Kettering Library.
“The Dangers of Tropical Fruits” Victor Hernández Cruz
Two poems by Puerto Rican Victor Hernández Cruz, and one by President Emeritus Manley from Malaysia.
Dr. Jennifer Grubbs: Mourning the Present
In a guest blog for McGill-Queen’s University Press, enviro-feminist anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Anthropology Dr. Jennifer Grubbs directs our attention to the upcoming commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the murder of Heather...
Amanda Rodriguez ’04: Exploring Our Connection With Nature
Stories Happen in Forests is an internationally recognized and award-winning short documentary produced and directed by Amanda Rodriguez ‘04 in association with Videographer Andrea Desky of Call to Action Creative. Stories is Amanda’s first film, and due to the pandemic, premiered online in 2020. It will have its first in-person premiere on September 26th, 2021 at Dogwood Alliance’s 25th Anniversary event in Asheville, NC.