News Archive
Juneteenth Named Official Holiday
Antioch College announces that June 19—Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Cel-Liberation Day, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States—will be recognized annually as an official holiday. The campus community will be encouraged to observe the holiday in reflection, celebrations, and action.
John Sims ’90: A Letter to Police
In a letter addressed to police and posted to the Orlando Sentinel on June 14, Antioch Alumni John Sims '90 expresses his sentiment regarding the current social-political climate in the US and writes, Dear Police, I have been meaning to write to you...
Julia Reichert ’70 to Present Commencement Address
Julia Reichert ‘70 will be the College’s Commencement speaker at its virtual ceremony to be streamed on Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 1 PM ET. The livestream will be available to view by the public on the College’s Commencement website at 1 PM via antiochcollege.edu/commencement.
Morgan Hayslip ’21 Creates New Orleans Inspired Art Project
As part of ANTC 170: Antioch Seminar Understanding Jazz, taught by Professor Teofilo Espada (Visiting Professor of Psychology), Morgan Hayslip ’21 has created a multimedia art project, inspired by old New Orleans Jazz clubs and other inspiring clubs...
Homage to Bob
Part 2
Dr. Henry Federighi’s Role in Antioch Science and Medicine Success
Affectionately known as “Chief” and “the Chief,” Professor of Biology Henry Federighi (1900-1960) exemplified the Antioch College envisioned by Arthur Morgan. Morgan sought a faculty not only expert in their fields but also interested in building a...
Holda Wilcox ’51 at Cooperstown Rally, Recalls First Protest in 1946
On June 7, 2020, a large crowd of around 800 people filled the courthouse lawn in Cooperstown, Minneapolis where they rallied for 2,5h for justice. Otsego Country’s Daily Newspaper/ONLINE reports that Sunday’s protest was the third rally in the...
Idris Ackamoor ’73 to Release New Album This Summer
All About Jazz, a website dedicated to the love and art of jazz, held an interview with Idris Ackamoor ’73 about his album Shaman! which is to be released on Britain’s Strut label in the summer of 2020. Shaman! is Ackamoor’s third album “with the...
College Transfers Glen Helen to Community
Antioch College and the Glen Helen Association (GHA) are pleased to announce an agreement in principle to transfer the Glen Helen Nature Preserve to the Glen Helen Association. The Glen was gifted to the College by alumnus Hugh Taylor Birch in 1929...
Yellow Springs Review 19 June 1896
No one, it seems, got as much fun out of an Antioch College Commencement as the local newspaper did. That is if the following article from the Yellow Springs Review is any indication. Their coverage of the graduation exercises for 1896 was spread...