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Reunion 2026 Announced!
Antioch College 2026 ReunionJuly 16-19 "Antioch Feast" Antiochians young and old, near and far: It's time to reunite in YSO! Let's break bread with a glass of wine. All are welcome at this table. Join Antiochians of every generation in Yellow Springs as we celebrate...
One Morgan Place
One Morgan Place: September 2025
This season, Antioch Farm had a bountiful harvest: 1,764 pounds of potatoes (including our farm favorite blue Adirondacks), apples from our orchard trees, and a new record of 3,082 pounds of squash and pumpkins.
Faculty News
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...
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...
Dr. Kevin McGruder to Host New Series on WYSO
“Loud As The Rolling Sea” is a new series starting this week on WYSO that will be hosted by Vice President of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of History, Dr. Kevin McGruder.
STUDENT 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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Environmental Conservation and Self-Discovery in the Land Down Under: Heather Cain ’26 at Practical Ecology in Australiaby Heather Cain on December 4, 2025G’day from Melbourne, Australia! My path to an Environmental Science degree at Antioch has led me on an incredible journey to “the land down under”, where I’m currently participating in a co-op with Practical Ecology with my roommate and host, former Antioch College alumni Lincoln
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Coffee, Community, and a Crafting Nook: Riley Warren ’28 at The C-Shop in Yellow Springs, Ohioby Rye Warren on June 25, 2025While the village of Yellow Springs has a beautiful selection of small business shops for residents and visitors to buy from, these shops are not always affordable, especially for a college student. The C-Shop, located in The Olive Kettering Library (as well as online and
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Growth in Community = Growth in Oneself: Kai Gerstein 27′ at Camphill Kimberton Hills in PAby 1 Co-op-Admin on May 2, 2025Camphill is a global Initiative of interconnected communities made up of people with and without cognitive and physical disabilities striving to better each other. Camphill was founded in 1939 by an Austrian pediatrician and educator named Dr. Karl König, along with his colleagues.
Alumni Achievements
A Buffalo Grazing: Sites for SOAR Eyes
On January 10th the “world” and 2022 will begin again as students return to campus! However some students DID stay over break to work on getting the Wellness Center (a truly upgraded version of the Old Gym and pool) ready and open for the public for the first...
Michael Casselli ’87 Granted Tenure
The Board of Trustees enthusiastically voted to grant tenure to Michael Casselli ’87 and promote him to Associate Professor of Sculpture and Installation.
Taking a Stand Cost Cody Luedtke ’08 a Job
University of Georgia System fires instructor and lab coordinator Cody Mullins Luedtke ’08 for refusing to teach in a classroom without a mask mandate.
Alumni Rally to the College, 2005 Grad Appointed Board Chair
On Friday, August 27, the Antioch College Board of Trustees elected Shelby Chestnut ’05 as Chair. Chestnut a mixed race Assiniboine and Norweign, queer and trans community organizer who serves as the Director of Policy and Programs at the Transgender...
Campus News
Creating a World That Works for Everyone
In this creative writing piece, published by the Yellow Springs News, Antioch College President asks the local community, “What does a world that works for everyone look like to you?”
When we abandon care, we abandon ourselves
Cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer publishes President Fernandes’ guest column titled, When we abandon care, we abandon ourselves.
Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II to Deliver Antioch College Commencement Address
A pastor, moral leader, and architect of the contemporary Poor People’s Campaign, Reverend Barber is one of the most powerful voices for justice and democracy in America today.
Statement on Antioch College’s commitment to JEDI
Antioch College stands firm in its commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Foundry Theater Programming
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Upcoming Events
Coretta Scott King Center Legacy Fundraising Banquet
The Big Family Business at the Foundry Theater
Sunday Funday at the Foundry & on the Farm
The Antioch School Spring Musical at the Foundry Theater
Antioch History with Scott Sanders
In Memoriam
Elizabeth Bowles Haywood ’77
Elizabeth Bowles Haywood October 4, 1953 — January 26, 2026 Martinsburg, WV Elizabeth (Liza) Bowles Haywood, 72, died on the morning of Monday, January 26, 2026, from complications of ALS. At the time of her death, she was with her husband, Doug,...
Elaine Smith ’62
Elaine Smith Obituary Artist and ESL teacher Elaine Smith passed away peacefully on January 25 at the age of 86 at her home in Ancramdale, surrounded by her children, Daniel and Jessica, and daughter-in-law Lauren. She was the loving wife of late...
Blanche Marvin ’43
Blanche Marvin, an American expatriate whom The New York Times once called London’s “best-loved theater critic,” was not just a commentator on great dramas, but someone who also claimed to be an inspiration for one of the most famous of them. She...
From the President Emeritus: Lines of Thinking
“Lines of Thinking” is a monthly feature from College President Emeritus 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.
Light, Fog, Fire: Ferlinghetti, Milosz, Ammons, Bashō, Komachi
At 101 Lawrence Ferlinghetti had outlived his era-mates by many years. That, it occurred to me, may have been bittersweet: the deepening saturation of truth and beauty “happily amid complexity and paradox” and the physical absence of those we write and make for.
Seeing Red: Williams, Sojun, Stevens
Poems that help us see red—these are what I delight in sending to you on a snow-blown afternoon from Yellow Springs.
A Quickish Story, Rimbaud, Wright (Again)
One of my most satisfying interludes with poetry involved “wrapping” an entire 65,000-square-foot building in a poem by Arthur Rimbaud.