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michael casselli ’87 Appointed Director of the Herndon Gallery
Antioch is pleased to announce that Arts faculty member michael casselli '87 has been appointed Director of the Herndon Gallery. As a tenured faculty member, he continues to offer innovative arts courses and serve as Division Chair, now with reassigned time devoted to...
Faculty News
Film by Catalina Jordan Alvarez Screening for Ohio Shorts
Assistant Professor of Media Arts Catalina Jordan Alvarez’s short film Sound Spring Seq. #6: The School and the Home is streaming online as part of the 25th annual Wexner Center for the Arts Ohio Shorts film festival.
Earth Day Talk: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Looking Back and Looking Ahead, an Earth Day talk by Dr. Kim Landsbergen, will provide overview of legacy of Trump-era environmental policy.
Dr. Kevin McGruder on the Impact of Redlining
On Thursday, March 25, Associate Professor of History Dr. Kevin McGruder spoke as a panelist in the virtual seminar The Impact of Redlining on Black Americans: addressing racism in real estate, organized by Columbia University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
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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Teaching Assistant at the Buen Dia Family School; Harris-Brewer ’25by Trinity Harris-Brewer on February 21, 2024
Working at Buen Dia has taught me the complexities of working as a teacher, childhood development, and the culture that San Francisco has to offer. When I first started working at Buen Dia I had some history of babysitting in my family, and while it
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Learning to return to the land: Yuri Whitley ‘26 at the Antioch Farmby Yuri Whitley on June 15, 2023
The Antioch farm is a small-scale farm that works to provide farm-to-table produce for our community. Our primary goal is to be able to have enough produce to feed all of the students and staff on campus continuously. Growing up in a small town surrounded
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Zootastic Life: Colin Ross ’26 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Columbus, Ohioby Colin Ross on May 31, 2023
Growing up, my family would constantly take trips to the zoo. I would walk around holding hands with my sister as we observed the animals. Through the years, the zoo became a part of my life, being my first class field trip, where I volunteered
Alumni Achievements
Social Entrepreneur Conversation with Anzia Bennet ’03,
Conversations with Social Entrepreneurs: Anzia Bennett ’03, Director of Three Sisters Kitchen
Mary Evans ’20 on Second Chance Education
Mary Evans ’20 shares her personal journey to the reentry of society and the inspiration behind her work in an article published by Soapbox Cincinnati
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.”
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.
Campus News
A Buffalo Grazing: Let There Be Light(s)
All Photos credit:Matt Shetler Volunteer Work Week and Reunion are just slightly in the Rear View Mirror. Some new grass seed and straw are already down where the big “2022 Commencement and Reunion Tent'' was. Might this say that our “grassroots” movements continue to...
Antiochiana – Songs from the Stacks: Antioch, Research, and History
One of the most interesting figures ever to serve on the Antioch College Board of Trustees, Charles F. Kettering knew a thing or two about research. He held over 140 patents, most of them while head of research for the General Motors Corporation. In the Fall of 1943,...
A Buffalo Grazing: Generations and regeneration; Taking Antioch by Storm
All Photos credit:Buffalo (Steve Duffy ) ’77 Hello extended Antioch family! After three years we are all endeavoring to reunite with each other and maybe meet new friends while including a good dose of prudence and care as we gather during these uncertain times. And...
Antiochiana – Songs from the Stacks: Excerpts from the Diary of William S. Johnson | Part 3
Stacks sings the third verse (different from the first) of William S. Johnson’s diary, which details the life of one of the very first students at Antioch College. When last we left our hero, he was dealing with the news that three of his siblings had died from...
Dr. Brian Norman Hired as Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Brian Norman Joins Antioch College Yellow Springs, Ohio 7/6/22 — Antioch College is pleased to announce Dr. Brian Norman is joining the College as Vice President for Academic Affairs. Brian most recently served as the inaugural Dean of the Gwen Ifill College of...
Upcoming Events
The Valerie A. Blackwell-Truitt Community Dance and Performance Arts Concert and Art Exhibition at the Foundry Theater
The Valerie A. Blackwell-Truitt Community Dance and Performance Arts Concert and Art Exhibition at the Foundry Theater
Eclipse 2024 – Stay at Antioch College!
The Faux Paws at the Foundry Theater
The Antioch School Scholarship Gala at the Foundry Theater
In Memoriam
Anne C. Heller ’73
Anne Conover Heller, whose brilliance, grace, and unique style guided every moment of her life, died of cancer on October 10, with her beloved husband, David de Weese, at her side. Anne was 71. Born in Maryland, Anne grew up in New Jersey and...
Eugenia Patterson Brown ’52
Eugenia Patterson ("Pat") Bishop Brown, died January 28, 2023. Pat was born on September 20, 1935, to Edward Raymond Bishop and Eugenia Patterson Bishop in Bluefield, West Virginia. She attended Queen's University in Charlotte, NC, and Antioch...
Shirley Bloch Bieri ’46
Shirley Bieri, 98, of Silver Spring, MD passed away peacefully at home on February 4, 2023. She was born in Rochester, NY and attended Antioch College. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 70 years, Dr. John (Jack) G. Bieri, parents...
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.
Lorde, Wright, Sogi
The Japanese poet and diarist Sei Shonagon noted among the tricks of time and distance the deceptive proximity of the last day of the year and the first day of the new year: things that were near and far at the same moment.
Dove, Kooser, and Heaney
Jubilation abounded in many places last Saturday when the 2020 presidential election was called for Joe Biden. Spontaneous and lighthearted, it brought back to me lines from Maya Angelou’s deeply voiced verse “On the Pulse Of Morning” from the 1993...
Seamus Heaney and Louise Glück
Just today I awoke to the news that Louise Glück had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. “Wonderful,” I thought. As I was already planning for this month’s offering to share some lines of translation from Seamus Heaney, who received the...