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Women’s History Month series Yellow Springs Gathering
The Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom is hosting a four-city series in commemoration of Women’s History Month called “Lifting Up Her Voice: Advancing the Legacy Coretta Scott King’s Antioch Journey.” We will discuss: Insights about...
Faculty News
Media Production 102 with WYSO’s Basim Blunt
During the 2021 Winter quarter, students of Media Production 102 are gaining hands-on experience from Basim Blunt–WYSO Senior Media Producer and Instructor, Dayton Youth Radio Project Coordinator, and Host of Behind the Groove.
New Faculty Publications
Assistant Professor of Psychology Téofilo Espada-Brignoni has recently had two articles published in scholarly journals, both centering around culture and music.
The 365 Project Promotes Black Culture in Yellow Springs
For Black History Month, the 365 Project will share one video each week that takes viewers on a journey through Yellow Springs to learn about land ownership of Blacks in the past up to the present. In their most recent video, the 365 Project take a walk through Antioch College’s campus and the surrounding area.
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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Living, Learning, and Giving Back: Axel Slowe ’27 at Mitaniketan in Kerala, Indiaby Axel Slowe on March 4, 2025I am currently co-oping at Mitraniketan, a school in the small but busy village of Vellanad in Trivandrum. Mitraniketan is an organization working to “break the cycle of poverty, exploitation, and lack of opportunities”(Mitraniketan). At the heart of Mitraniketan is the school serving children from
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From City Streets to Mountain Peaks: Heather Cain ’26 as Conservation Crew Lead with Rocky Mountain Youth Corpsby Heather Cain on February 25, 2025My summer as a Conservation Corps Crew Lead with the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (RMYC) was a transformative experience. It was a stark departure from my urban upbringing and a challenging yet incredibly meaningful adventure that pushed me beyond my comfort zone and solidified my
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Modeling Mosaics of Benthic Community Composition: Emma Jones ’22 – NSF REU at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciencesby Emma Sue Jones on January 7, 2025Currently stationed at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS Station) in St. George’s, Bermuda, I am on co-op fulfilling a position as a research assistant intern completing a “research experience for undergraduates”—also known as an REU—through the National Science Foundation. I am working under
Alumni Achievements
Creative Collective founded by Conor Jameson ’21 at YS Porchfest
Conor Jameson ’21 graduated in June with a self-design major in Writing and Performance. She will perform as the frontwoman in the artistic collective !PUFF! during Yellow Springs Porchfest 2021
Shadia Alvarez ’96 Discusses Juneteenth and Antioch
Shadia Alvarez ’96, Senior Vice President for Equity and Strategic Development and Executive Director of the Coretta Scott King Center discusses what Juneteenth means on the Antioch campus, how it is celebrated, and what Antioch is doing to acknowledge and reflect on denouncing racism on campus.
Dr. Wahji Kasten ’02 Selected as Bloomberg Fellow
Dr. Wahji Kasten ’02, has been announced as one of this year’s Bloomberg Fellows at the John’s Hopkins School of Public Health.
Matt Walker ’04: Increasing Visibility for Trans Rights
“Trans Rights Are Human Rights” by multimedia artist and musician Matt Walker ‘04 has been selected by the Arts and Culture Commission of Yellow Springs in their Call to Action for lamp pole banners which was launched towards the end of December 2020.
Campus News
Antiochiana – Songs from the Stacks: Critic At Large
Earle Reynolds (1910-1998) grew up in show business, the son of trapeze artists. Despite a passion for the theater that never left him, he became an academic instead of an acrobat. He studied Anthropology at the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin....
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...
Getting to the Root Workshops
Getting to the Root 2-Day Intensive Workshop on Racial Justice April 26th & 27th, 9am - 4pm each day The Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom at Antioch College, in partnership with H.U.M.A.N. and the Getting to the...
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,...
Upcoming Events
Antioch History with Scott Sanders
Theater Oobleck
Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms
The Big Family Business at the Foundry Theater
The Antioch School Spring Musical at the Foundry Theater
In Memoriam
Sandra Khan ’57
Sandra Khan Obituary Sandra Dolge Khan of North Syracuse made her transition on 5/22/25. She was predeceased by her husband Mohammed Laiquddin Khan in 2016 and sister Charliss Dolge in 2015. She is survived by her sons Jeffrey Khan and Michael Khan,...
Carl H. Haag ’52
Carl Herbert Haag Carl Herbert Haag died peacefully at home on April 23, 2025. He would want you to know that he was 71 days shy of turning 97 years old. He was a traveler, collector, loyal friend and family man, and fascinated by the world and...
Frances Wainwright ’63
April 26, 1942 - April 22, 2025 Frances Heinsheimer Wainwright, a distinguished figure in Canadian classical music and loving mother and grandmother, passed away on April 22, just a few days short of her 83rd birthday. She was celebrated for her...
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.
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...
Songs and Maps Against Forgetfulness — Joy Harjo
“Crucial to finding the way is this: there is no beginning or end.You must make your own map.” —Joy Harjo The notion of mapmaking while journeying is potent for me. Whitman and Eliot draw upon it; Strand, Rich, Bishop and Frost as well; and Homer,...