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.”
Alumni Achievements
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.
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.
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.