We have begun deploying a brand new website at

http://www.antiochians.org/

Please go there and check it out. The old site at http://antiochians.org/ (note the lack of www in the address) will no longer be updated with any new information and is being kept up for archival purposes. Once relevant content has all been moved over this will be shut down.

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ANTIOCH COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

For Immediate Release

CONTACT:
Press

Yellow Springs, OH, October 25, 2008-Today, the Antioch College Alumni Board unanimously resolved to raise $255,000 by April 1, 2009 to fund the Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute for the full academic year.

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October 23-October 25, 2008

The Antioch College Alumni Association Board of Directors will gather in Yellow Springs this weekend for its annual fall meeting.  The full agenda as well as events in and around town are listed below.

AGENDA

Location unless otherwise indicated: United Methodist Church,
(A) 202 S. Winter Street/Dayton Street

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The Boston Chapter of the Antioch College Alumni Association
Invites you to a Fall Symposium…

Reinventing Liberal Arts Education for the 21st Century:
Promising Directions for a New Antioch College
Saturday, November 15, 2008

Dudley House, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
(near Harvard Square Red Line stop)

AGENDA
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Morning Session: 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
From Past to Future: Lessons from Experience and Imagination
A Facilitated Roundtable Discussion
Lunch (on your own) :  11:30 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Updates:

Status - Negotiations to Re-Open Antioch College
Lee Morgan Class of ’66, College Trustee Pro Tem

The Nonstop Institute and Antioch College Revival Fund
Hassan Rahmanian, Executive Collective Member, Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute

Keynote Speaker

Trends in Higher Education: Peril and Promise
Cary Nelson,  Antioch College Class of ‘67
President, American Association of University Professors

Panel Discussions
Service Learning & Co-operative Work-Study Programs
Inquiry-based Studies in Science and Environmental Sustainability
Computer Technology, the Internet,  & Innovative Classroom Learning
Education for Participation in Democracy

Social Hour and Dinner 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
($30.00 advance contribution)
Proceeds to benefit the Nonstop Institute and the College Revival Fund
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Map & Directions To Harvard University, Dudley House
http://www.map.harvard.edu/level3.cfm?mapname=camb_allston&tile=F7&quadrant=C&series=N

RSVP by November 2 to Barbara Wallraff,
Boston Chapter, Antioch College Alumni Association
barbara@wordcourt.com or call her at
617-365-9068
Please indicate which you plan to attend: morning session, afternoon session, and dinner

Full Agenda Below:

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GLCA Press Release
For Immediate Release, October 15, 2008
Contact: Charla White

On Monday, October 13, 2008, the Task Force charged with developing a plan for an independent Antioch College met in New York City with Antioch University Board of Trustees Chair, Art Zucker,’55 and  Chancellor Toni Murdock. The purpose of this meeting was to brief the Chair and Chancellor on the work of the Task Force over the past three months, and to elicit their thinking on the strategies being considered by the Task Force.

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UPDATE: I have attempted repeatedly to contact Tom Faecke, the University’s CFO. I am strongly urging him in my role as a Trustee that he agree to the reasonable and entirely sensible plan of alumni representatives walking through the campus and taking an inventory of what currently exists on the Antioch College campus. I will remind him that we can easily remove caches of books and papers that we deem valuable, making sure that there is no fire hazard, while still securing our history and legacy.

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