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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – May 6, 2011 – Jim Petro, Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, has granted provisional authorization to Antioch College to offer the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

State authorization is a critical step in Antioch College’s revival. Approval from the chancellor is a required statutory authorization that gives Antioch College legal license to operate as a legitimate institution of higher education.

This approval is also required in order for the College to submit its formal application for accreditation to the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

The Chancellor’s approval follows a positive recommendation from a review team that visited the College in January. The team acknowleged in its recommendation that Antioch “meets the Chancellor’s standards for undergraduate programs.”

Authorization will continue through December 31, 2014. Until then, the College must submit annual reports to address any concerns of the OBR. The Chancellor’s staff will perform a follow-up review of the College’s programs prior to December 31, 2014 to determine continued authorization.

About Antioch College

A private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Antioch College will offer a four-year, undergraduate residential experience to a new class of students beginning in the fall of 2011. The College curriculum puts equal emphasis on rigorous liberal arts learning, work (cooperative education), and community engagement. Students will complete individualized majors based on one of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is now completely independent of Antioch University, the multi-campus system it created.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gariot P. Louima ?
Director of Communications
Office: 937-319-6131
Mobile: 937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – April 21, 2011 – A review team of the Ohio Board of Regents has asked the Chancellor to grant provisional approval of Antioch College’s bachelor’s degree program.

The team says, in part, that “Antioch College meets the Chancellor’s standards for undergraduate programs and the review team recommends provisional authorization for the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.” The full text of the provisional approval can be found by visiting the Ohio Board of Regents’ Web site.

This positive review from the site team is a critical first step as Antioch advances toward candidacy for regional accreditation.

About Antioch College

A private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Antioch College will offer a four-year, undergraduate residential experience to a new class of students beginning in the fall of 2011. The College curriculum puts equal emphasis on rigorous liberal arts learning, work (cooperative education), and community engagement. Students will complete individualized majors based on one of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is now completely independent of Antioch University, the multi-campus system it created.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gariot P. Louima ?
Director of Communications
Office: 937-319-6131
Mobile: 937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – April 21, 2011 – Risa Grimes, the chief fund-raiser for Antioch College as it worked toward independence, has announced she is leaving the College, effective May 4.

“The work I’ve done for Antioch College is some of the most rewarding work I’ve ever done,” Grimes said. “I am moved and amazed by all the alumni and friends who saved this audacious little college.”

“Risa led a team that, together, accomplished something extraordinary for Antioch College. Her work was instrumental in the establishment of an independent Antioch. We owe her a debt of gratitude and wish her nothing but the best in her future professional and personal
endeavors,” Antioch College President Mark Roosevelt said.

During the last five years, Grimes has worked in every facet of
Antioch College’s advancement operation.

She was hired in 2005 as a major gifts officer. At the closing of the
College, she emerged as the institution’s chief fund-raiser, working
with the alumni to secure the funds to purchase the College and its
assets from Antioch University.

She led a team of eight that secured $10 million to obtain the college
and wrote grants totaling $4.5 million. As executive director of the
College Revival Fund, she worked intimately with the Alumni
Association Board of Directors and wrote the 501(c)3 application to
establish the Antioch College Continuation Corporation.

“I am especially proud of the Advancement Team,” Grimes added.
“Against all odds, they never gave up on the fight to reclaim Antioch
College … They are the unsung heroes of the Save Antioch movement and
they are, without a doubt, the finest advancement professionals I have
ever encountered. I will miss each and every one of them.”

Grimes came to Antioch College from Clemson University, where she
served as the director of development for the College of Architecture,
Arts and Humanities from 2002-2005. There, she raised millions of
dollars for a wide variety of projects, including a Pre Law Society
and a Creative Arts Center.

She was also the chief executive officer for Dayton’s Center for
Nonprofit Resources (1998 to 2002), where she raised more than
$500,000 annually, and Life Essentials (1988-1998), where she raised
nearly $600,000 annually.

Grimes holds a bachelor’s in marketing education from Memphis State
University and a master’s in counseling from Troy State University.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gariot P. Louima ?
Director of Communications
Office: 937-319-6131
Mobile: 937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – April 21, 2011 – Steven D. Duffy ’77, who is known by most Antiochians as “Duffy” and by some as “Buffalo,” has returned to the Olive Kettering Library as a library circulation specialist and special assistant to alumni relations. Duffy’s return to the library, where he worked for three decades, is a move that gives the library necessary staff support in these critical months as the College prepares to welcome its first students since 2008.

For much of the last two years, Duffy worked in the Office of Advancement as an assistant director of alumni relations. He was the staff liaison to the Alumni of Courage for Diversity affinity group (formerly Alumni of Color), as well as the campus contact to the Chapters Committee of the Alumni Board.

Duffy will develop electronic and print course reserves for supplemental readings, process requests for library materials from local patrons using an automated circulation system, and manage the ongoing search process for missing materials and ongoing stack maintenance needs. When students arrive in the fall, he may train and oversee the work of the student assistant.

An integral member of the College’s advancement team, Duffy will continue to support chapter development and maintenance; serve as the primary college liaison to the Alumni of Courage for Diversity, and contribute to The Antiochian by soliciting and compiling “Class Notes” for publication in each edition. He will also work with the Communications office to develop a bi-weekly column that will be published in The Independent electronic newsletter.

From July of 1977 to June 30, 2008, Duffy managed the circulation desk at the Olive Kettering Library. He has trained hundreds of Antiochians to be library assistants. Additionally, he was the union representative in the College’s white-collar union, UE 767, and helped to negotiate amicable contracts for all but four years between 1979-2008. He also served two terms on the Alumni Board, and served on Comcil, AdCil, and the Sexual Offense Hearing Board.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gariot P. Louima ?
Director of Communications
Office: 937-319-6131
Mobile: 937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org

Coretta Scott King

Rev. Dr. Barbara A. Reynolds

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – April 11, 2010 – The public is invited to an event celebrating the life and work of Antioch College alumna Coretta Scott King on her birthday, April 27, at the College’s Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom. The Rev. Dr. Barbara A. Reynolds, an award-winning journalist, activist, author, spiritual leader and educator, will deliver a public address on King’s legacy at 7:00 p.m.

Presented jointly by the College and the African American Cross-Cultural Works, the event will also feature live music performances and readings from King’s speeches and interviews. A reception will follow the scheduled program.

One of the most celebrated champions of human and civil rights, Coretta Scott King, in partnership with her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ignited democracy movements worldwide. For more than forty years, she traveled extensively as a messenger of peace, justice and social action. Notably, in 1974, she formed and co-chaired the National Committee for Full Employment, formed the Coalition of Conscience (1983), and co-convened the Soviet-American Women’s Summit (1990). In 1969, she became the founding president, chair and chief executive officer of The King Center, the first institution built in memory of an African American leader. As a lifelong advocate for non-violence and coalition building, King’s legacy will continue to serve as an example for years to come.

King enrolled at Antioch College in 1945 as part of the college’s Interracial Education Scholarship program, which had recruited her sister, Edythe, two years earlier. Though she left the College in 1949, she remained connected to her alma mater, returning in 1965 when her husband delivered the commencement address, and again in 1967 to receive the baccalaureate degree that she should have received in 1951. She delivered the commencement address in 1982 and in 2004 accepted the Horace Mann Award from the Alumni Association for her determination to promote nonviolent social change. In 2005, she honored the College by allowing it to use her name on a Center for Cultural and Intellectual and Freedom. The Coretta Scott King Center opened on March 27, 2007.

Reynolds has more than 30 years of experience as a journalist/writer with some of the major media institutions in America, including Ebony, Essence, and The Chicago Tribune. She was also a founding editor at USA Today, where she served on the editorial board and wrote a column for more than 13 years. Today she is a religion columnist for the National Newspaper Publishers Association and is president of Women’s Christian Action Network (WCAN), a new multi-media TV channel that will be launched this year. Her television appearances include guest spots on The Oprah Winfrey Show and Politically Incorrect.

Her books include: Jesse Jackson: America’s David, an unauthorized biography; And Still We Rise: Interviews with 50 African-American Role Models; No I Won’t Shut-Up! 30 Years of Telling It Like It Is; Out of Hell & Living Well: Healing From the Inside Out. In August 2007, she released her fifth book, Doing Good in the Hood: The Life, Leadership & Legacy of Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, Reynolds earned a bachelor’s in journalism at The Ohio State University, master’s in divinity at Howard University, and doctorate in ministry at the United Theological Seminary in Dayton. She received honorary doctorates in humane letters from both Shenandoah University and Ohio State. Bishop Alfred A. Owens Jr. ordained her an elder at the Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church in 1995. For more information contact Morgan Fellow, Anne Bohlen, at 937286-8455 or abohlen@antiochcollege.org.

About Antioch College
A private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Antioch College will offer a four-year, undergraduate residential experience to a new class of students beginning in the fall of 2011. The College curriculum puts equal emphasis on rigorous liberal arts learning, work (cooperative education), and community engagement. Students will complete individualized majors based on one of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is now completely independent of Antioch University, the multi-campus system it created.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gariot P. Louima ?
Director of Communications
Office: 937-319-6131
Mobile: 937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org

 

 

 

 

 

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – April 5, 2010 – For the third consecutive year, The Antioch Review has been named a finalist for a National Magazine Award, the highest honor for magazines published in the United States.

Nominated in the Essays & Criticism category for William Giraldi’s “The Physics of Speed” (fall 2010), the Review competes with The American Scholar, The New Yorker, The Paris Review and Virginia Quarterly Review.

The American Society of Magazine Editors will present the awards, known as the Ellies, on Monday, May 9, in New York City. The Ellies are considered the Oscars or Pulitzer Prize of the magazine publishing world.

The Antioch Review, now in its 70th year of continuous publication, is the smallest magazine nominated for a prize this year. It received its first nomination in 2009 in the essay category and was nominated for fiction in 2010.

About the Antioch Review
The Antioch Review, founded in 1941, is one of the oldest, continuously publishing literary magazines in America. The Review publishes fiction, essays, and poetry from emerging and established authors. Authors published in its pages are consistently included in Best American anthologies and Pushcart prizes. Robert S. Fogarty has served as its editor since 1977.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gariot P. Louima ?
Director of Communications
Office: 937-319-6131
Mobile: 937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org