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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – September 25, 2011 – Maya Nye '99, former co-leader of the Environmental Field Program, has returned to Antioch College as an alumni relations officer for volunteer management.

Working with Alumni Relations Director Stacey Wirrig, Nye is responsible for maintaining a comprehensive volunteer program. Her work includes volunteer recruitment, training, and recognition. In addition to scheduling various campus work projects, she will serve as liaison to the Miami Valley Alumni Chapter.

Nye, who earned a B.A. in theater and environmental studies, was co-leader of the Environmental Field Program in 1999-2000. In that post, she developed and implemented the traveling undergraduate academic program focused on social and environmental justice issues.

She left the college for a position as company administrator and summer arts camp director at the Charleston State Company in Charleston, West Virginia. Nye directed day-to-day operations and raised funds for the nonprofit theater company for five years. During that time, she also taught a theatre laboratory course at West Virginia State University.

Beginning in 2008, she worked as an arts in education coordinator at the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. That year, she also began volunteering as spokesperson, director and president of People Concerned About M.I.C./People Concerned about Chemical Safety, a grass-roots effort to end the production and mass storage of methyl isocyanate in her home state.

About Antioch College

Antioch College is a private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. 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 or more of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences off campus. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to grant Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – September 23, 2011 – Three years after closing, Antioch College welcomes thirty-five new students on Saturday, September 24, for first-year orientation. Classes begin Oct. 4.

An undergraduate, liberal arts college, Antioch College pioneered the innovative cooperative education program that requires its students to complete full-time periods of paid work as part of their education. The College was also one of the first fully coeducational and racially integrated college in the U.S. The College’s closure, in 2008, received national media attention.

In the fall of 2009, an alumni-led group purchased the campus and other college assets, including its Glen Helen Nature Preserve, and began the work of rebuilding the college. Mark Roosevelt, the former superintendent of Pittsburgh Schools and a former Massachusetts legislator, became the college’s new president.

“Antioch College has always been about innovation, even in its earliest days when Horace Mann, the father of American public education, was its president,” Roosevelt said. “Our reopening pushes the envelope and goes against current trends in higher education. What we propose is to provide students with the broad knowledge, skills and critical capacity to address some of the most critical issues facing mankind today.”

Antioch’s education—the college offers the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees—requires students to complete a broad array of Foundation courses, Global Seminars on critical issues surrounding sustainability, and design individualized majors with faculty. All students complete six terms of full-time work, with the final job assignment abroad or in a multicultural setting that requires them to use the skills gained in a language minor.

Admission to Antioch College this year carried with it the Horace Mann Fellowship award, which covers full tuition for all four years. Additionally, fellows have the opportunity to be mentored by stellar alumni and friends of the College. This opportunity appealed to many top-achieving students from throughout the country.

The class of 2015 class enters with an average unweighted high school grade point average of 3.56. Most completed rigorous post-secondary education curricula, including International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, and Honors courses. One student was a National Merit Scholar Finalist and two others were Semifinalists for the award.

Sixteen students completed some college coursework prior to applying to Antioch College, and ten have spent some time studying or traveling abroad. Eighteen speak at least one foreign language: ten speak Spanish, one speaks Japanese, four speak French, and one student is fluent in Hindi, Hazaragi and Dari.

Nine students are Ohio residents, four are from Texas, three are from New York, three from Pennsylvania, and three from California. Other students are from Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

A tremendous number of students have done work in sustainability. Their biographies include stints farming in developing countries, working in agriculture and biodiversity, village construction and environmental conservation in Central America and South America, and organic farming in South America.

Their academic interests are also wide ranging: ecological or sustainable architecture, sustainability and rural development, animation, African American studies, creative writing, philosophy, literature, and more.

About Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. 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 or more of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences off campus. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to grant Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – September 23, 2011 – Three years after closing, Antioch College welcomes thirty-five new students on Saturday, September 24, for first-year orientation. Classes begin Oct. 4.

An undergraduate, liberal arts college, Antioch College pioneered the innovative cooperative education program that requires its students to complete full-time periods of paid work as part of their education. The College was also one of the first fully coeducational and racially integrated college in the U.S. The College’s closure, in 2008, received national media attention.

In the fall of 2009, an alumni-led group purchased the campus and other college assets, including its Glen Helen Nature Preserve, and began the work of rebuilding the college. Mark Roosevelt, the former superintendent of Pittsburgh Schools and a former Massachusetts legislator, became the college’s new president.

“Antioch College has always been about innovation, even in its earliest days when Horace Mann, the father of American public education, was its president,” Roosevelt said. “Our reopening pushes the envelope and goes against current trends in higher education. What we propose is to provide students with the broad knowledge, skills and critical capacity to address some of the most critical issues facing mankind today.”

Antioch’s education—the college offers the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees—requires students to complete a broad array of Foundation courses, Global Seminars on critical issues surrounding sustainability, and design individualized majors with faculty. All students complete six terms of full-time work, with the final job assignment abroad or in a multicultural setting that requires them to use the skills gained in a language minor.

Admission to Antioch College this year carried with it the Horace Mann Fellowship award, which covers full tuition for all four years. Additionally, fellows have the opportunity to be mentored by stellar alumni and friends of the College. This opportunity appealed to many top-achieving students from throughout the country.

The class of 2015 class enters with an average unweighted high school grade point average of 3.56. Most completed rigorous post-secondary education curricula, including International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, and Honors courses. One student was a National Merit Scholar Finalist and two others were Semifinalists for the award.

Sixteen students completed some college coursework prior to applying to Antioch College, and ten have spent some time studying or traveling abroad. Eighteen speak at least one foreign language: ten speak Spanish, one speaks Japanese, four speak French, and one student is fluent in Hindi, Hazaragi and Dari.

Nine students are Ohio residents, four are from Texas, three are from New York, three from Pennsylvania, and three from California. Other students are from Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

A tremendous number of students have done work in sustainability. Their biographies include stints farming in developing countries, working in agriculture and biodiversity, village construction and environmental conservation in Central America and South America, and organic farming in South America.

Their academic interests are also wide ranging: ecological or sustainable architecture, sustainability and rural development, animation, African American studies, creative writing, philosophy, literature, and more.

About Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. 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 or more of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences off campus. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to grant Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – September 10, 2011 – Manicka Thomas, a former Dayton public school site coordinator, joins Antioch College as an alumni relations officer for events and communications. Thomas’ appointment is effective Monday, September 12.

Working with Alumni Relations Director Stacey Wirrig, Thomas will provide support to the planning, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive alumni relations program with the goal of building alumni participation, affinity, and support.

Thomas was most recently a neighborhood site coordinator at the Fairview Pk-8 School in Dayton. There she served on the principal’s executive team and managed the contributions of community partners bringing programs and activities to the school. She was also the liaison between school staff, external organizations, and the community in the school’s service area.

A licensed social worker, Thomas has been a case worker at Miami Valley Child Development Centers, a resident advisor at the Dayton Job Corp Center, and a child welfare caseworker with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Thomas has a bachelor's of social work from Freed-Hardeman University and a master's in social work from The Ohio State University.

About Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. 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 or more of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences off campus. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to grant Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – September 9, 2011 – Antioch College President Mark Roosevelt has hired Scott Frasure as the College’s new vice president for finance/chief financial officer. Frasure has more than twenty years of experience in helping organizations achieve strategic, operational and financial growth. His appointment is effective September 26.

Frasure will assume financial duties from Tom Brookey, who will continue as Antioch College’s chief operations officer. Brookey will oversee the crucial work of renovating the campus and will continue to manage key administrative functions such as human resources and information technology.

Reporting to the president, Frasure will have primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial-related activities of the College. This will include direct responsibility for accounting, finance, forecasting, strategic planning, job costing, deal analysis and negotiations, investor relationships, partnership compliance, private and institutional financing, risk management, capital planning, and investments.

“Scott’s appointment represents a necessary transition in the administration as we welcome our first class and move into the next critical phase of our re-emergence,” Roosevelt said. “I look forward to working with Scott and Tom to devise ways to maximize all of the resources we have to meet the needs of our students and campus community.”

Frasure brings extensive experience in helping organizations implement strategic initiatives to drive revenues and profitability, improve operating efficiencies, optimize organizational structure, manage risk, and implement financial controls and processes. Since 2008, Frasure has been a manager at Clark Schaefer Hackett & Company, a leading regional accounting and consulting firm that also serves as Antioch College’s independent auditor.

Prior to Clark Schaefer Hackett, Frasure was a principal at Frasure Creek Advisors, where he developed Sarbanes-Oxley compliance programs and strategic growth initiatives for entrepreneurial and Fortune 1,000 firms; was an associate at the Oliver Wyman Group, a leading global strategy consulting firm; held key finance and operational roles at Fortune Brands, a Fortune 500 consumer products company; and was an auditor at KPMG.

A certified public accountant, Frasure has an MBA (with honors) from the Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BS in accounting from Miami University.

About Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. 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 or more of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences off campus. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to grant Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

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