Date: 8/13/2009 to 9/12/2009
With the news of Independence still ringing in the ears of Antiochians
nationwide, it’s no surprise that there is eager interest in the 2009
Reunion and the pre-Reunion Work Project. For a week before the
Reunion officially begins on October 4, Alumni from many generations
will descend on campus and engage in a variety of work projects to help
restore the campus and prepare for reunion.
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Antioch College Road Show
Date: 8/13/2009 to 9/13/2009
Years ago I received a postcard from the Alumni office that showed an old DC highway with a traffic jam of model T’s. The caption was, “The Antioch Road Show is coming to a town near you.” For some reason it certainly got my attention and made me laugh. The other postcard that made me laugh at that time was two 1950s era co-eds struggling and lugging a trunk down Birch Hall – I guess that’s just another version of the Antioch Road Show!
Endowing Independence
Date: 8/13/2009 to 9/13/2009
The mood at the Greene County Probate Court in lovely Xenia, Ohio, was
friendly today as lawyers for the Antioch College Continuation
Corporation (ACCC) and Antioch University addressed a brief filed with
the Court by Antioch University. Judge Robert A Hagler reviewed a plan
to transfer endowment funds worth approximately $20 million from the
University to the “Continuation Fund, inc.” a non-profit that will
support Antioch College under its new Board.
Wendy Ewald ‘74 Focuses Her Lens on the World, Co-op Education
Date: 8/13/2009 to 9/13/2009
Wendy Ewald has collaborated with children and adults around the world, working in communities in Labrador, Appalachia, Colombia, India, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Holland, Mexico, Canada, North Carolina, and New York. She encourages her students to use cameras to create individual self-portraits and portraits of their communities and to articulate their dreams and hopes while working with her in visual and verbal collaboration.
Obituary: Egons “Tony” Tons ’53
Date: 8/5/2009 to 9/12/2009
Egons “Tony” Tons, 84, of
passed away peacefully at his home on June 2, 2009. Tony was born on April 26,
1925 in
Tons on their family farm Druvas. During his late teens, he and his family
survived a fearful year under Soviet occupation. So, in 1944, during the German
occupation of
he left his family to work for the German Air Force. He would not return for 48
years and never saw his parents again. After the war ended, Tony lived for
several years in refugee camps in
until he received a scholarship to attend
There he met and fell forever in love with Susanne Weilbauer from Ecuador
(originally from Germany), and after graduating from Antioch College with his
Bachelors degree in 1953, they were married in Susanne’s home city of Quito,
Ecuador.
New Antioch College Web Site Launched!
Date: 8/4/2009 to 9/1/2009
The Antioch College Continuation Corporation just launched a new Antioch College Web Site
The site at antiochcollege.org contains details on the emerging independent Antioch College and includes job postings and applications for positions to be filled in the first round of hiring for the College.
For Job Postings navigate to:
http://www.antiochcollege.org/employment