Date: 5/18/2009
JOSEPH EDWARD CONNELL October 8, 1930
February 27, 2009. Joe was born and raised in Niagara
Falls where he attended LaSalle High School and captained
its football team. After marrying his wife Patty (the
former Patricia Jane Parsons of Royal Oak, Michigan) and
graduating from Antioch College, Joe served as a naval
officer in Washington D.C. He then began a career in
public accounting with Coopers and Lybrand, where he rose
to become a partner while working in Detroit, Minneapolis,
and Des Moines.
Author: News Summary Listing
Antioch Notes
Date: 5/14/2009 to 6/14/2009
By Matthew Derr
In recent months, I have continued to receive e-mail messages from
alumni and friends around the country with attached news articles
regarding the dire state of American higher education. In reading these
messages I am invited to consider the question: under these
circumstances, does Antioch College have the possibility of again
becoming a thriving College? Combine this with world economic chaos,
pandemic illness and armed conflict in more than a dozen countries and
it might appear an inauspicious time to restore a liberal arts college,
even a highly regarded one with accomplished alumni.
Update from BPT
Date: 5/14/2009 to 6/14/2009
Statement from Lee Morgan, Chair of the Antioch College
Board Pro Tem and Matthew Derr, Chief Transition Officer
Ask not what Antioch can do for you…
Date: 5/13/2009
…But what you can do for Antioch. A call for volunteers!
Every day we get closer to the independence of Antioch College. It’s
been a long and sometimes tedious process, but with the light at the
end of the tunnel getting brighter all the time it’s important that we
take stock, count our numbers, and figure out how we can all work
together to ensure a sustainable future for our beloved College.
John Sims, ‘90, On Art, Math, Communities, and Antioch College
Date: 5/13/2009 to 6/13/2009
By Christian Feuerstein ‘94
John Sims is an interdisciplinary conceptualist interested in the intersecting worlds of mathematics, art and political activism. While at Antioch, he studied abroad at Tubingen University, and ultimately earned a degree in mathematics. He was the founder and director of Antioch College’s Cross-Cultural Field Program, which took students to the American South to learn about African-American history and culture. It was during this time that he also founded the African-American Cultural Week (AACW) in Yellow Springs, which has continued to this day. This journey inspired his appreciation of projects driven by ideas that connect communities.
Sharan Newman, ’71: Historian who Believes in Revival of Antioch
Date: 5/7/2009 to 6/7/2009
Sharan Newman is a medieval historian and author. After graduating from Antioch College in 1971, she took her Master’s degree in Medieval Literature at Michigan State University and then did her doctoral work at the University of California at Santa Barbara in Medieval Studies, specializing in twelfth-century France. She is a member of the Medieval Academy and the Medieval Association of the Pacific.