Date: 10/15/2009 to 11/15/2009
As we begin again to rethink higher education, Antioch College is proud
to introduce the first Arthur E. Morgan Fellows. They will be
instrumental in setting a strong course of the newly independent
College. The Fellow’s are accomplished in their fields and bring
skills and perspectives that are invaluable as we go forward with this
monumental effort.
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Lisa Delpit ’74, On Saddle Oxfords and the Ten-Minute University
Date: 10/15/2009 to 11/15/2009
By Christian Feuerstein ’94
Dr. Lisa Delpit, Knight Eminent Scholar and Executive Director for the
Center for Urban Education & Innovation, received the award for
Outstanding Contribution to Education in 1993 from Harvard Graduate
School of Education, which hailed her as a “visionary scholar and woman
of courage.” Her work on school-community relations and cross-cultural
communication was cited when she received her MacArthur “Genius”
Fellowship. Delpit is a Antioch College Horace Mann Humanity Award
recipient for 2003, which recognizes a contribution by alumni of
Antioch College who have “won some victory for humanity.” She describes
her strongest focus as “finding ways and means to best educate urban
students, particularly African-American, and other students of color.”
Among her publications are Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom (1995); The Real Ebonics Debate: Power, Language, and the Education of African-American Children (co-edited with Theresa Perry, 1998); and The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom (co-edited with Joanne Kilgour Dowdy, 2002).
Obituary: Robert Siegel ’49
Date: 10/7/2009
Bob Siegel began Antioch in 1942. His time there was interrupted by
his service in WWII as an ensign in command of an LCT in the Pacific.
He originally intended to major in architecture but upon returning to
Antioch he majored in political science graduating in 1949. He enjoyed
his coop jobs. One coop job, the NLRB in New Orleans, influence his
decision to become a lawyer so that following graduation from Antioch
in 1948 he attended Yale Law School. He then married Norma Kaiden
Siegel (Antioch class of 1948)
This Week on Campus: On a Trip up the Bell Tower
Date: 9/24/2009 to 10/21/2009
By Micah Canal ’08
The bell of Antioch College rang out again this week and could be heard
all around Yellow Springs and through the farms and the Glen. Matthew
Derr ‘89(Chief Transition officer), Emily McCord (WYSO News), Scott
Sanders (Antiochiana), Ron Hampton (Buildings and Grounds Manager), and
I, Micah Canal ‘08(Assistant Director of Advancement), climbed
carefully the rickety ladder that grants access to the bell tower of
Antioch Hall.
Antiochian Timothy Barrett ’73 Awarded MacArthur Fellowship
Date: 9/22/2009 to 10/22/2009
Timothy Barrett is an internationally recognized master craftsman and
paper historian who is preserving and enhancing the art of
hand-papermaking through his work as a practitioner, scholar, and
teacher. Combining the skills of artist, ethnographer, scientist, and
historian, he documents and demonstrates centuries-old hand-papermaking
practices that may otherwise be lost.
Be Part of Another Historic Team
Date: 9/22/2009 to 10/22/2009
By Steve Duffy ’77
Helping widen Antioch College’s circle of friends is a meaningful way to win a victory for humanity ! It would also help in building a firm foundation for our future.
If you are a good communicator and have a passion for Antioch College and other Antiochians, you might be destined to join one of the following teams of friendraisers