Agenda for Oct. 13-17: Presidential Interview, Board Meetings and Founders Day


PRESIDENTIAL INTERVIEW, BOARD MEETINGS & FOUNDERS DAY
AGENDA

OCTOBER 13 – 17, 2010

In recognition of the 160th year since founding and in celebration of one year of independence, Antioch College welcomes alumni and friends to campus for a series of events and meetings of the Alumni Association Board of Directors and the trustees of the Board Pro Tempore.


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13

4:30 p.m. Antioch College Open Meeting and Q&A with Mark Roosevelt

6:30 p.m. National Coming Out Day Dinner & Reception (BPT/AB Members & College Staff)


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2010

7:45 a.m. Breakfast with Presidential Candidate Mark Roosevelt (Closed to Public)

8:45 a.m. Alumni Association Board of Directors Retreat (Closed to Public)

The Alumni Association Board of Directors will spend the day in retreat with support from Potomac Consulting as members prepare for the next phase of the board’s development and contribution to Antioch College.

6:30 p.m. Dinner at Winds Café – Private room above Wine Cellar (AB/BPT Members Only)


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2010

7:45 a.m. Breakfast at Birch Hall Commons (AB/BPT Members & staff in service to boards)

8:45 a.m. BPT Meeting at South Hall Conference Room (Closed to Public)

8:45 a.m. AB Meeting at Vernay Glen Helen Building (Open to Public)

AB Group #1 Committee Meetings

Chapters Committee

Communications Committee

Development Committee (Closed to Public)

10:30 a.m. Break

AB Group #2 Committee Meetings

Nominating Committee (Closed to Public)

Reunion Committee

Legal Committee

12:00 p.m. Both Board Meetings Recess

12:15 p.m. Luncheon at Birch Hall Commons (AB/BPT Members & Staff)

1:30 p.m. BPT Meeting Reconvenes at Herndon Gallery (Open to Public)

Report from the Alumni Association Board of Directors (Nancy Crow)

BPT Committee Reports

Report from the Presidential Search Committee (Frances Degen-Horowitz)

Report from the Advancement Committee (Barbara Slaner-Winslow)

Report from the Finance Committee (Lee Morgan for Ed Richard)

Report from the Facilities Committee (Matthew Derr for Allyn Hanson)

3:30 p.m. Break

3:45 p.m. Facilities Master Plan (Dean Brookie for John Feinberg – Consultant)

4:45 p.m. Center for the Performing Arts (Matthew Derr)

5:15 p.m. Other Business, as needed (Lee Morgan)

5:30 p.m. BPT Meeting Recesses

6:30 p.m. Founder’s Day Celebration – Goodman Amphitheater (Public Invited)

Antioch College was founded in Marion, New York by the Christian Connexion, now the United Church of Christ, in 1850; it was incorporated in 1852 in the State of Ohio and opened for classes in the fall of 1853 with 8 students. Tonight we informally celebrate our founders.

Barbeque with the Corndaddy

Outdoor Screening of the Serling film: “Changing of the Guard”

Bonfire and Dancing till Midnight with DJ Dr. Falafel


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010

7:45 a.m. Breakfast at Birch Hall (AB/BPT Members & Staff in service to boards)

8:45 a.m. BPT Meeting Reconvenes at South Hall Conference Room (Closed to the Public)

8:45 a.m. AB Meeting Reconvenes at Vernay Glen Helen Building (Public Welcome)

Welcome & Other Business (Nancy Crow)

9:00 a.m. Fundraising 101: Chapter Involvement

9:30 a.m. AB Committee Reports

Report from Chapters Committee

Report from Communications Committee

Report from Development Committee

Report from Legal Committee

Report from Nominating Committee

Report from Reunion Committee

11:30 a.m. New Business

12:00 p.m. BPT Recesses & AB Adjourns

12:00 p.m. Box Luncheon (AB/BPT Board Members & College Staff)

12:45 p.m. Ringing of the Bell & Reading at the Horace Mann Obelisk (Public Welcome)

Horace Mann, first president of Antioch College, was an abolitionist and educational visionary. He was father of Antioch College and of the American public school. We celebrate his role in leading the College and for providing generations of Antiochians with the ethical direction to win victories for humanity.

1:15 p.m. State of the College near Horace Mann Obelisk (Weather Permitting – Public Welcome)

2:15 p.m. Board Pro Tempore Meeting Reconvenes in Herndon Gallery (Public Welcome)

BPT Committee Reports

Report from Community Governance Taskforce

Report from the Admission Committee

Olive Kettering Library

Antioch University Affiliation (Matthew)

Planning (Tom Kirk)

5:00 p.m. BPT Meeting Recesses

6:00 p.m. Emergent Visions: Young Antiochians Make Art at Herndon (Public Welcome)

7:00 p.m. Dinner at Folkmanis House (BPT/AB Board Members)


SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2010

7:45 a.m. Breakfast at Folkmanis House (BPT Board Members Only)

8:45 a.m. BPT Meeting Reconvenes at Folkmanis House (Closed to Public)

1:30 p.m. Board Pro Tempore Meeting Adjourns

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Antioch College presidential candidate to visit

Mark Roosevelt, currently the superintendent of the Pittsburgh public schools, will visit the Antioch College campus next week as one of two finalists for the position of Antioch College president.

Roosevelt will visit campus on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 13–14, for tours, a public forum, and meetings with staff and college leaders. The public forum will take place at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in Herndon Gallery in South Hall.

According to today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Roosevelt resigned from his job yesterday at a press conference. The article identifies Roosevelt as the only finalist for the job as Antioch College president.

According to Antioch College Communications Director Gariot Louima, the job has not yet been offered to Roosevelt. The Antioch College Board of Trustees will meet next weekend following Roosevelt’s campus visit, and may make a decision at that time.

Roosevelt is the great grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt.

According to a press statement released Oct. 6, the presidential search committee invited two finalists to campus, but one candidate withdrew late in the process for personal reasons. The committee, led by Antioch College Board Member Francis Degen Horowitz, has been meeting for six months and along with the search firm Isaacson, Miller, vetted numerous applicants, the statement said.

“We are all excited to have traveled this far and to see the talented and experienced people who have come before us,” said Lee Morgan, chair of the college trustees. “We have great hopes for the successful conclusion of our search for our next president. Our work will continue until we have accomplished this aim.”

A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Roosevelt has taught political science at Brandeis University, where he directed the Gordon Public Policy Center. He currently teaches a course at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz Graduate School of Public Policy.

Roosevelt is a former Massachusetts state representative who guided passage of the Education Reform Act of 1993 and was the lead sponsor of the 1989 Gay Rights Bill. In 1994 he was the Democratic nominee for governor of Massachusetts.

The superintendent of Pittsburgh schools since 2005, Roosevelt has pursued an aggressive reform agenda, “Excellence for All,” and is the founder of the Pittsburgh Promise, a ground-breaking initiative that guarantees as much as $10,000 per year in college scholarship dollars for Pittsburgh public school graduates who earn grades of 2.5 or better. The program now provides scholarships to over 1,800 graduates.