Alumna’s Literary Outreach Program Wins National Award

Date: 11/5/2009 to 12/5/2009
Antioch College alumni board member Dr. Terry Bonhurst
Blackhawk ’68
, founder and executive director of InsideOut Literary Arts
Project, was a guest at the White House yesterday, November 4, 2009, where she accepted
the Coming Up Taller Award, an honor bestowed annually by the President’s
Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.  Blackhawk accepted the award on behalf of InsideOut’s Citywide Poets
program.

Ganges ’71 Joins Board Pro Tem

Date: 11/5/2009 to 12/5/2009
Antioch College alumni Tendaji Ganges ’71, has been appointed to the board Pro Tempore for Antioch College.

A former member of the Antioch College Alumni Board, Ganges works as
Assistant to the Chancellor and Executive Director, Educational
Opportunity Initiatives at the University of Michigan-Flint.

In addition to his work with assistance programs at the University of
Michigan-Flint, Tendaji is a community activist in the areas of social
justice issues generally and anti-racism specifically. He is also
active with various cultural groups, including African American and
Hispanic American, and works also with various leadership development
organizations. He also serves on a regional foundation board. 

Obituary: Mark Moses Newman

Date: 11/5/2009 to 11/19/2009

Mark
Moses Newman, Antioch College class of 1958, died Friday, October 23,
2009, of lung cancer. He was a Patent Attorney retired from United
States Patent and Trademark Office and Counsel to Barnes and Thornburg.
He is survived by his loving wife, Diana; sister, Minna Nathanson;
brother-in-law, Jim Nathanson; sister-in-law, Joyce Newman and many
nieces and nephews. No services will be held. In lieu of flowers, the
family asks that contributions may be made to Antioch College Revival
Fund, In Memory of Mark Newman, P.O. Box 444, Yellow Springs, OH 45387.