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Stephen W. Sturman is Advancement Head

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – May 27, 2011 – Antioch College President Mark Roosevelt today announced the appointment of Stephen W. Sturman as the College’s vice president for advancement.

Sturman, who assumes the role on July 1, has a rich professional background that includes operation of a family business and serving a key leadership role in a campaign that brought $376 million to The Culver Academies, independent college preparatory boarding schools comprised of Culver Military Academy and Culver Girls Academy, both in Indiana.

“Steve is committed to community and to purpose – the notion of making a difference in one’s work – and it’s that sensibility that makes him a good fit for Antioch right now,” Roosevelt said. “His work at Culver required that he get to know a specific kind of institution with a particular history and highly engaged alumni. That experience, together with his proven track-record in fund-raising and sales, will be an invaluable asset as we work to firm up our foundation going forward.”

Since 2003, Sturman has worked as a senior fund-raiser for the Culver Educational Foundation, which supports the Culver Academies. He managed a portfolio of 150 significant prospects and donors. Additionally, he worked with a committee of alumni who were dedicated to the enhancement and preservation of the Culver Summer Schools, a 109-year-old program.

Sturman’s successes at Culver include the generation of deferred major gifts in excess of $13 million; the creation of $4 million endowment to support merit salary increases to faculty and staff; and generating an excess of $7 million over the course of the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

For a 23-year period beginning in 1980, Sturman operated Sturman and Company, a manufacturer’s representative sales agency founded in 1914. As a field sales representative, vice president and owner/partner, he managed the Ohio sales territory, including key accounts responsibilities for Jo-Ann Stores, Revco Drug Stores, Kroger and Darice, the largest U.S. importer of craft products.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Management from Purdue University and attended the Fund Raising School at the Indiana University Center for Philanthropy.

Antioch College, with the assistance of the search firm Isaacson Miller, began searching for a vice president for advancement five months ago, after Roosevelt began his tenure as college president. College alumnus Ron Napal has held the post as interim director.

About Antioch College
A private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Antioch College will offer a four-year, undergraduate residential experience to a new class of students beginning in the fall of 2011. The College curriculum puts equal emphasis on rigorous liberal arts learning, work (cooperative education), and community engagement. Students will complete individualized majors based on one of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is now completely independent of Antioch University, the multi-campus system it created.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gariot P. Louima ?
Director of Communications
Office: 937-319-6131
Mobile: 937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org

Sustainability new focus for Antioch College

Leaders of the revived Antioch College intend to make the crisis in sustainability a focus for academic programs, according to President Mark Roosevelt in his State of the College address on Friday, May 20. The talk was given at the beginning of the college pro tem board’s weekend meeting.

“The way we live in America today is not sustainable. Period. The evidence for this is overwhelming and mounting every day,” Roosevelt said.

As part of the sustainability focus, the college may create a working farm on campus, on what is now the college golf course, according to Roosevelt, who said he and the board are talking about specifics. If the farm project takes place, students, all of whom are required to work 10 hours a week on campus, could take part in food production.

Many young people have an intuitive understanding of the importance of food in sustainability issues, Roosevelt said.

“Kids get it,” he said. “They get it and know it, they feel it and want to live it.”

To be able to offer the necessary classes, the tiny college will need to make good use of all of its human resources, according to Roosevelt.

“We need breadth,” he said. “We’ll have to cross boundaries. I want to soften the boundaries between administrators and faculty.” Specifically, he said, that could mean that some administrators, including himself,  take on some teaching responsibilities.

For a more detailed look at Roosevelt’s talk, see the May 26 Yellow Springs News.

Shadia Alvarez, Joe Foley Join Antioch College Governing Board

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – May 23, 2011 – Antioch College Trustees voted Sunday to appoint Bronx-based educator Shadia Alvarez and Columbus-based organizational consultant Joe Foley, both Antioch graduates, to the College’s governing board, the Board Pro Tempore, Board Chair Lee Morgan said.

Their appointments come as four members of the board retire their posts. Trustees Pavel Curtis, Allyn S. Hansson Feinberg, Rozell W. “Prexy” Nesbitt, and Nancy Crow, all alumni of the College, have served on the board since the fall of 2008.

“When it would have been easier to simply give lip service to this movement, these Antiochians gave their time, expertise and resources to establish a firm foundation for an independent Antioch College. For that, we are eternally grateful,” Morgan said. “Their personal and professional lives might be pulling them away from board service right now, but their commitment to Antioch College is unwavering; we expect to continue our relationship with them as colleagues and friends.”

Crow had served as a trustee of the University, negotiator in the Continuation Corporation and was elected president of the Alumni Board. Her final term ends this summer. Foley replaces her as Alumni Board president and takes her seat as an ex-officio member of the Board Pro Tempore.

Foley graduated from Antioch in 1964 with a bachelor’s in philosophy. He earned master’s and doctoral degrees in communication from the University of Iowa and spent much of his career on the faculty at The Ohio State University, where he was professor and chair of the department of communication. Currently, he is an organizational leadership and development consultant.

Alvarez graduated from Antioch in 1996, was a one-time community manager, and served as an assistant to the president for multicultural affairs. She is currently the assistant principal at the Collegiate Institute for Math and Science in the Bronx, New York. Alvarez is also on the Antioch College Community Governance Task Force and served on the Presidential Search Committee.

About Antioch College

A private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Antioch College will offer a four-year, undergraduate residential experience to a new class of students beginning in the fall of 2011. The College curriculum puts equal emphasis on rigorous liberal arts learning, work (cooperative education), and community engagement. Students will complete individualized majors based on one of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is now completely independent of Antioch University, the multi-campus system it created.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gariot P. Louima ?
Director of Communications
Office: 937-319-6131
Mobile: 937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org

Shadia Alvarez, Joe Foley Join Antioch College Governing Board

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – May 23, 2011 – Antioch College Trustees voted Sunday to appoint Bronx-based educator Shadia Alvarez and Columbus-based organizational consultant Joe Foley, both Antioch graduates, to the College’s governing board, the Board Pro Tempore, Board Chair Lee Morgan said.

Their appointments come as four members of the board retire their posts. Trustees Pavel Curtis, Allyn S. Hansson Feinberg, Rozell W. “Prexy” Nesbitt, and Nancy Crow, all alumni of the College, have served on the board since the fall of 2008.

“When it would have been easier to simply give lip service to this movement, these Antiochians gave their time, expertise and resources to establish a firm foundation for an independent Antioch College. For that, we are eternally grateful,” Morgan said. “Their personal and professional lives might be pulling them away from board service right now, but their commitment to Antioch College is unwavering; we expect to continue our relationship with them as colleagues and friends.”

Crow had served as a trustee of the University, negotiator in the Continuation Corporation and was elected president of the Alumni Board. Her final term ends this summer. Foley replaces her as Alumni Board president and takes her seat as an ex-officio member of the Board Pro Tempore.

Foley graduated from Antioch in 1964 with a bachelor’s in philosophy. He earned master’s and doctoral degrees in communication from the University of Iowa and spent much of his career on the faculty at The Ohio State University, where he was professor and chair of the department of communication. Currently, he is an organizational leadership and development consultant.

Alvarez graduated from Antioch in 1996, was a one-time community manager, and served as an assistant to the president for multicultural affairs. She is currently the assistant principal at the Collegiate Institute for Math and Science in the Bronx, New York. Alvarez is also on the Antioch College Community Governance Task Force and served on the Presidential Search Committee.

About Antioch College

A private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Antioch College will offer a four-year, undergraduate residential experience to a new class of students beginning in the fall of 2011. The College curriculum puts equal emphasis on rigorous liberal arts learning, work (cooperative education), and community engagement. Students will complete individualized majors based on one of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is now completely independent of Antioch University, the multi-campus system it created.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gariot P. Louima ?
Director of Communications
Office: 937-319-6131
Mobile: 937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org

John Sims exhibit to open at Antioch College

“Rhythm of Structure: Mathematics, Art and Poetic Reflection, Bowery and Beyond, an exhibit by artist John Sims, will open with a reception this Saturday, May 21, 6–9 p.m., at the Herndon Gallery on the Antioch campus.

The show, which runs to Nov. 1, “explores the poetic intersections between mathematics and art through a wide range of medium: painting, installation, poetry, films and sound art,” according to a press release.

The show, which was created by Sims from a year-long series of exhibits that premiered at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City, also features the work of contemporary artists Sol LeWitt, Karen Finley, Dread Scott and DJ Spooky, among others.

A 1991 graduate of Antioch College, Sims currently lives in New York. At Antioch, he created as a senior project a week-long series of events focusing on African-American culture, which later turned into the African-American Cultural Works, or AACW.

The intellectual foundation of his current show “coincides with the Antioch vision for education,” Sims said in an interview this week. Specifically, he said, the show looks at “where mind meets hand, where theory meets practice and where the soul meets the body.”

Glen Helen Hosts Bugstock Event

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – May 19, 2011 – The Glen Helen Nature Preserve at Antioch College invites bug enthusiasts to bring their personal collections, share their expertise, and participate in non-lethal collection demonstrations during BUGSTOCK, a day of bug-related adventures that begins at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 21, at the Glen Helen Trailside Museum, 505 Corry Street, Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Bugstock is an opportunity for the public and professionals alike to share their enjoyment and knowledge of invertebrates in an informal outdoor setting. Through interpretive hikes, identification, catch and release demonstrations, and community collaborations, we hope to increase public awareness of our ecosystem’s most diverse, abundant and vital animals. All ages are invited.

Those wishing to exhibit private displays or to conduct a more detailed species inventory before doors open should contact Matthew Herron, Glen Helen extension naturalist, at 225-620-2810. Check the Glen Helen Web site at www.glenhelen.org for a schedule of events, supply list, and any further details as they develop.

About Glen Helen

Glen Helen is a 1,000-acre nature preserve in Yellow Springs owned by Antioch College and managed by the Glen Helen Ecology Institute. Glen Helen adheres to a “no collection” policy and, while we recognize the value of collecting for research and identification purposes, we will return all animals to the wild.

About Antioch College

A private, nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Antioch College will offer a four-year, undergraduate residential experience to a new class of students in the fall of 2011. The College curriculum puts equal emphasis on classroom learning, cooperative education, and community engagement. Students will complete individualized majors based on one of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is completely independent of the multi-campus Antioch University system it created.

EVENT CONTACT

Matthew Herron, Naturalist

Call 225-620-2810

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gariot P. Louima ?
Director of Communications
Office: 937-319-6131
Mobile: 937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org