GLCA Update on Progress of Task Force Move Toward an Independent Antioch College

GLCA Press Release
For Immediate Release, October 15, 2008
Contact: Charla White

On Monday, October 13, 2008, the Task Force charged with developing a plan for an independent Antioch College met in New York City with Antioch University Board of Trustees Chair, Art Zucker,’55 and  Chancellor Toni Murdock. The purpose of this meeting was to brief the Chair and Chancellor on the work of the Task Force over the past three months, and to elicit their thinking on the strategies being considered by the Task Force.

According to Richard Detweiler, president of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and mediator/chair of the Task Force, “The meeting was positive and constructive, and we made significant progress toward formalizing a resolution. It is clear that everyone sitting around the table shares the commitment to the creation of an independent college, and that the only question is the optimal route forward, particularly in these financially turbulent times.”

The Task Force is continuing its work in the coming weeks, refining the approaches it has been developing based on the meeting’s discussions.

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Founded in 1962, the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) is a non-profit organization governed by thirteen selective liberal arts colleges in the Midwest:  Albion, Allegheny, Antioch, DePauw, Denison, Earlham, Hope, Kalamazoo, Kenyon, Oberlin, Ohio Wesleyan, Wabash, and Wooster. Its purpose is to strengthen and extend education in the tradition of the liberal arts and sciences. GLCA often works conjointly with similar associations of liberal arts colleges to enhance the strength and vitality of member institutions.

Chapter Meeting/Potluck 10/19, Save the Date Nancy Crow 11/22

Chapter Meeting 10/19

The next chapter meeting is a potluck dinner and strategy session Sunday, Oct. 19 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the home of Robin Sheerer ‘63.
300 N. Maple Ave. #3, Oak Park

Please bring a dish and join us to plan for the Antioch College Chicago Alumni Chapter’s upcoming efforts to raise funds and recruit students for the Nonstop Institute and the future independent Antioch College. Please RSVP if you are coming. Email me or RSVP at the Facebook event page

Save the Date 11/22

Nancy Crow ‘70, president of the Antioch College Alumni Association, will be in Chicago on Saturday, Nov. 22. Nancy will participate in a chapter event that day and will fill us in on ongoing developments toward an independent Antioch College.

Drop me a line if you have any questions or suggestions.

–Ed M. Koziarski ‘97, Chicago Chapter Co-Coordinator,

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