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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – March 21, 2011 – Antioch College President Mark Roosevelt announced the appointment of former Antioch professor and experienced administrator Hassan Rahmanian, Ph.D., as the College’s dean for curriculum, assessment, planning & interdisciplinary learning. Rahmanian will also teach political economy and public policy.

“As one of the College’s new academic leaders, Dr. Rahmanian will use his 25-year record of scholarship and leadership to help design curricular programs that deliver on our promise to prepare a new generation of Antiochians to make a positive contribution in our fast-changing world,” Roosevelt said.

“This appointment truly moves the College forward on its challenging and exciting path,” said Joe Foley, incoming president of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. “Hassan brings a depth of experience from his previous leadership at the College and at Nonstop that provides a solid foundation for continuing Antioch’s heritage of offering rigorous academic programs that encourage students to build lives that have both depth and commitment.”

Reporting to the president, Rahmanian will develop plans for faculty orientation and oversee the Global Seminars, a central component of Antioch’s new curricular offering that provides for community-wide examination of pressing world issues. Additionally, he will supervise financial aid and registration administration, refine and implement the institution’s assessment plan, contribute to searches for key positions at the College, and ensure that faculty and staff help students learn deeply across traditional academic disciplines.

Rahmanian arrived at Antioch College in 1986 as an assistant professor of business and management. He earned tenure in the fall of 1991 and was promoted to associate professor of business. His leadership service to the college included terms on the Faculty Senate Steering Committee, the Faculty Executive Committee, and membership on the Administrative Council (AdCil). He chaired the management program and coordinated the Department of Social & Global Studies for a four-year period beginning in 1998.

At the closing of the College, Rahmanian rose as a leader in the Nonstop movement, ultimately coordinating the development of the educational program of the Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute and serving as a member of its Executive Collective. From June 2009 to June 2010, he was senior director of institutional research & evaluation at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California.

Rahmanian earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics at the University of Tehran, and a Ph.D. in public policy research and analysis at the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

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 founded.

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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – March 18, 2011 – Antioch College will welcome leading scholars from throughout the country on April 9 for “A Green Space for the Mind,” a daylong symposium that will explore initiatives to incorporate contemplative practice into academic and social settings in higher education. The symposium will be held in the Herndon Gallery, South Hall, One Morgan Place.

Presented with the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE), A Green Space for the Mind investigates the premise that conventional instruction based on critical scholarship and the scientific method can be strengthened by incorporating the reflective, contemplative and experiential methods.

The day will begin at 10:00 a.m. with a webinar given by Daniel Goleman, an internationally known psychologist and best-selling author who will discuss the topics within his latest book, Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything. Goleman is the author of Emotional Intelligence.

At 1:00 p.m., a panel of leading academics in contemplative education will present on the theory and practice of contemplation in higher education. The panelists are:

• Linda-Susan Beard, associate professor of literature at Bryn Mawr College and a monk in the Emmaus Community in Vestaburg, Michigan
• John Makransky, professor of Buddhism and comparative theology at Boston College and the founding teacher for the Foundation for Active Compassion
• Harold Roth, professor of religious studies and East Asian studies and the director of the Contemplative Studies Initiative at Brown University
• Clifford Saron, associate research scientist UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain and M.I.N.D. Institute

The panel will be moderated by Robert Pryor founder and director of Antioch Education Abroad’s Buddhist Studies Program in Bodh Gaya, India.

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 founded.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – March 10, 2011 –   The Future of Education series, a collaboration between Antioch College and the Yellow Springs Schools, continues on Saturday, March 12, with a presentation by Adam Howard, a Colby College associate professor of education and former Antioch associate dean of faculty.

Prior to joining the faculty at Colby, Howard taught at Hanover College, Lesley University Graduate School of Education, and Antioch College. At Antioch he was also a co-op professor, director of teacher education and associate dean of faculty.

Prior to teaching at the college level, Howard taught high school English and history at Cincinnati Country Day School and directed Summerbridge Cincinnati Inc., a nonprofit organization designed to provide academic support to disadvantaged middle school students while encouraging high school and college students to consider a teaching career path.

Howard has published numerous articles and papers on social class issues in education, privilege, service-learning, and curriculum theory. He is co-editor (with Hongyu Wang, Oklahoma State University) of the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, an interdisciplinary journal of curriculum studies. He chairs the Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice and is a member of the board of directors of the Corporation for Curriculum Research. He is co-editor (with Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández) of Educating Elites: Class Privilege and Educational Advantage and author of Learning Privilege: Lessons of Power and Identity in Affluent Schooling.

The series has featured MacArthur Genius Award winner Deborah Meier '66, Collegiate Institute assistant principal Shadia Alvarez '96, Miami University's associate vice president for academic affairs, Michael E. Dantley, and Antioch College President Mark Roosevelt.

The Future of Education, a partnership between the Morgan Fellows at Antioch College and the Yellow Springs schools to stimulate new and innovative thinking about the future of education in Yellow Springs. The series is a major component of the Class of 2020 Initiative, a process to create a strategic plan for the public schools.

Below is the schedule of remaining events.

Saturday, March 12, 3:00-5:00 p.m. –  Adam Howard
An associate professor of education at Colby College, Howard focuses his research on the educational impact of class and privilege, and on the concerns of gay and lesbian youth. His books include Educating Elites: Class Privilege and Educational Advantage, and Learning Privilege: Lessons of Power and Identity in Affluent Schooling. His articles have appeared in the journals Education Leadership, Democracy and Education, High School Journal, and the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy.
Location: Herndon Gallery, South Hall, Antioch College

Tuesday, March 22, 7:00-9:00 p.m. – Matt Fischer
Matt Fischer spent the first 21 years of his career creating award-winning campaigns for blue chip brands like AT&T, Amtrak, Time Magazine, Starbucks, Kraft and General Foods. Six years ago, persuaded by long-time friend, Greg Livingston, he decided to join WonderGroup in Cincinnati, where he and Livingston worked closely together to grow WonderGroup in size and stature with clients like Cincinnati Bell, Perfetti Van Melle's Airheads and Mentos, Kellogg's, Luxottica, Walt Disney Resorts, Topps, Evenflo, Heifer International, Dean Foods and more.
Location: Herndon Gallery, South Hall, Antioch College

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – March 9, 2011 – Historian Barbara Slaner Winslow, an Antioch College trustee, will discuss the role of Antioch College alumnae in the launching of the second wave of the women’s movement at 7 p.m., Friday, March 18, in the Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom at Antioch College.

Several Antiochian women were important figures in the civil rights and women’s moments. These include feminist Coretta Scott King; noted sociologist Cynthis Fuchs Epstein; the award-winning independent filmmaker and Yellow Springer Julia Reichert; Congressional Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton; women’s self-health activist Lolly Hirsch; Karen Folger Jacobs, founder of the San Francisco Women’s Center; socialist author Linda Jane Jeness; Elaine Lytel, founder of Syracuse NOW; and Antioch women’s studies professor and sociologist Marjory Nelson.

Winslow, a 1968 graduate of the College, brings her expertise in women’s history to bear on the discussion of the key roles these women played in this important and radical social movement that changed America. Currently a professor of women's studies in the School of Education at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Winslow is also a founder and director of the Shirley Chisholm Project of Brooklyn Women's Activism. She received her Ph.D. in women's history from the University of Washington, where she helped found Radical Women and Women’s Liberation Seattle.

Winslow is the author of a major scholarly book on the famous British feminist and pacifist Sylvia Pankhurst titled Sylvia Pankhurst: Sexual Politics and Political Activism and has written numerous articles about women's political participation, including “Clio in the Classroom: US Women's History.” She is completing “A History of the Women's Liberation Movement in Seattle, Washington.”

In addition to serving on Antioch College’s Board Pro Tempore, Winslow is a member of the Board of the North Star Fund, a progressive foundation funding grass roots organizations in New York City, and the Center for Defense Information Advisory Board.

Her talk is organized in collaboration with the Morgan Fellows at Antioch College. For more information contact Anne Bohlen at abohlen@antiochcollege.org

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