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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – January 3, 2011 – Antioch College announced today that producer, director and political activist Robert Greenwald ’66 will receive the Horace Mann Award at Reunion 2011. The award recognizes alumni who are "winning a victory or victories for humanity.”

The theme of Reunion 2011, from June 16-19, will be "Science and Invention." Nobel Laureate Mario Capecchi '61 is set to deliver keynote address.

Greenwald is the founder and president of Brave New Films, a new media company that uses moving images to educate, influence, and empower viewers to take action around issues that matter. Under Greenwald's direction, Brave New Films has produced a series of short political videos, including the Fox Attacks and Real McCain campaigns. One of the more notable Real McCain videos focused on McCain's Mansions; after Brave New Films produced this video, McCain notoriously said he was not sure how many houses he owned and a media firestorm ensued. In total, Brave New Film's short videos have been viewed over 45 million times in the past two years, inspired hundreds of thousands of people to take action and forced pressing issues into the mainstream media.

Robert Greenwald's Brave New Foundation is currently producing Rethink Afghanistan, a groundbreaking documentary being released online in real-time; the film features experts from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the U.S. discussing the United States' flawed strategy in Afghanistan. In August of 2009, Brave New Films launched Sick for Profit, a campaign that focuses on the exorbitant amounts of money made by health insurance companies' CEOs. Within one week, the campaign's first video was viewed over 100,000 times. Recently, Brave New Films also launched Senator Sanders Unfiltered, a two-minute weekly show in which Senator Sanders shares his views on an array of critical issues for our country.

In addition, Greenwald is the director/producer of several documentaries: "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers" (2006), an expose of what happens when corporations go to war; as well as "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" (2005), detailing the retail giant's assault on families and American values; and "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" (2004), about the right-wing opinion factory known as Fox "News". Millions of viewers have seen these films via grassroots "house parties" and independent online DVD sales, a groundbreaking method of alternative distribution. Greenwald also executive produced a trilogy of political documentaries: "Unprecedented: The 2000 Election" (2002); "Uncovered: The War on Iraq" (2003), which he also directed; and "Unconstitutional" (2004).

Prior to his documentary work, Greenwald produced and/or directed more than 55 television movies, miniseries and feature films. Greenwald's films have garnered 25 Emmy nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, the Peabody Award and the Robert Wood Johnson Award. He was awarded the 2002 Producer of the Year Award by the American Film Institute. He has been honored for his activism by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California; the Liberty Hill Foundation; the Los Angeles chapter of the National Lawyers Guild; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Consumer Attorney's Association of Los Angeles; Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy and the Office of the Americas.

MEDIA CONTACT
Gariot P. Louima
Director of Communications
937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – January 3, 2010 – We invite ideas and submissions for the winter 2011 edition of The Antiochian. To appear in the issue, please send query or manuscript before January 19, 2011. Here are some of the ways you can contribute.

Letters: Letters should be no longer than 150 words, must refer to an article that has appeared in The Antiochian or The Independent, and must include the writer’s full name, class year (if applicable), and city/state of residence. No attachments, please. We do not publish anonymous letters.

Class Notes: Tell us about new jobs, awards or major life changes that other Antiochians may find interesting. Limit to 75 words.

Essays: Send shorter first- or third-person essays on topics with an Antioch College connection (650 words). For longer essays, send us a one-paragraph query describing the piece and why you’re the best person to write it.

News Features: Feature articles should have broad, general appeal. We’re interested in stories that are timely, well-written and engaging. Query first.

Alumni Profiles: If your story is much bigger than a Class Note or you know of an Antiochian with an amazing personal history, query with your pitch.

Photographs and Illustrations: Any image from anywhere in the world. Photos and illustrations must be at least 300 dpi for print publication. Please note that The Antiochian will not publish images that depict graphic violence or graphic nudity.

How to Submit:
Send “Class Notes” to Steve Duffy at sduffy@antiochcollege.org. All others, send to communications@antiochcollege.org or query the editor, Gariot Louima, at glouima@antiochcollege.org.

The Antiochian is published by the Office of Communications at Antioch College. All submissions will be edited for length, spelling, grammar and editorial style (the College uses the Chicago Manual of Style). The Office of Communications will notify you if your submission is accepted for publication. Due to staffing limitations, we will not be able to personally respond to every submission.

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – December 31, 2010 – Antioch College today announced the receipt of a $50,000 gift from an anonymous donor.

When making the gift, the donor offered best wishes for the new year and the start of the presidency of Mark Roosevelt, who assumes office on January 1.

The money will go toward a $1.5 million challenge that the College received from another donor earlier in the year.

Originally founded in 1850, Antioch College gained its independence in the fall of 2009. The College, currently recruiting the inaugural class to enter in the fall of 2011, is also recruiting a faculty and undergoing a multi-year accreditation process.

Roosevelt, the former superintendent of the Pittsburgh Schools, was appointed president of Antioch College following a unanimous vote of the Board Pro Tempore, the college’s governing body. He succeeds Interim President Matthew Derr as the college’s chief executive.

MEDIA CONTACT
Gariot P. Louima
Director of Communications
937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – December 31, 2010 – For property tax assessment purposes, the Greene County Auditor has instructed Antioch College to place boundary markers around the perimeter of campus. At the recommendations of its attorneys, the College has employed the services of Millman Surveying Company to complete this work.

Employees of Millman Surveying will be at this assignment each day until the task is completed. To place the markers, surveyors will dig holes that are approximately eight inches in diameter. A one-inch steel rod will be placed in the ground before each hole is refilled.

The process may require Millman employees to cross residential property lines in the immediate area around campus. The amount of disruption to residential property should be minimal.

Please send questions or concerns to communications@antiochcollege.org or call 937-319-6131.

MEDIA CONTACT
Gariot P. Louima
Director of Communications
937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – December 16, 2010 – Antioch College announced to day that alumnus Mario Capecchi '61, scientist and Nobel Laureate, will be the keynote speaker at its 2011 Alumni Reunion.

The theme of 2011's Reunion, from June 16-19, will be "Science and Invention."  Capecchi is best known for his pioneering work on the development of gene targeting in mouse embryo-derived stem (ES) cells. This technology allows scientists to create mice with mutations in any desired gene. The power of this technology is that the investigator chooses both which gene to mutate and how to mutate it. The investigator has virtually complete freedom on how to manipulate the DNA sequences in the genome of living mice.

Capecchi won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 2007 with Oliver Smithies and Martin Evans. He is also a Horace Mann Award winner.

Born in Verona, Italy, in 1937, Capecchi had a tumultuous early life, including wandering, homeless, for four years in from the north of Italy, where his mother had left him with friends before she was deported to a Nazi concentration camp, to the south, where she found him after World War II had ended. After graduating from Antioch College in 1961, he went on to earn his Ph.D. from Harvard in biophysics in 1967.

Since 1988, Capecchi has been an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; since 1989, a professor of human genetics at the University of Utah School of Medicine; and since 1993, the Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology. He is also co-chairman of the Department of Human Genetics.

More information on Antioch College's Reunion will be posted as it becomes available on http://antiochcollege.org/alumni/reunion.

MEDIA CONTACT
Gariot P. Louima
Director of Communications
937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org

CHICAGO – December 14, 2010 – Antioch College Interim President Matthew A. Derr today accepted the CASE V Chief Executive Leadership Award for the role he played in negotiating for Antioch College’s independence and shepherding the organization in its first year of operation.

CASE V Chair Jeff Liebermann and CASE V Trustee Teresa Exline presented the award to Derr at the CASE District V Conference closing luncheon in Chicago. (Photograph: Liebermann, Derr and Exline)

“Those who came to Antioch’s rescue believed its loss represented something more significant than our individual experiences,” Derr said. “This was not an exercise in nostalgia; it is a cause based firmly on a clearly articulated set of educational and social values.”

Derr was nominated by Aimee Maruyama '96, a graduate of the college who today serves as director of foundation relations/senior major gifts officer; Dr. Scott Warren, an Arthur E. Morgan Fellow and a former professor of philosophy; and Dr. Richard Detweiler, president of the Great Lakes Colleges Association.

CASE District V includes members from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Executive Leadership awards are an opportunity for CASE – the Council for Advancement and Support of Education – to applaud and promote the work and contributions of top educational executives. The awards recognize the president, chancellor, headmaster or system head of a CASE District V member institution for outstanding leadership and service in support of education.

CASE is an international association of education advancement officers, who include alumni administrators, fund raisers, public relations managers, publications editors, and government relations officers. The ultimate goal of advancement professionals is to enhance their institutions by bringing in support — be it in the form of money, alumni loyalty, public esteem, or new students. In turn, CASE's purpose is to help these people advance the cause of education. It does this by offering information resources and training opportunities to aid its members.

Derr was a member of the Antioch College Alumni Board and served on its Executive Committee. He played a key role in securing Antioch College’s independence and was the chief transition officer prior to his appointment as interim president of the college in the fall of 2009. His term as interim president ends on December 31, 2010. His successor, Mark Roosevelt, assumes the college presidency on January 1.

MEDIA CONTACT
Gariot P. Louima
Director of Communications
937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org