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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – November 1, 2010 – Stacey Wirrig ‘98 has been hired full time as the new assistant director of advancement/director of alumni relations at Antioch College.

Wirrig is responsible for providing strategic direction for all aspects of the alumni relations program in partnership with the Alumni Association and with peers on the College’s advancement management team.

Part of Wirrig’s work will also include working with the Office of Communications on a number of projects, including the electronic newsletter, The Independent, and the print magazine, The Antiochian. She will also provide content for the Alumni Web site as well as social media outlets.

Previously, Wirrig was a development coordinator at the Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence, where she created, developed and implemented a fund-raising plan that including worksite giving, direct mail campaigns and individual donor, corporate and foundation giving.

Later, she served as shelter director at Alternatives to Family Violence, a 24-hour shelter and counseling program with 21 beds. In addition to supervising 10 direct-report staff and relief personnel, Wirrig served as staff liaison to the board of directors and oversaw strategic planning, development and fiscal management.

She returned to the college in November 2009 as a volunteer to the advancement office and later joined the staff as a part-time assistant to Alumni Relations. In early fall of 2010, she was appointed a special assistant to the president for alumni relations.

Wirrig earned a bachelor’s degree in women's studies and journalism at Antioch College.

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

Update: November 9, 2010

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – November 1, 2010 – Antioch College has begun a search for faculty to teach in its undergraduate program beginning in the fall of 2011.

The first tenure-track positions are in Spanish; organic chemistry; cultural anthropology; philosophy; 3-D art; and literature. Visiting distinguished teaching posts will be available in history, psychology, mathematics and biology. The College will also conduct searches for adjunct faculty in mathematics and the arts.

“Without the shared commitment of the alumni, former faculty and staff, and the community at large, Antioch College would not have been the inspirational and transformational place it was,” Interim President Matthew A. Derr said. “As we continue to rebuild our college and community, we welcome and encourage qualified applications, including those from the former faculty and alumni.”

A private, independent nonprofit institution, Antioch College will offer a four-year, liberal arts residential college experience beginning in the fall of 2011. The Antioch College curriculum puts equal emphasis on rigorous liberal arts learning and work. Upon graduation, students will have completed an individualized major based on one of 11 concentrations as well as a language minor. The institution, originally founded in 1850, operates completely independent of Antioch University, the multi-campus system it founded.

Faculty search effort is being led by Tom Kirk, the former library director and coordinator of information services at Earlham College. Kirk has been temporarily appointed interim academic administrator at the College. He is charged with establishing review panels to screen and interview applicants, who will ultimately be appointed by the College president.

Review panels will be comprised of alumni, former and emeriti faculty and other subject-matter experts who have a connection to Antioch College, understand its history and mission, and are familiar with a model for the liberal arts that includes cooperative education.

As panels of three to five individuals are assembled and job descriptions are finalized, positions will be posted on the College’s Web site and in higher education publications, such as Inside Higher Education, the Chronicle of Higher Education and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.

Review of candidates will begin as they are completed and interviews will be scheduled in the first quarter of 2011.

The first available position is a tenure-track post in cultural anthropology. A PhD in anthropology or a related interdisciplinary field is required. The successful candidate will teach general education courses that introduce anthropology and sociology, and upper-level topical courses, including those that support student self-designed majors in the area of concentration in Self, Society and Culture. The successful candidate’s experience will determine rank and salary.

Kirk served as science librarian at Earlham from 1965-1980, and then served at Berea College from 1980-1994 as library director. He returned to Earlham in 1994 as library director, a position he held through 2001. He was library director and coordinator of information services from through 2009. He also sat on the faculty affairs, campus administrative leadership and curricular policy committees, among many others.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – November 1, 2010 – The Glen Helen Ecology Institute at Antioch College recently won grants totaling $120,855 for its ongoing work in invasive species removal and its outdoor education programs.

A $49,918 award from the Ohio Environmental Education Fund will support the naturalist training program at the Glen Helen Outdoor Education Center. “The grant is dispersed over the course of two years, so through it we’ll be able to train 26 naturalists and reach 6,000 kids who spend a week in Glen Helen and learn about the environment and their place in it,” Glen Helen Director Nick Boutis said.

A $70,937 grant from the Adam Schantz Fund of the Nature Conservancy supports the removal of invasive plant species along the Little Miami River.

Both awards were announced a week before Honeysuckle Daze on Saturday, November 6, at which friends of Glen Helen help to free the woods of this invasive, non-native plant. Volunteers will be given on-site training in carrying honeysuckle to the chipper, and lopping and spraying small plants. Layered clothing, including boots, gloves and safety glasses, is required, and minors age 16 and up must have advance release forms. Please R.S.V.P. to Brooke Bryan at 937-769-1902 ext. 101 or bbryan@glenhelen.org.

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

By Christian Feuerstein ‘94

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – November 1, 2010 – The Olive Kettering Library moves steadily forward with facility renovations and updates to its collections as the College prepares for the fall 2011 arrival of its first 25 students.

The library exterior has already received a face-lift – new brickwork on the south-facing wall as well as pressure-cleaning of the front entrance, which requires some further renovation.

The interior, however, still needs work, said Ritch Kerns, head of technical operations (Photo: Kerns [left] with Scott Sanders, archivist). The library needs cleaning, painting and carpeting, Kerns said. “We’re under a time crunch, and there’s a lot to do.”

Kerns has been with the Olive Kettering Library since June of 2000. In September of 2010, he became a full-time employee of Antioch College, as the library is now a fully College-owned asset.

Tom Kirk is the College’s interim academic administrator. In addition to leading faculty searches, the former library director and coordinator of information services at Earlham College is lending his 39 years of experience in academic library and resource management to strategic planning for Olive Kettering Library.

“What [the College] is aiming for is to create a place that’s comfortable and inviting, and is an academic and social center for the campus,” he said. “Students need a quiet place for individual study and spaces for group study.”

Kirk has already made some significant recommendations. For instance, he has recommended that Olive Kettering subscribe to JSTOR  to complement its subscription to OHIOLink. JSTOR offers a large collection of full-text journals.

Kirk has also recommended a systematic review of the library’s print collections. “The building is full, and it’s not clear how applicable the collection is to supporting the new curriculum,” he said.

“The goal is to serve the curricula, and make available high-quality scholarly material for students, faculty and staff,” Kerns said. “We are aware and sensitive to the fact that this collection represents our institutional memory in many respects, as our faculty throughout the decades have contributed the ideas on what items would best represent the College’s scholarly endeavors—not to mention many of the friends of the library who have donated their personal collections.”

A review of the library’s collection will be a slow, deliberate process with many levels of vetting. An overall review of the collection hasn’t occurred in approximately a decade, Kerns said.

A review of the print collections will begin with the journals. The library staff has already compiled what is available electronically through OhioLINK and JSTOR with its print collections. “Bound periodicals, when the electronic versions are available, will be offered to other academic libraries in Ohio,” Kerns said. “We are way over capacity in regard to bound periodicals, and for the most part, electronic versions of journals are easier to access and more familiar to students. There will be exceptions to this approach as we look at the data further.”

Reviewing the library’s collection of books will be an “intensive task,” Kerns said.

Kerns said the goal is to “create a robust and abundant scholarly environment with a balance of online and in-print resources that respects and reflects Antioch College’s rich tradition.”

Kerns and Kirk are also looking at opportunities to maximize the space available in Olive Kettering Library.

“The furniture and layout need to be modernized,” Kirk said. He added: “We need more group study spaces for collaborative learning. We need furniture that is comfortable and flexible, that can be repositioned. We need to create an environment that is open to today’s students.”

 

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – October 27, 2010 – Antioch College Interim President Matthew A. Derr is the recipient of the 2010 CASE V Executive Leadership Award, which recognizes the president, chancellor, headmaster or system head of a CASE District V member institution for outstanding leadership and service in support of education.

Executive Leadership awards are an opportunity for CASE to applaud and promote the work and contributions of our top educational executives. Derr was nominated by Aimee Maruyama, director of foundation relations/senior major gifts officer; Dr. Scott Warren, an Arthur E. Morgan Fellow; and Richard Detweiler, president of the Great Lakes Colleges Association.

“Your efforts in saving Antioch College from permanent closure are an exemplary model of outstanding advancement work,” said award administrator Teresa D. Exline, Special Assistant to the President, Internal Relations, at Indiana State University.

The award will be presented at the CASE V Grand Luncheon at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 14, at the Chicago Sheraton Hotel and Towers.

The Council for Advancement and 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.

CASE District V includes members from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – October 21, 2010 – A new film series presented by the Arthur E. Morgan Fellows at Antioch College addresses the struggle for equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities around the world. “Outing the Past: Witnessing the Struggle for GLBT Rights” begins Thursday, October 28 and runs through December.

The Series

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Thursday, October 28, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., Herndon Gallery, South Hall, Antioch College

Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, 2000. The personal accounts of the men and women who lived through the Nazi persecution of homosexuals during Third Reich.

Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

Thursday, November 4, 7:00–9:00 p.m., Herndon Gallery, South Hall, Antioch College

Peter Adair, 1977. Antioch College alumnus Peter Adair ,67 produced and directed this landmark documentary about lesbian and gay identity.

Stolen Moments

Thursday, November 11, 7:00–9:00 p.m., Herndon Gallery, South Hall, Antioch College

Margaret Westcott, 1998. This exploration of 100 years of lesbian history and identity features interviews with Audre Lorde, Jean Nestle, Nicole Brossard, Leslie Feinberg.

Stonewall Uprising

Thursday, November 18, 7:00–9:00 p.m., The Little Art Theatre, 247 Xenia Ave

Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, 2010. This acclaimed new documentary recounts the dramatic 1969 police raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York’s West Village – and the resistance that sparked a new direction in civil rights.

Outrage

Thursday, December 2, 7:00–9:00 p.m., Herndon Gallery, South Hall, Antioch College

Kirby Dick, 2009. A controversial look at the hidden lives of some of America’s most powerful policymakers, and the ethics of outing and public exposure.

Out in the Silence

Thursday, December 9, 7:00–9:00 p.m., Herndon Gallery

Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson, 2009. This timely Emmy-winning film documents the homophobic bullying of a teenager in a small Pennsylvania town, and the search for common ground that followed.

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