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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – September 23, 2011 – Three years after closing, Antioch College welcomes thirty-five new students on Saturday, September 24, for first-year orientation. Classes begin Oct. 4.

An undergraduate, liberal arts college, Antioch College pioneered the innovative cooperative education program that requires its students to complete full-time periods of paid work as part of their education. The College was also one of the first fully coeducational and racially integrated college in the U.S. The College’s closure, in 2008, received national media attention.

In the fall of 2009, an alumni-led group purchased the campus and other college assets, including its Glen Helen Nature Preserve, and began the work of rebuilding the college. Mark Roosevelt, the former superintendent of Pittsburgh Schools and a former Massachusetts legislator, became the college’s new president.

“Antioch College has always been about innovation, even in its earliest days when Horace Mann, the father of American public education, was its president,” Roosevelt said. “Our reopening pushes the envelope and goes against current trends in higher education. What we propose is to provide students with the broad knowledge, skills and critical capacity to address some of the most critical issues facing mankind today.”

Antioch’s education—the college offers the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees—requires students to complete a broad array of Foundation courses, Global Seminars on critical issues surrounding sustainability, and design individualized majors with faculty. All students complete six terms of full-time work, with the final job assignment abroad or in a multicultural setting that requires them to use the skills gained in a language minor.

Admission to Antioch College this year carried with it the Horace Mann Fellowship award, which covers full tuition for all four years. Additionally, fellows have the opportunity to be mentored by stellar alumni and friends of the College. This opportunity appealed to many top-achieving students from throughout the country.

The class of 2015 class enters with an average unweighted high school grade point average of 3.56. Most completed rigorous post-secondary education curricula, including International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, and Honors courses. One student was a National Merit Scholar Finalist and two others were Semifinalists for the award.

Sixteen students completed some college coursework prior to applying to Antioch College, and ten have spent some time studying or traveling abroad. Eighteen speak at least one foreign language: ten speak Spanish, one speaks Japanese, four speak French, and one student is fluent in Hindi, Hazaragi and Dari.

Nine students are Ohio residents, four are from Texas, three are from New York, three from Pennsylvania, and three from California. Other students are from Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

A tremendous number of students have done work in sustainability. Their biographies include stints farming in developing countries, working in agriculture and biodiversity, village construction and environmental conservation in Central America and South America, and organic farming in South America.

Their academic interests are also wide ranging: ecological or sustainable architecture, sustainability and rural development, animation, African American studies, creative writing, philosophy, literature, and more.

About Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. 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 or more of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences off campus. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to grant Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – September 10, 2011 – Manicka Thomas, a former Dayton public school site coordinator, joins Antioch College as an alumni relations officer for events and communications. Thomas’ appointment is effective Monday, September 12.

Working with Alumni Relations Director Stacey Wirrig, Thomas will provide support to the planning, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive alumni relations program with the goal of building alumni participation, affinity, and support.

Thomas was most recently a neighborhood site coordinator at the Fairview Pk-8 School in Dayton. There she served on the principal’s executive team and managed the contributions of community partners bringing programs and activities to the school. She was also the liaison between school staff, external organizations, and the community in the school’s service area.

A licensed social worker, Thomas has been a case worker at Miami Valley Child Development Centers, a resident advisor at the Dayton Job Corp Center, and a child welfare caseworker with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Thomas has a bachelor's of social work from Freed-Hardeman University and a master's in social work from The Ohio State University.

About Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. 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 or more of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences off campus. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to grant Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – September 9, 2011 – Antioch College President Mark Roosevelt has hired Scott Frasure as the College’s new vice president for finance/chief financial officer. Frasure has more than twenty years of experience in helping organizations achieve strategic, operational and financial growth. His appointment is effective September 26.

Frasure will assume financial duties from Tom Brookey, who will continue as Antioch College’s chief operations officer. Brookey will oversee the crucial work of renovating the campus and will continue to manage key administrative functions such as human resources and information technology.

Reporting to the president, Frasure will have primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial-related activities of the College. This will include direct responsibility for accounting, finance, forecasting, strategic planning, job costing, deal analysis and negotiations, investor relationships, partnership compliance, private and institutional financing, risk management, capital planning, and investments.

“Scott’s appointment represents a necessary transition in the administration as we welcome our first class and move into the next critical phase of our re-emergence,” Roosevelt said. “I look forward to working with Scott and Tom to devise ways to maximize all of the resources we have to meet the needs of our students and campus community.”

Frasure brings extensive experience in helping organizations implement strategic initiatives to drive revenues and profitability, improve operating efficiencies, optimize organizational structure, manage risk, and implement financial controls and processes. Since 2008, Frasure has been a manager at Clark Schaefer Hackett & Company, a leading regional accounting and consulting firm that also serves as Antioch College’s independent auditor.

Prior to Clark Schaefer Hackett, Frasure was a principal at Frasure Creek Advisors, where he developed Sarbanes-Oxley compliance programs and strategic growth initiatives for entrepreneurial and Fortune 1,000 firms; was an associate at the Oliver Wyman Group, a leading global strategy consulting firm; held key finance and operational roles at Fortune Brands, a Fortune 500 consumer products company; and was an auditor at KPMG.

A certified public accountant, Frasure has an MBA (with honors) from the Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BS in accounting from Miami University.

About Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. 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 or more of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences off campus. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to grant Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – August 23, 2011 – Antioch College is seeking proposals from qualified full-service architectural/engineering firms to develop a campus master plan and provide comprehensive professional architectural/engineering services. Download RFQ

College Mission and Vision for Campus Renovation

The mission of Antioch College is to provide a rigorous liberal arts education on the belief that scholarship and life experience are strengthened when linked, that diversity in all its manifestations is a fundamental component of excellence in education, and that authentic social and community engagement is vital for those who strive to win victories for humanity.

Three years after its closure, Antioch College reopens to students with a new curriculum that integrates broad learning across the disciplines with global perspectives on issues of sustainability. Our intent is to provoke critical thinking and a thorough examination of all facets of modern life. This instruction begins with how we use our campus. We are seeking the assistance from a professional group who will help us re-imagine the use of our physical facilities consistent with our vision of reinventing how we live and behave as a learning community.

Background and History

Antioch College was founded in 1850 and opened to its first class in 1853, a time of great social upheaval just before the Civil War. Since its founding, the College has been a pioneering and values-driven secular institution, among the first colleges in the nation to offer equal educational opportunities to women and African-Americans. In the 1920s, the College pioneered the notion of “theory and practice” with its cooperative education program, which integrated full-time work for all students into its core curriculum.

Our physical plant is one of the largest liberal arts educational real estate footprints in the U.S. We own and operate 1,200 acres of contiguous property, which includes thirty-two buildings comprising approximately 600,000 square feet of enclosed space. Our buildings were generally built between 1852 and the 1950s; all are energy inefficient and reflect the typical conditions found on many campuses of our vintage. Our intention is to remodel our building stock so that our carbon footprint is zero to negative. Included in our 1200 acres is an approximate 30 acre open field which we envision as a working organic/biodynamic farm. This acreage should be considered as a critical part of our master plan and also a possible site for a solar farm, which would significantly contribute to lowering our carbon footprint. We seek to find ways to accomplish all this work by being both environmentally sustainable and economically prudent. For example, due to carbon expenditure and financial expense, we would be less likely to knock down an old building in order to build a new one in its place; we seek creative solutions to our space needs.

Scope of Services

The overall goal of this master planning effort will be to assist the College in translating its strategic goals and objectives into a physical plan that identifies where the College should focus its resources to meet future demands on facilities for the next five to ten years. Recommendations for projects and overall guidance for campus growth must be provided no later than December 31, 2011. Once master plan is complete, construction activities should commence as soon as possible.

Scope of Services may include, but not be limited to, the following:

1. Development of Campus Master Plan that includes:
   1. Site master plan document
   2. Cost estimating
   3. Recommendations on phasing and scheduling
       
2. Financial planning with specific attention paid to:
   1. Available historic grants
   2. Joint-venture possibilities
   3. Tax advantages for the private sector and nonprofits
   4. Researching energy efficient incentives
   5. Fund-raising possibilities for the Office of Advancement
   6. Operations analysis

General Qualifications

We seek advice, expertise, design, and construction administration services for the overall task intended and for specific projects, of which there are many, to be defined collaboratively from professionals who have the capacity and documented experience in assignments of this nature.

Specialties may include structural, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical engineers; L.E.E.D. accredited professionals; audio-visual, estimating, interior design, traffic, landscape, and acoustical consultants; and others as needed to fulfill the requirements of the project(s).

We also request competence and documented experience with sustainable science, such as building-integrated photovoltaic and other local renewable energy sources.

Regarding architecture, we are very interested in nontraditional structures that incorporate the poetry of the natural landscape into each building.

It is also our desire to incorporate a continuing care facility into the master plan. The successful firm will help lead the exploration of establishing this facility on campus.

Evaluation Criteria

Proposals will be evaluated on a range of criteria, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Previous experience with similar projects and proven management and technical expertise, including specialized experience in sustainable design
• Demonstrated performance in providing well-organized, accurate, and fully coordinated construction documents
• Demonstrated ability to meet client project vision, scope, budget, and schedule on previous projects
• Prior work with institutions of higher education and demonstrated understanding of the unique special needs of residential colleges (housing, classroom, laboratory, recreation).
• Demonstrated ability to engage appropriate community involvement in an innovative process to develop realistic and timely projects with strong community ownership of the results
• emonstrated quality of previous projects and client reference checks
• Description of deliverables and of the process for answering RFI’s and resolving critical issues during construction
• Overall quality and completeness of proposal
• Ability to make the undertaking an educational opportunity for our students
• Qualifications and experience of staff directly involved in this project
• Proposer’s apparent resources and capacity to meet the needs of this project

Proposal Submission Requirements

The College will provide planning consultants with all materials necessary to develop the physical recommendations (site plans, floor plans, mechanicals, occupancies, etc.)

The College also has condition assessments that provide a base of information on existing facilities and grounds.

In order to be considered for this project interested firms shall submit a cover letter dated and with signature of a representative of the firm authorized to negotiate contracts.

Submit proposals on standard, 8.5 x 11 inch paper. A minimum of 6 copies are required. Proposals must include the following:

1. Firm information (name, address, phone, fax, email address, web page and a brief company history)
2. Relevant experience (list of campus master planning and renovation projects for college’s of similar size and scope; detail two master plans of similar scope completed in the last five years; include client contact information)
3. A reference list of prior client projects of similar size and scope
4. Overall explanation of team structure, including sub-consultants, plus qualifications and experience of key team members
5. Approach to master planning projects (philosophy)
6. Tentative project schedule.
7. Fee range and approach to establishing fee
8. Any other pertinent information to the proposed project

 

We will begin accepting submissions immediately. Deadline for submission is September 9, 2011.

Mail to:

Tom Brookey
CFO/COO
Antioch College
One Morgan Place
Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387

A shortlist of firms will be identified and interviews will be held on campus between September 19 and September 26, 2011. The College anticipates a final decision made by September 30, 2011.

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – August 11, 2011 – Antioch College will host nationally renowned biodynamic gardener, beekeeper and educator Gunther Hauk August 30-31 for two days of events as part of its new sustainability initiative.

“There is a large and well-developed beekeeping community, as well as strong interest in biodynamic farming, in this area,” said Joyce Morrissey, assistant to President Mark Roosevelt and manager of special projects at the College. “We’re fortunate to have Gunther join us, particularly as we work to expand our own understanding and practices at the College.”

Hauk’s visit comes three weeks before the College will welcome its first class for fall orientation. He will join the public for conversation following the screening of Queen of the Sun at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 30, at Little Art Theatre, 247 Xenia Avenue. Antioch College is hosting the screening; donations of $5-$10 will support beekeeping education at Hauk’s Spikenard Farm in Virginia, the Greene County Beekeeping Association (GCBA), and the Antioch College Farm.

Hauk will also deliver a public lecture on beekeeping and issues related to sustainability at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 31, at the Glen Helen Ecology Institute, 405 Corry Street. Members of the GCBA will be on hand with information about local beekeeping classes.

Morrissey organized Hauk’s visit with Antioch College Trustee David Goodman ’69, a principal of North Arrows LLC, which specializes in power and energy investments. Goodman has written and lectured on independent energy project financing, alternative fuels for heavy duty vehicles, green building, and general business matters in his areas of expertise.

Antioch College’s new curriculum includes a series of Global Seminars that allow for interdisciplinary approaches to the examination of issues and ideas surrounding food, water, energy, health and governance. The new Antioch College Farm, situated on the approximately 35-acre former golf course on the southeast side of campus, will be an experiential classroom where students and faculty will search for the inherent interrelationships between conscious stewardship, the use of natural resources, and the resultant impact on the health and vitality of the local and global environment.

About Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. 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 or more of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences off campus. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to grant Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – August 5, 2011 – Antioch College alumna Judith G. Voet ’63 will be one of 12 recipients of the next American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology annual award, the society announced.

Voet, the J.H. Hammons Professor Emerita of Chemistry at Swarthmore College, will share the ASBMB Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education with her husband, Donald Voet, an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. They will give an award talk at the society's annual meeting April 21-25 in San Diego.

The Voets have made significant contributions to the teaching of biochemistry and molecular biology through their writing. Together, they have authored the comprehensive textbook Biochemistry, a 1,782-page one-stop source of current knowledge about biochemistry and molecular biology; co-authored Fundamentals of Biochemistry, a textbook that has been translated into nine languages; and co-edited the educational journal Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education.

Judith Voet has been an active supporter of the Antioch College revival. She served on the Presidential Search Committee that selected Mark Roosevelt as Antioch College’s newest president; is a member of the Science Advisory Committee that helped to draft the science curriculum; and participated in the chemistry faculty search.

After earning a B.S. at Antioch College, Voet earned a Ph.D. at Brandeis University. She participated in postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania, Haverford College, and the Fox Chase Cancer Center before securing her faculty position at Swarthmore in 1979.

Her service to the biochemistry education community includes membership in the ASBMB Education and Professional Development Committee (1995-2005) and service as an elected council member in the American Chemical Society's Biochemistry Division (1993-2004).

Letters in support of the joint nomination for the ASBMB award came from peers in biochemistry education, such as Harold B. White, a professor of biochemistry and director of the Howard Hughes Undergraduate Program at the University of Delaware, and fellow Antioch alumna Joan Steitz ’63, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at the Yale School of Medicine.

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization with more than 12,000 members worldwide. Most members teach and conduct research at colleges and universities. Others conduct research in various government laboratories, at nonprofit research institutions and in industry. The Society's student members attend undergraduate or graduate institutions. For more information about ASBMB, visit www.asbmb.org.

About Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The College curriculum puts emphasis on rigorous liberal arts learning, work (cooperative education), and community engagement. Students will complete individualized majors based on one or more of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences off campus. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to grant Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

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