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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – June 17, 2011 – In a show of support to the continued revival of Antioch College, the trustees of the College have pledged to give $9 million over the next three years to help cover the College’s operating costs, Board Chair Lee Morgan announced today.

“When we all sign on as trustees of Antioch College, we commit ourselves to doing what we can to assure its success. These gifts are a demonstration of how strongly we believe in the importance of reviving Antioch College,” Morgan said.

Since 2007 when major fund-raising began for what would become an independent Antioch College, members of the board have made considerable contributions of time and resources to the revival effort. The announcement of these new gifts comes just three months before the College welcomes its first class of students.

The $9 million board pledge will cover more than one-third of the college’s three-year, $27 million operating budget, President Mark Roosevelt said.

“I’m fortunate to be able to work with a board that is fully invested in the success of Antioch College,” Roosevelt said. “This board is passionate about liberal arts education and about Antioch College. Together, they offer leadership and often strong advice about the direction of the College. And the support they give to the faculty, staff and administrators who are working to bring Antioch back is never in question. For that, I’m grateful.”

Antioch College is governed by a 14-member Board Pro Tempore that includes educators, academics, entrepreneurs, civil rights leaders, and industry professionals. Most are alumni of Antioch College. Their individual contributions to meet the $9 million pledge are anonymous.

Since 2007 when the University announced Antioch’s closure, the college advancement team has raised $22.4 million. The College’s annual fund has brought in $1.5 million this fiscal year; about 26 percent of college graduates have given to the fund this year.

Roosevelt, a former superintendent of Pittsburgh Schools and Massachusetts legislator, started his term as the College’s president in January. He recently announced the appointment of Stephen W. Sturman as the vice president of advancement, to lead the College’s fund-raising efforts.

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. The College curriculum puts 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 created.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – June 17, 2011 – In a show of support to the continued revival of Antioch College, the trustees of the College have pledged to give $9 million over the next three years to help cover the College’s operating costs, Board Chair Lee Morgan announced today.

“When we all sign on as trustees of Antioch College, we commit ourselves to doing what we can to assure its success. These gifts are a demonstration of how strongly we believe in the importance of reviving Antioch College,” Morgan said.

Since 2007 when major fund-raising began for what would become an independent Antioch College, members of the board have made considerable contributions of time and resources to the revival effort. The announcement of these new gifts comes just three months before the College welcomes its first class of students.

The $9 million board pledge will cover more than one-third of the college’s three-year, $27 million operating budget, President Mark Roosevelt said.

“I’m fortunate to be able to work with a board that is fully invested in the success of Antioch College,” Roosevelt said. “This board is passionate about liberal arts education and about Antioch College. Together, they offer leadership and often strong advice about the direction of the College. And the support they give to the faculty, staff and administrators who are working to bring Antioch back is never in question. For that, I’m grateful.”

Antioch College is governed by a 14-member Board Pro Tempore that includes educators, academics, entrepreneurs, civil rights leaders, and industry professionals. Most are alumni of Antioch College. Their individual contributions to meet the $9 million pledge are anonymous.

Since 2007 when the University announced Antioch’s closure, the college advancement team has raised $22.4 million. The College’s annual fund has brought in $1.5 million this fiscal year; about 26 percent of college graduates have given to the fund this year.

Roosevelt, a former superintendent of Pittsburgh Schools and Massachusetts legislator, started his term as the College’s president in January. He recently announced the appointment of Stephen W. Sturman as the vice president of advancement, to lead the College’s fund-raising efforts.

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. The College curriculum puts 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 created.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – June 13, 2011 – Antioch College alumna Edythe Scott Bagley, the older sister of Coretta Scott King and one of the first African American students recruited through the College’s Interracial Education Scholarship, died in her Pennsylvania home, the Associated Press reported Sunday. She was 86.

Bagley had been an active member of the board of directors for the Atlanta-based King Center since it was founded in 1968 and was also a retired professor of theatre arts at Cheyney University, the AP reported.

"Our Aunt Edythe was a vibrant, brilliant woman and always a source of strength and wisdom for our mother during the difficult challenges of the civil rights movement," said Martin Luther King III, her nephew, in a statement to the AP. "We will miss her dearly, and she leaves a great void in the hearts of our family and her many friends and colleagues."

Antioch College was the first predominantly white college in America to admit students of color. The first black students enrolled at the college in the 1850s. The earliest black graduate, Alfred Hampton, earned his degree in 1888.

Edythe Scott, the valedictorian of her high school class, was recruited to Antioch in 1943 as part of the Interracial Education Scholarship, the College’s first effort to actively recruit black students. Her sister, Coretta, followed two years later. A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. and U.S. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton are among some notable black alumni of the College.

Bagley transferred to Ohio State University and after graduating taught students in Alabama and North Carolina, the AP reported.

After Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, Bagley worked with her sister, Martin's widow, to promote civil rights. She occasionally represented Coretta Scott King at events, and made radio and TV appearances on behalf of the Center for Nonviolent Social Change, the AP reported.

In 1971, she joined Cheyney's faculty and was charged with developing a theatre arts major. The program was approved in 1980.

She is survived by her son Arturo, who is teaching at a Delaware school, a brother and several nieces and nephews. Arthur Bagley, her husband of 56 years, died in February 2011. The funeral will be June 17 at 1 p.m. in West Chester, Pa. Her family is also planning a memorial service celebrating her life in July in Marion.

Last summer, the alumni of Antioch College honored Bagley with the Walter F. Anderson Award, which recognizes students, alumni, faculty and friends of the College who have made significant and courageous contributions to the Antioch College mission. Bagley received the award with William David Chappelle III and Jim Dunn will, who were honored posthumously for their contributions to the college.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – June 9, 2011 – Five noted scholars, including Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Mario Capecchi, will discuss the history of the sciences at Antioch College, as well as their research and careers, during a moderated discussion at the College’s Alumni Reunion at 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 17, in McGregor Hall on Antioch’s campus, One Morgan Place, Yellow Springs, OH 45387.

Moderated by former Antioch College President Joan Straumanis (Antioch class of 1957), the panel includes Capecchi (class of 1961), physicist Michael Barnett (class of 1966), molecular biologist Ellen Fiss (class of 1976), and geoscientist Stephen Meyers (class of 1996).

“Antioch College is famously productive of doctorates, having been in the top ten colleges on that measurement,” Straumanis said. “What is less well known is the large number of chemists, physicists, biologists, earth scientists, psychologists and engineers whose undergraduate origins were at the college.”

This year’s Alumni Reunion, held from June 16-19, has “Science & Invention” as its theme. Capecchi will deliver the keynote address to reunion attendees at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 18. In his talk, he is expected to speak about the Antioch College he encountered when he arrived in the late 1950s and its impact on his career as a researcher and educator.

The June 17 panel discussion sets the tone for the entire weekend, the first large-scale gathering of alumni at the College since last summer when Congressional Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton spoke about the College’s tough road toward independence. After three years of negotiations and the closing of the college, the alumni of Antioch College bought back their campus and its assets from Antioch University, a five-campus system it founded.

In recent months, the College has recruited a class of 35 students who will enter as first-year undergraduates in the fall; attracted faculty to teach; and earned the approval of the Ohio Board of Regents to offer the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

The sciences figure prominently at the revived Antioch College. Two of the 11 study areas are science specialties – health and environmental sciences – and all students, regardless of major, must take a distribution of Foundation courses that include three courses in the sciences. A chemist, Dr. David Kammler, was among the first faculty hires at the new college. Additionally, all of the new Global Seminars on world issues have a science component.

About the Panelists:

• Joan Straumanis ’57 (moderator) has been a high school teacher, college faculty member, dean, and president of Antioch College and Metropolitan College of New York. Straumanis, who has a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, promoted fundamental research on neuroscience and the nature of learning while at the National Science Foundation and the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. As president of Antioch, she helped found the Eco League, a consortium of colleges committed to environmental education.
• Michael Barnett ’66 is a senior physicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and is a fellow of the American Physical Society. Barnett, who earned a Ph.D. from University of Chicago, is head of the international Particle Data Group, founder of the Contemporary Physics Education Project, and founder of QuarkNet. He is also the coordinator of the education and outreach program of the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, a project that includes 3,000 physicists.
• Mario Capecchi ’61 is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Best known for pioneering the technology of gene targeting in mouse embryo-derived stem (ES) cells, Capecchi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 2007. He received his B.S. in chemistry and physics from Antioch College and his Ph.D. in biophysics from Harvard University.
• Ellen Fiss ’76 is the research leader at Roche Molecular Systems in Pleasanton, California. Previously, she held positions as lead researcher for projects at the University of California Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, and the Chiron Corporation. She holds six patents in the field of molecular biology and biochemistry of infectious diseases. After completing her undergraduate studies in chemistry at Antioch College, she went on to earn her doctoral degree at the University of California at Berkeley.
• Stephen Meyers ’96 is an assistant professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is the author of numerous publications on the mechanisms of climate change, the controls on the global carbon cycle, and the measurement of geologic time. His research is motivated by the use of ancient Earth System perturbations as natural climate “experiments,” to provide a context for understanding modern and future climate change. Stephen received a B.S. degree in Environmental Science from Antioch College, followed by an M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geological sciences from Northwestern University.

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 created.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – June 9, 2011 – Five noted scholars, including Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Mario Capecchi, will discuss the history of the sciences at Antioch College, as well as their research and careers, during a moderated discussion at the College’s Alumni Reunion at 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 17, in McGregor Hall on Antioch’s campus, One Morgan Place, Yellow Springs, OH 45387.

Moderated by former Antioch College President Joan Straumanis (Antioch class of 1957), the panel includes Capecchi (class of 1961), physicist Michael Barnett (class of 1966), molecular biologist Ellen Fiss (class of 1976), and geoscientist Stephen Meyers (class of 1996).

“Antioch College is famously productive of doctorates, having been in the top ten colleges on that measurement,” Straumanis said. “What is less well known is the large number of chemists, physicists, biologists, earth scientists, psychologists and engineers whose undergraduate origins were at the college.”

This year’s Alumni Reunion, held from June 16-19, has “Science & Invention” as its theme. Capecchi will deliver the keynote address to reunion attendees at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 18. In his talk, he is expected to speak about the Antioch College he encountered when he arrived in the late 1950s and its impact on his career as a researcher and educator.

The June 17 panel discussion sets the tone for the entire weekend, the first large-scale gathering of alumni at the College since last summer when Congressional Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton spoke about the College’s tough road toward independence. After three years of negotiations and the closing of the college, the alumni of Antioch College bought back their campus and its assets from Antioch University, a five-campus system it founded.

In recent months, the College has recruited a class of 35 students who will enter as first-year undergraduates in the fall; attracted faculty to teach; and earned the approval of the Ohio Board of Regents to offer the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

The sciences figure prominently at the revived Antioch College. Two of the 11 study areas are science specialties – health and environmental sciences – and all students, regardless of major, must take a distribution of Foundation courses that include three courses in the sciences. A chemist, Dr. David Kammler, was among the first faculty hires at the new college. Additionally, all of the new Global Seminars on world issues have a science component.

About the Panelists:

• Joan Straumanis ’57 (moderator) has been a high school teacher, college faculty member, dean, and president of Antioch College and Metropolitan College of New York. Straumanis, who has a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, promoted fundamental research on neuroscience and the nature of learning while at the National Science Foundation and the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. As president of Antioch, she helped found the Eco League, a consortium of colleges committed to environmental education.
• Michael Barnett ’66 is a senior physicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and is a fellow of the American Physical Society. Barnett, who earned a Ph.D. from University of Chicago, is head of the international Particle Data Group, founder of the Contemporary Physics Education Project, and founder of QuarkNet. He is also the coordinator of the education and outreach program of the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, a project that includes 3,000 physicists.
• Mario Capecchi ’61 is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Best known for pioneering the technology of gene targeting in mouse embryo-derived stem (ES) cells, Capecchi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 2007. He received his B.S. in chemistry and physics from Antioch College and his Ph.D. in biophysics from Harvard University.
• Ellen Fiss ’76 is the research leader at Roche Molecular Systems in Pleasanton, California. Previously, she held positions as lead researcher for projects at the University of California Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, and the Chiron Corporation. She holds six patents in the field of molecular biology and biochemistry of infectious diseases. After completing her undergraduate studies in chemistry at Antioch College, she went on to earn her doctoral degree at the University of California at Berkeley.
• Stephen Meyers ’96 is an assistant professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is the author of numerous publications on the mechanisms of climate change, the controls on the global carbon cycle, and the measurement of geologic time. His research is motivated by the use of ancient Earth System perturbations as natural climate “experiments,” to provide a context for understanding modern and future climate change. Stephen received a B.S. degree in Environmental Science from Antioch College, followed by an M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geological sciences from Northwestern University.

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 created.

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

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – June 1, 2011 – Antioch College will hold a memorial at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 19, for alumni, faculty, and friends of the College who died in the last year. Al Denman, emeritus professor of philosophy, will officiate.

The service, which will be held in the Coretta Scott King Center, will celebrate the lives of Jessie J. Poesch ’44; Manning Marable; Tom Ayrsman; Irwin Abrams; Charlotte Breckenridge ’49; Faith ‘Bunny’ Crumpacker ’55; Meredith “Dal” Dallas; and others.

The public is invited to share stories or other remembrances.

Also that day:

The family of the late Meredith “Dal” Dallas, a professor of drama, will hold a special memorial for him at 2 p.m. in the Glen Helen building.

Dallas was at the College from 1945 until his retirement in the 1970s. Dallas and Arthur Lithgow founded Antioch College’s Shakespeare Under the Stars in 1952, where they both acted and directed on a stage constructed against the massive stone steps of Main Building. Between 1952 and 1958, a company of professional actors, students and villagers presented all of Shakespeare’s plays. This was the first time in the United States that all of Shakespeare’s plays had been presented one after the other in one location.

Then in 1961, using a similar mix of professional actors and students, Dallas spearheaded six years of plays in the Antioch Amphitheatre — presenting five shows a summer, ranging from the Greeks and Shakespeare to Genet and Beckett. Dallas usually directed three of the shows and acted in a fourth — sometimes directing and acting simultaneously. On retirement from the College, he was a therapist in private practice for about twenty years, having obtained a Ph.D. from the Gestalt Institute.

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