Recording of the the Chicago Antioch alumni celebration of an independent Antioch College with Matthew Derr, Risa Grimes & Duffy.
Special thanks to Roger Huff for engineering this.
If you don’t see the links to play this recording then follow this direct link to the recording here.
Note there are apparently some audio problems towards the end of this recording.
A summary of this meeting provided by Ed Koziarski follows. For more information about the Chicago chapter and it’s past and future events at chicago.chapters.antiochians.org/
Some 45 Antiochians and friends celebrated Antioch College’s independence
and enjoyed the stunning skyline views and urban cacophony of Nic Ruley ‘02
and Brett King’s South Loop sky garden on Saturday, Aug. 1.
Guests chief transition officer Matthew Derr ‘89, College Revival Fund
executive director Risa Grimes, and assistant director of alumni relations
Steven Duffy ‘77 spoke about ongoing rebuilding and fundraising efforts at
the college.
Matthew reported that hiring some 40 staff will begin this week. He’s
forming a search committee to hire the first core six college faculty,
called Morgan Fellows, who will develop curriculum and eventually hire more
faculty. The faculty search committee includes, among others, former dean
and professor emeritus Steve Schwerner ’60, Cary Nelson ’67, president of
the American Association of University Professors, and Frances Degen
Horowitz ‘54, president of the graduate school at the City University of New
York.
All three guests emphasized the need to increase alumni participation in the
movement to revive the college. Raising the rate of alumni giving, which
currently stands at 5%, will be instrumental in qualifying the college for
larger grants. This is a two-way street of course, and Matthew also talked
of plans to continue visiting chapters to solicit feedback about the
rebuilding and visioning process.
See photos at tinyurl.com/chindepence
Audio from the event (complete with El trains and police sirens) will be
posted shortly at listen.antiochians.org. Video from the event will
be posted later this month.