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First Five Members Named to Antioch College Board of Trustees Pro Tem

The Antioch College Alumni Board of Directors announced that it has named the first 5 members to the College Board of Trustees Pro Tem. This initial group includes Matthew Derr ’89, Atis Folkmanis ’62, Frances Degen Horowitz ’54, Lee Morgan ’66, and Barbara Slaner Winslow ’68.  These first five members represent a broad range of skills, but share steadfast dedication to Antioch College.

More members will be named shortly. While naming the first members of the Board Pro Tem is an exciting step, it is a step that is done in tandem with the Task Force working to effect a separation of Antioch College and Antioch University. Last week, we reported that the Task Force had hired consultants to assist with legal and financial issues.

The initial members of the Board Pro Tem have been idenitified by the Committee on Trustees. The Committee on Trustees included representatives from the Alumni Board, the Antioch College Continuation Corporation, Nonstop, and the broader alumni community. It drew on the previous work of the Governance Committee to identify candidates for the first Board of Trustees to focus solely on Antioch College in over thirty years.

Alumni Board Charge to the Antioch College Board of Trustees Pro Tem

In this extraordinary moment in the history of Antioch College, you have been invited by the Antioch College Alumni Association Board of Directors, the elected body representing over 17,000 college alumni, to serve as a member of the Antioch College Board of Trustees Pro Tem. [Download]

As a member of the first board devoted exclusively to leading Antioch College in forty years, you are asked to lead the College in partnership with its key stakeholders through the current crisis, and to lay the foundation for its return to prominence and leadership as a residential liberal arts college based in our long-standing tradition of academic excellence, community governance and cooperative education.  Further, this is a call to re-create an independent and thriving Antioch College that adheres to its historic mission while growing and adapting to the ever-changing social, technological, environmental and financial opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.

For more than a year, college alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends from the Village of Yellow Springs and around the world have committed themselves to sustaining the vision, spirit and soul of Antioch College in preparation for the opportunity to appoint a board of an independent college. The community is grateful for your willingness to accept this weighty responsibility and stands ready to support you. We pledge our talent, time and financial resources to restore Antioch College’s historic stature and reputation.

In the tradition of Antioch College, and in keeping with the trust this invitation represents on the part of our community, we call upon the Board Pro Tem to acknowledge and honor the essential role that community governance will continue to play at Antioch College.  In preparation for the conclusion of the pro tem period of board leadership in thirty-six months, the Alumni Board further calls upon you to engage the community in the process of transitioning to a permanent Board of Trustee structure, and to continue to reflect a commitment to community governance in the vision, mission and by-laws, of the corporation that will ultimately own and govern the College.

In June of 2007 and again in June of 2008, the Alumni Association affirmed its commitment to the future of Antioch College in the form of resolutions passed by those in attendance at reunion and by the Antioch College Alumni Board. We ask that you review these resolutions carefully and consider the valuable insight they can provide to you as you begin your service.

Finally, you are called upon to take the measure of your success as a board from Horace Mann’s exhortation, in the same fashion that all Antiochians have for generations: “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”

NonStop Liberal Arts Institute Presents Fall Academic Open House

August 14, 2008

CONTACT:  Scott Warren 767-9971 or Chris Hill 767-2327

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

NONSTOP LIBERAL ARTS INSTITUTE PRESENTS FALL ACADEMIC OPEN HOUSE

On Thursday August 21 at 7:30 p.m. the Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute will present a Fall Academic Open House at the John Bryan Center gymnasium, 100 Dayton Street in Yellow Springs, Ohio.  This event is free and open to all.

Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute, founded by the former faculty of Antioch College, offers open-source post-secondary educational experience for learners dedicated to innovation, social responsibility and community involvement, both locally and globally. Pursued as an alternative door into higher education or as a means of continuing life-learning interests, Nonstop provides participants with an exciting program of courses, study groups and workshops. The Institute will also host Nonstop Presents!, a semester-long festival of public lectures, films, exhibitions and performances.

The Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute (Nonstop) and Nonstop Antioch (the movement to organize former faculty, staff, students and alumni of Antioch College to keep its soul alive and operating in Yellow Springs), which works closely with Nonstop, are not affiliated with or sponsored by Antioch University or any of the Antioch University campuses or related organizations.

Although Nonstop courses are not currently accredited, their structures and requirements adhere to national crediting standards. Students will maintain Learning Portfolios documenting each course and providing a future opportunity to petition accredited institutions to accept Nonstop Faculty-evaluated course work as transfer credit.

The Institute will offer a wide range of classes in many different disciplines, including anthropology, art, chemistry, communications, dance, journalism, philosophy, theater, political science, and writing. Courses and special events will be scheduled throughout the week with some offerings in the evenings and on Saturdays. At the Open House attendees will be able to interact with faculty one-on-one and receive copies of the course syllabi.  There will also be tables set up for people to pre-register for classes, donate to Nonstop Antioch, offer housing or jobs for students, and share expertise. For those unable to attend this event, Fall course information is available at 937-319-4001, email inquiries or on the Web at nonstopsintitute.org.  The mailing address for the Institute is P.O. Box 444, Yellow Springs, OH 45387.

Preparation for a New, Fully Independent Antioch College Aided by New Advisors

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August 8, 2008           Contact:  Charla White 734.661.2340

Antioch College Alumni Association and Antioch University Board of Trustees Continue Collaboration; Preparation for a New, Fully Independent Antioch College Aided by New Advisors

Yellow Springs, OH – Responding to an invitation from the Antioch University Board of Trustees, the Antioch College Alumni Association has devised a process leading to a new, fully independent Antioch College.  In a continuing effort to move expeditiously, the process has called for the taskforce to craft a Letter of Intent as part of a comprehensive plan to be presented to the Board of Trustees.  The task force consists of two representatives of the Antioch College Alumni Association, two representatives of the Antioch University Board of Trustees, and the President of the Great Lakes Colleges Association as the mediator.

With the assistance of the Great Lakes Colleges Association, the taskforce interviewed legal and financial professionals in early July. It has now asked these advisors to build upon the earlier work of the University and alumni-related groups. The advisors will provide independent counsel to the mediator and the taskforce on many of the issues involved in separating the College from the University.

George K. Baum & Company, an investment banking firm with an industry-leading municipal bond business and a strong presence in investment banking has been retained. Their clients include many liberal arts colleges and universities.  For more information regarding George K. Baum & Company please visit www.gkbaum.com.

Also retained is the Higher Education Practice Group of Bond, Schoeneck and King, PLLC. This legal team is comprised of attorneys who provide a full range of services on issues related to colleges and universities. For more information of Bond, Schoeneck and King, PLLC visit www.bsk.com.

In the coming weeks, the taskforce and its advisors will be working closely with representatives from Antioch University and the Antioch College Alumni Association.

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Founded in 1962, the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) is a non-profit organization governed by thirteen selective liberal arts colleges in the Midwest: Albion, Allegheny, Antioch, DePauw, Denison, Earlham, Hope, Kalamazoo, Kenyon, Oberlin, Ohio Wesleyan, Wabash, and Wooster. Its purpose is to strengthen and extend education in the tradition of the liberal arts and sciences. GLCA often works conjointly with similar associations of liberal arts colleges to enhance the strength and vitality of member institutions. For additional information contact: Charla White at 734.330.5122 or email.