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January 2007 |
“This journey towards the true realization of “freedom” is like a relay race. I feel as though I have been handed the baton and it is now my time to run,” said Dr. Dana Patterson on accepting the position as Director of the Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom. Read The Complete Article
For more information on Dr. Patterson and the Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom please visit the Antioch College web site at http://www.antioch-college.edu/csk
Mr. deJongh assumed office of Governor of Virgin Islands January 1. He has been President and COO of The Lockhart Cos., the largest owner of shopping centers on the island. He is also Second Vice Chair of the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI).
John deJongh Jr. is a businessman and former president of the St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce, and he has a long resume of public service. He served as the territory's Finance commissioner, as an executive assistant in Government House and as executive director and director for finance and administration for the Public Finance Authority. He was formerly with Chase Manhattan Bank in NYC.
He received a degree in economics from Antioch College in 1981, and completed an urban study program in the United Kingdom, the former Yugoslavia and Holland. A co-op job at Antioch led to his Virgin Islands connection.
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To commemorate the life of distinguished emeritus professor of literature Nolan Miller, a memorial service will be held on his 100th birthday, Saturday, May 5, 2007. Hosted by Antioch College, the service will be held at Antioch College's Glen Helen Building.
Nolan Miller died at the age of 99, after 54 years of teaching, writing and editing. He accepted a faculty appointment at Antioch in the English and Literature Department as Writer in Residence in 1946. Staying past his original one-year agreement, Miller taught many students including Rod Serling, Richard Kaplan, and former Poet Laureate, Mark Strand. He worked extensively with The Antioch Review, and became its first fiction editor in 1965.
Miller’s short stories were featured in Atlantic Monthly, McCall’s, and The Saturday Evening Post. He authored four novels; the second of which, Why Am I So Beat, was inspired by and dedicated to the students he had advised at Antioch. On July 28, 2000, the Antioch College Alumni Association presented Miller with the J.D. Dawson Award in recognition of his years of loyal service to furthering the mission of Antioch College. For more information, contact Robert Fogarty at rfogarty@antioch-college.edu .
This spring, Antioch University McGregor faculty Dr. Jerry Holt will come across the street to Antioch College's campus to offer an inter-generational history class on the sixties. Undergraduate college students and adults from McGregor will participate in a unique classroom setting for a discussion course on the sixties. This is the first time that the two campuses have combined to offer a course. Both graduate and undergraduate students will benefit from each other's perspectives.
Now more than ever, Antioch prepares students for life beyond their baccalaureate.
In the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), Antioch was ranked in the top twenty percent of U.S. institutions whose students go on to earn a research doctorate. Antioch has risen nearly ten places since last year in the SED ranking. Rank is based on the total number of doctorate recipients from each baccalaureate-origin institution. The fact that Antioch has risen in rank means not only does the college prepare students for graduate school, but has become more adept at doing so.
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This is just one example of how Antioch students are able to propel their education into meaningful post-graduate experiences. Antioch’s alumni have the ability to successfully complete graduate programs, begin careers, and become active citizens of the world.
Only recipients of research doctorates are included in the survey. The SED has been in continuous operation since 1958, and is conducted by the National Opinion Research Center under the sponsorship of the following agencies: the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Antioch College is pleased to announce two NEW Alumni Scholarships for the 2007-2008 school year! Available only to Antioch Alumni, an alum can nominate any incoming or transfter student for these scholarships. Simply by writing a letter of recommendation, an alum can give an incoming student a $1,000 renewable scholarship. There is no limit to the number of students that an alum can recommend. The second scholarship is The Antioch Legacy Scholarship which is available to dependents of an Antioch graduate. It is a $2,000 scholarship that is renewable yearly.
For more details and to nominate a student you can Download the Application(pdf).
Reunion dates are June 21-24, 2007 and Work Project is June 18-21. Join us for reunion as we celebrate the contributions of Antiochians around the globe. For details 24/7 and continuing updates, please visit us on the web at: http://www.antioch-college.edu/Alumni/reunion/2007/ or call Aimee Maruyama at 1-800-411-6780.
Antioch College is working with Publishing Concepts (PCI) to publish an updated Antioch College Alumni Directory to be printed and distributed in early 2007. Over 5,000 alumni have already provided PCI with their updated contact, post-graduate, professional and family information for inclusion in the directory.
More details at http://www.antioch-college.edu/Alumni
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