The Antiochian Summer 2018 Supplement

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Antiochian THE

2018 Summer ent Supplem

A Publication of Antioch College

Admission Update: Just the Facts The Fall 2018 incoming class arrived on August 22. This diverse class of 48 embodies so much of what we value at Antioch College having already demonstrated intellectual curiosity, participation in rigorous academic programs, a commitment to volunteerism, and real world experience. We couldn’t be more excited about them! Enrollment gains this fall are very promising. Notwithstanding a compressed recruitment timeline related to the transition to a new academic calendar, Admission staff brought in a higher rate of viable applications than previous cycles. This is especially notable given that other members of the Great Lakes College Association (GLCA) are seeing smaller incoming classes than in previous years. Overall tuition revenue this year is expected to be the highest since reopening and meet budget goals. And, expected per-student tuition revenue for the incoming class is higher than that of any previous class since reopening.

By the Numbers

48

Students

36

First Time

12

Transfer

21 Ohio

27

Other States 75% increase over Fall 2017 totals, and a 14% increase over Fall 2016 89% increase over Fall 2017 of firsttime (not transfer) college students 36% Yield (percentage of students offered admission who then enrolled) 18% in Fall 2017 31% identify as people of color 20% identify as LGBTQIA 42% are first-generation college students 60% are eligible for Federal Pell Grants 3.22 median GPA of firsttime college students More On Admissions Through the dedication of our entire community, the College developed a compelling value proposition—Own Your Education—which Continued on Page 2

Inside: 2 The Stoop More news, Lines of Thinking 5 InBox 5 A Buffalo Grazing 6 Postcards From Co-op 7 The Mound COLLOQUIA & Commencement 10 Catching Up with VWP 12 What Happened at Reunion 14 In the News 14 Antiochiana Songs From the Stacks

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You’re holding a brand new publication which serves as a suppl ement between full issues of The Antiochian, the magazine for alumni and friend s of Antioch College. Two magazines, and two supplements will be published each year. The content of supplement issues will compile news items from many sources—including content which otherwise only appears online—alon g with new content created just for this publication. Please note that Class Notes and Obituaries will be published only in the full magazine issues. With so much good news to share, we hope that this will help provid e more of a picture of what is happening at Antioch College.

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Inaugural Winning Victory Grant Recipients Announced Launched in January 2018, the Winning Victories Grant program at Antioch College is designed to support alumni initiatives that impact quality of life, public good, social justice, and the environment in local, national, and international communities through three awards: one $50,000 grant and two $10,000 grants. The winners of the first round of Winning Victories Grants were announced at the College’s Reunion gala dinner on Saturday, July 15, 2018. Susan E. Barkan ’78 received the $50,000 grant, and Lynn Estomin ’72 and Anuja Mendiratta ’94 each received $10,000 grants. Susan E. Barkan and Anuja Mendiratta received their awards in person at the dinner. Dennie Eagleson ‘71 accepted the award for Lynn Estomin, who could not attend. Pictured are Barkan and Mendiratta with President Tom Manley and Karen Mulhauser, Antioch College Alumni Association president. Susan E. Barkan received the $50,000 grant for a program, called Strive, pilot-tested in Washington State that provides structured coaching to parents visiting with young children to improve the quality of parent-child visits. Coaches meet with parents prior to scheduled visits, observe the visit, and provide feedback to prepare the parent for their next visit. The grant will cover creating an open-source platform and online, freely available “e-learning” to train new coaches. Its long-term goal is to make the program freely available nationwide for child welfare visitation, adapted and replicated in other communities. Lynn Estomin received a $10,000 grant for a proposal addressing the needs of veterans who feel isolated and need opportunities to publicly share their stories. The grant will underwrite regional writing and media retreats for veterans, many with PTSD, to train them to document events and create personal digital stories. It builds on a program that has worked with over 5,500 veterans and families, to provide a community of peers with shared experiences, and to highlight marginalized and non-traditional voices of veterans often excluded from mainstream media. Its long-term goal is for the general public to stop thinking the VA will deal with veterans’ issues, and start taking initiative for community re-integration.

Susan Barkan ’78, Anuja Mendirata ’94, Tom Manley, Karen Mulhauser ’65 The second $10,000 grant award went to Anuja Mendiratta for the “Practical Visionaries” project, which includes a first of its kind anthology featuring the voices, wisdom and stories of 27 women, under three themes: Redefining Environmentalism, Agents of Change, and Legacies of Injustice. The grant will also support participant gatherings, a website and community events. The project ultimately aims to build a more diverse, inclusive, just, and effective environmental movement by increasing the visibility, resourcing, and influence of Indigenous Women and Women of Color in the environmental sphere. Intended for all types of initiatives, including business, entrepreneurial, and nonprofit, the Winning Victories Grant was envisioned and funded by Antioch College Trustee Matthew Morgan ’99. More than 50 applications were submitted by Antioch College alumni who are creating positive change in their communities and living up to the words of Horace Mann, the College’s first

president, by “winning victories for humanity.” The impressive projects submitted in the grant proposals spanned generations, including 2018 graduates of the College, and are a testament to the power of an Antioch College education. A selection committee composed of members of the Antioch College Alumni Association Board of Directors and student, staff, and faculty representatives reviewed applications and chose five semi-finalists to be reviewed and voted on by the Antioch College Community, resulting in this year’s grant recipients. In a letter of support for Barkan’s $50,000-winning program, Benjamin de Haan, executive director, Partners for Our Children, writes, “Strive creates an effective, humane, and cost effective approach to parent-child visitation thus addressing a huge gap in services to children and family.” Alise Hegle, advocacy lead in the Office of Policy and Innovation at the Children’s Home Society of Washington, also Continued on Page 2

National Recognition for Sustainability

Antioch College has earned a Silver STARS rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education. Antioch College’s STARS report is publicly available on the STARS website: stars.aashe.org/ institutions/antioch-college-oh/ report/2018-03-29/ As a college of practice, Antioch cultivates the habits of learning, doing, living, and being in the world in experientially rich ways. The practice of environmental sustainability on campus provides students abundant opportunities to acquire and apply knowledge in service to the natural world and its ecosystems, from coursework to Co-op jobs. We give emphasis to this practice because there are no greater challenges today than those presented by the crisis of climate change. “Antioch College has consistently made decisions to invest the College’s limited resources into sustainable ways of living – including a solar farm that generates over 1M watts of solar power, achievement of LEED certification for all major renovation and construction, and a nationally recognized farm-to-table dining program for percentage of Real Food served. Sustainability is one of our core Areas of Practice, and a central part of the academic experience at Antioch,” explains Antioch President Tom Manley. Participating in STARS demonstrates and measures how sustainability is a lived practice for many on campus. While this is the first time Antioch has entered the STARS system and sustainability measures on campus continue to be an ongoing effort, achieving a Silver Rating speaks to the cross-campus, community effort undertaken to submit our report. According to President Manley, “The College’s STARS Task Force was central to reaching this milestone, as this group ensured the data was collected and compiled accurately and in a community-wide process.” With more than 800 participants in 30 countries, AASHE’s STARS program is the most widely recognized framework in the world for publicly reporting comprehensive information related to a college or university’s sustainability performance. Participants report achievements in five overall areas: 1) academics 2) engagement, 3) operations, 4) planning and administration, and 5) innovation and leadership. “STARS was developed by the Continued on Page 2

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