[Acseattlealums] Seattle Area Antioch Alumni Meeting & Ice Cream Social - May 20

Tue Apr 17 10:50:05 EDT 2007

I will attend. My number is 206-229-1299.

Thanks!

Bill Bernhard

William Bernhard
w.bernhard at speakeasy.net

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On Apr 17, 2007, at 7:45 AM, Gare Calhoun wrote:

> From: "Steve Benowitz" <stevebenowitz at comcast.net>:
>
> Seattle Area Antioch Alumni Meeting & Ice Cream Social
>
> Sunday, May 20, 2007
>
> 2:00 to 4:00 pm
>
> Antioch Seattle
>
> 2326 Sixth Avenue, Seattle
>
> Tom Haugsby, Professor and Director of the Antioch Co-Op Center, will
> speak about the planned Seattle Co-Op Community and discuss how local
> alumni can help. The community will provide connections for  
> students to
> alumni and friends of the College as tutors, mentors, and
> experienced-hands that are nearby; assistance in job placement (done
> earlier on campus and in cooperation with Co-op faculty leaders); help
> locating housing; adjustment assistance (connecting to utilities,  
> interest
> groups, social ties, etc.); all in all, an academic program aimed at
> deepening and making more sophisticated a students understanding of
> “place.”   Periodically, students get together to share stories,  
> debrief,
> get support, find help in solving problems at work or in living
> situations. A program of “professional development” is included that
> focuses on various matters aimed at improving student work performance
> such as working effectively with supervisors, getting some technical
> assistance for completing work projects, learning how to work within
> organizational policies and procedures, improving required writing  
> skills,
> etc. These topics, developed by the Co-op Community Coordinators  
> with a
> system of alumni support, can be tailored to individual or small  
> groups of
> students with similar needs/concerns.
>
> Angie Glukhov, Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid,  
> will
> discuss the vital role in recruitment that Seattle area alumni can  
> play,
> and will address current and future trends in enrollment.
>
> The ice cream social will feature Young’s Jersey Dairy ice cream,  
> flown in
> from Yellow Springs especially for this event.
>
> Please RSVP to (insert phone number) no later than May 10, 2007 to  
> let us
> know you are coming.
>
>
>
> Antioch College Alumni Association Board Meeting Update
>
> March 2 -3
>
> Bradley Wilburn
>
> Both Tim Klass and Bradley Wilburn were in attendance from the Seattle
> area.
>
> The Alumni Association Board Meeting was primarily held in the Glen  
> Helen
> Building.  Prior to our arrival a significant change was underway  
> within
> the administrative structure of the college.  Several positions were
> abrogated, due in part to an administrative realignment to streamline
> internal operations to help the college operate more efficiently and
> forestall projected financial shortfalls this academic year and  
> into the
> future.  Several key individuals, of note Jimmy Williams (Dean of  
> Student
> Affairs), were laid-off.  A number of students were upset by the  
> layoffs
> and voiced their concerns with fellow Board members.  Steve Lawry
> addressed this issue head-on early Friday morning, as well as sharing
> information surrounding Curriculum, environmental studies, his  
> vision of
> global citizenship and social justice.  He also addressed questions  
> raised
> by the Board during our morning session.
>
> Mid-morning we gathered at the Coretta Scott King Center for  
> Cultural and
> Intellectual Freedom to listen to Dana Patterson, the first  
> Director of
> the Center, address her short and long-term goals for the Center.  As
> envisioned, the Center will be open to the larger community as a  
> resource
> and public assembly venue.  The Center’s Mission and Goals are  
> available
> upon request by visiting Antioch’s home web page.
>
> We participated in a panel presentation entitled; Curricular  
> Development,
> that included Tom Haugsby (co-op community), Hasaan Nejad (Learning
> Community), and Christine Smith (faculty).  The presentation provided
> lesson learned from the recent past and cast a positive light on the
> direction on the New Curriculum.  An acknowledgement of the demand on
> faculty time was shared, but overall faculty, students, and  
> administrators
> were pleased with the level of learning occurring within this
> collaborative environment.  For more information about the New  
> Curriculum,
> visit Antioch College’s home page and click on academics.
>
> Friday evening we attended a lively community meeting at McGregor.  We
> were genuinely impressed with how the students conducted themselves  
> in the
> heat of a highly energized moment.  The hot bottom item was the recent
> layoffs on the campus.
>
> The following day the Committees (Association, Communications,
> Development, Nomination, and Reunion) had working session and  
> report-outs
> to the general assembled Board that took up most of the day.  I  
> detailed
> report from the Committees and minutes from the general meeting  
> will be
> forward to you in the near future.  With the election of new Board
> Officers finalized, Nancy Crow ’70 President, Ina Frank ’60 Vice
> President, the meeting was soon adjourn until reunion weekend
>
> Our charge going into the Alumni meeting was to secure commitments  
> for our
> next Seattle event.  We want to be fully engaged in building Seattle’s
> Co-op Community and to that end, Tom Haugsby, Director of Cooperative
> Education, has agreed to visit Seattle and layout the framework.
>
> Student Recruitment was another target area we wanted to be more  
> involved
> in; Angela Jones-Glukhov, Associate Director of Admissions & Financial
> Aid, will share the podium with Tom to address student recruitment  
> in the
> greater Seattle area to build Antioch College.
>
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