[Alumni-chat] Fwd: Dayton Daily News Article

[Robert Abrams]

'there is a chance that the trustees would not follow through" with closing the college is a pretty weak statement on which to raise 20M. The BOT needs to give us something more positive in writing to show possible big donors.   

AVE ATQUE VALE  (Hail and farewell-the gladiator's salutation)


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From: Gare Calhoun
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Subject: [Alumni-chat] Fwd: Dayton Daily News Article

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From:		Stephanie Irwin <sirwin at coxohio.com>	Friday, June 29, 2007 3:32:02
PM
Subject:	Dayton Daily News Article
To:		<alumni-chat-owner at w3.antioch.edu>

Hello...This is Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich from the Dayton Daily News.
I'm the higher education reporter here.
We have taken the story below off our website until I can verify the
information about the meeting. It was posted late last night without any
confirmation from the parties involved.
 
But THANKS FOR READING!

Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich

-- 
Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich
Higher Education Reporter
Dayton Daily News
* Ph: (937) 225-7404
* email: sirwin at daytondailynews.com
Fax: (937) 225-2489
www.daytondailynews.com




On 6/29/07 5:11 PM, "Art Dole" <aadole at adelphia.net> wrote:

>> On 6/29/07 8:01 AM, "Cary Nelson" <crnelson at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>>> From THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Fundraising plan could keep Antioch College open, alumna says
>>> 
>>> Friday, June 29, 2007
>>> 
>>> Antioch College could avoid shutting down in July 2008 if $20 million
>can be
>>> raised over the next two academic years, according to an emeritus
>faculty
>>> member who asked alumni working to save the college to release the
>>> information late Thursday.
>>> 
>>> Some of the details of this proposal were released about 11:30 p.m.
>through
>>> Judy Wolert-Maldonado, a 2005 alumna who is working with an alumni
>group in
>>> an effort to save the college.
>>> 
>>> According to Dimi Reber, faculty emeritus, Antioch College Chancellor
>Toni
>>> Murdock met with emeritus faculty Thursday in Yellow Springs,
>>> Wolert-Maldonado said.
>>> 
>>> According to Reber, Murdock told the people at that meeting that
>"there is a
>>> chance the trustees would not follow through on closing" the college
>"if $10
>>> million could be raised for the 2007-08 academic year, and $10 million
>could
>>> be raised for the 2008-09 academic year," Wolert-Maldonado said.
>>> 
>>> However, "another several million dollars would be needed to maintain
>>> Antioch beyond the 2008-09 academic year, according to what Reber said
>>> Murdock told those at the meeting.
>>> 
>>> Murdock could not be reached Thursday night for comment.
>>> 
>>> Ona Harshaw, who is working with the save Antioch alumni group, said,
>"This
>>> is a wonderful sign. If it's only 10 we have to raise this year,
>that's a
>>> doable thing."
>>> 
>>> Alumni have raised approximately $425,000 in cash and pledges toward
>the $40
>>> million goal to try to keep the college open. They raised the bulk of
>the
>>> money during an 18-hour fundraising sprint during their alumni reunion
>held
>>> in Yellow Springs last weekend, when nearly 700 alumni flocked to the
>campus
>>> to challenge the board's decision to close the college.
>>> 
>>> Harshaw said she is due to be laid off from the college today, ending a
>>> three-year run as coordinator of scholarships.
>>> 
>>> The undergraduate college, which has a rich history in social
>activism, has
>>> watched enrollment drop from its 1960s heyday of about 2,000 students
>to 400
>>> today, said Mary Lou LaPierre, vice chancellor for university
>advancement.
>>> 
>>> The decreased tuition revenue, coupled with lackluster fundraising that
>>> prevented it from building a sizeable endowment, drove trustees to
>close the
>>> college.
>>> 
>>> The college will operate for the 2007-08 academic year and concentrate
>on
>>> graduating seniors before it closes, college officials said.
>>> 
>>> Remaining students will be offered a chance to finish their degrees at
>>> Antioch University McGregor, an adult bachelor's degree program
>separate
>>> from the college and also located in Yellow Springs. Students can also
>>> transfer to other colleges in the national Antioch University system in
>>> Seattle, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> Encouraging. Many questions remain. For example, Who collects these
>> millions? Who is recognized as representing the many stakeholders? Are
>the
>> integrity of the physical plant and the endowment preserved? Of those
>> faculty and staff who have been fired, how many will be re-employed?
>Their
>> positions refilled? Will the offer provide for separation of the College
>> from the University?
>> 
>> Art Dole, 1946  
>> 
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