[Alumni-chat] Fwd(2): letter from nancy

[Steven Duffy]

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		Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:41:52 PM
Thank Yous
From:		Steven Duffy
Fred Kraus
Subject:	Fwd: letter from nancy
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		Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:56:50 AM
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From:		Fred Kraus
Subject:	letter from nancy
To:		Steven Duffy


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A Letter from Nancy Crow, President of the Alumni Board, to the Current
Students of Antioch College

To the fantastic and courageous students of Antioch College (and future
alumni):

Before you all take your richly deserved fall break, I wanted to share a
couple of thoughts with you. Many of you are going home to celebrate
Thanksgiving, and we Antiochians have a few things to be thankful for
ourselves.

Antioch College is OPEN. In just four short months, Antioch went from
announcing its suspension of operations to staying open past June 2008. A
lot of hard work went into this victory, including the hard work, support,
organization and activism of the current students and Community
Government. You have all shown yourselves to be true Antiochians and I am
proud–and honored–to have stood shoulder to shoulder with you on campus,
at chapter meetings, and online. You are all, individually and
collectively, a bright shining beacon of Antioch’s future.

Please know that the entire Alumni Board shares my feelings about the
current student body. We support your Antioch education; we wish you to
have the same gift of the Antioch experience that we all had. The Alumni
Board members range from graduates of the ’50s to the ’00s, and we are all
committed to making sure you all have the opportunity to graduate from our
beloved College. When you return from the Thanksgiving break, do meet with
the faculty to ensure that the College will offer the curriculum you need
to meet your graduation requirements and educational goals.

There have been a lot of back-and-forth conversations about new students.
Please know that transfer students and first years students WILL be
admitted as soon as possible. We are working very hard with the University
Board of Trustees to make this happen. There will be new-to-Antioch
students in the Fall of 2008, and we’re depending on you to show them the
Antioch way–negotiating classroom, community and co-op; teaching them
about shared governance and community responsibility; and most
importantly, what the heck each “Cil” is and what all the acronyms mean.
(Cheat sheet, anyone?)

But right now, some of you are going home. Lots of you are off to visit
family and friends, and no doubt Antioch will be at the tip of everyone’s
tongue and the centerpiece of a lot of conversations. Feel free to pat
yourselves on the back. Feel free to let family and friends know that,
once again, Antioch has made history–and that you were a part of it. Rest
up, and we’ll see you back on campus in a week or so, ready to tackle
Antioch’s new beginning.

Thank you for everything, and have a fantastic and safe fall break.

Be ashamed to let it die!

–Nancy Crow, President, Antioch College Alumni Board

Fred Kraus, M.A.
Director of Research
Office of Institutional Advancement, Antioch College
795 Livermore St., Yellow Springs, OH 45387
(937) 769-1216
Fax: (937) 769-1212
fkraus at antioch-college.edu

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