[Alumni-chat] Meeting to Discuss Alumni Business Plan Called"Constructive"

[Mark Pomerantz]

When do the rank and file get to see this plan?

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Called"Constructive"

DRAFT PLAN TO KEEP ANTIOCH  COLLEGE OPEN discussed by ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND
UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO, Oct. 3 -- Antioch College Alumni Association officers,
Antioch University Board of Trustees members and Antioch University
administrators today reviewed a preliminary draft of a business and
fundraising plan to keep Antioch College open. The meeting took place in
Denver, Colorado.

 

The final proposal will be presented here October 25 to the full University
Board of Trustees. At that meeting, the Trustees could consider lifting the
suspension of Antioch College they have now scheduled for July, 2008.

 

Alumni Board President Nancy Crow said, "It was helpful that members of the
Board of Trustees and the University administration listened openly and made
constructive suggestions to our draft plan. We really appreciate the candor
from Trustees and their willingness to work together for the common cause of
saving Antioch College."

 

Last August, the Trustees resolved to "work closely with the Alumni Board to
provide due diligence access to all appropriate data" needed to create the
plan. College alumni and faculty with expertise in college admissions,
finance, and law volunteered to work on the plan. The Alumni Board hired
Tracy Filosa, a nationally respected expert in higher education finance, to
assist.

 

Crow said, "The Board of Trustees is fulfilling our request for more
information to help us put together a robust plan in a short amount of time.
There was open dialogue at the Denver meeting."

 

Crow added that the Board of Trustees was "was pleased with the hard work
and professionalism that they saw from the Alumni Board."

 

Founded in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Antioch College is a community of
students and faculty challenged by vigorous, inter-disciplinary academics.
Students learn through campus life, real-life jobs and optional study
abroad. They take part in community decision-making, gaining values and
interpersonal skills that serve them well no matter what their chosen field.
Students gain the self-knowledge and love of learning they need to make a
difference in a world where the only constant is change.

 

Since the Board of Trustees announced the suspension of operations in June
of 2007, alumni across the country have raised more than $12 million in cash
and pledges to maintain continuous operations of Antioch College with a
tenured faculty. Alumni chapters have grown to forty worldwide.
Additionally, the Alumni Board also recently premiered its redesigned and
reorganized Web site, www.antiochians.org.

 

The Alumni Board is continuing with its fundraising and planning efforts.
For additional information on the Antioch College Alumni Association and its
Revival Fund, visit www.antiochians.org.


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