[Alumni-chat] Alumni-chat Digest, Vol 7, Issue 11

[dl bahr]

Rick Daily no longer speaks for this alumna.
We sent one modest contribution to College Revival Fund.  It will be our 
only one.
How much longer are we going to ask Leo Drey to help out a floundering 
structure?
There are plenty of examples of successful liberal art colleges--instead 
Antioch College has teetered on an edge for decades. It is an embarrassment!
While in more recent times Antioch University has assisted Antioch College; 
it has also been the reason for a weakened Antioch College.
I do not think Antioch College Alumni should be asked to do the job that no 
administration has done in the last 30+ despite the generosity of the Drey 
family.
Fed up with this "revival".
Lesley A. Pownall Bahr


>From: "Jane Slater (imabused at aol.com)" <alumni-chat_forum at antiochians.org>
>Reply-To: Alumni Chat List <alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu>
>To: alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu
>Subject: Re: [Alumni-chat] Alumni-chat Digest, Vol 7, Issue 11
>Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 16:59:58 -0500
>
>University Shares Data
>
>
>September 9, 2007 -- Alumni Board Treasurer Rick Daily reports that he has 
>now received from University officials information the Alumni Board needs 
>to develop a proposal for the continuation of Antioch as an undergraduate, 
>residential, liberal arts college with a tenured faculty. The proposal will 
>be presented to University Trustees for consideration at their October 
>meeting.
>
>Experts in many fields relating to higher education and its financing are 
>expected to help the Alumni Board develop its proposal. Rick is convinced 
>their participation will not be hindered by the terms of a confidentiality 
>agreement University officials insisted upon as a pre-condition for their 
>sharing information.
>
>During his visit to Yellow Springs today, Rick and University officials 
>re-affirmed an agreement to maintain and expand the Development Office so 
>that funds can be raised and earmarked for Antioch College. Fundraising 
>strategy will be under the direction of the Alumni Board. Lynda Sirk, a 
>University employee, will act as office administrator and University 
>liaison.
>
>At least until the October Trustee meeting, University officials will 
>proceed along two parallel tracks. They will continue to take steps to 
>cease Antioch College operations at the end of the 07-08 academic year. At 
>the same time, they will cooperate with Alumni Board efforts to fundraise 
>and develop a continuation proposal.
>
>Along with Rick, Alumni Board member Ellen Borgersen took part in the 
>meetings with University officials, as did alums Jason Fregeau and Laura 
>Fathauer. The University officials were: Chancellor Toni Murdock, Chief 
>Financial Officer Tom Faecke, Chief Operations Officer/Chief Academic 
>Officer Andrzej Bloch; and Special Assistant to the COO for Institutional 
>Advancement and Public Relations Lynda Sirk.
>
>After the meetings with University officials, Rick and the other alums gave 
>updates at a meeting of Yellow Springs residents and Antioch faculty, staff 
>and students. Lynda Sirk and Andrzej Bloch also attended the session.
>
>“It is clear to us that we are all in the soup together,” Rick said, 
>referring to the intermeshed finances of the College and the University.  
>“We need to craft a way out that preserves the University as well as 
>Antioch College as world-class institutions.  We should now be able to get 
>beyond the ‘Us’and ‘Them’ character of our dialog.”
>
>Before coming to Yellow Springs, Rick Daily and former Antioch College 
>President Steve Lawry met with long-time Antioch donors Kay and Leo Drey 
>and members of their family to thank them for their extraordinary support 
>in the last few years, which kept the College alive. Rick reported that he 
>was deeply moved by the Dreys, the depth of their commitment to each other 
>and to their family, as well as their pivotal support to the College in a 
>time of crisis.  The Dreys welcomed further discussions about supporting 
>fundraising efforts for the continuation of Antioch College.
>
>
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