[Alumni-chat] 9/14 Alumni Board News: The Word of the Week is "Progress."

[ChristianF (christian.feuerstein at gmail.com)]

http://antiochians.org/announcements/the-word-of-the-week-is-progress/

RAISING DOUGH: Our Revival fund has reached a total of $12 million in cash
and pledges, an amount equal to the entire endowment of Bennington College.
Donors have earmarked the money to be used only for the continuation of
Antioch as a residential undergraduate College with a tenured faculty that
is moving toward a system of self-governance.

DEVELOPING THE PLAN: In about a week, Dixie Maurer-Clemons will widely
circulate for comments and ideas a draft of the Antioch College
Revitalization Business Plan. Alumni Board Treasurer Rick Daily, who is
coordinating the development of the plan, stresses that "we want as many
people as possible to see the draft and give input." Meanwhile, the Alumni
Board is exploring the possibility of hiring a well-respected financial
planner to help craft the final version.

SHARING THE PLAN: University Board of Trustees President Art Zucker will
travel to Denver in early October to meet with Alumni Board President Nancy
Crow and other Alumni Board members and Trustees. They'll discuss progress
being made in the development of the Revitalization Plan. A formal
presentation of the completed plan to the entire Board of Trustees is
scheduled to take place in Yellow Springs the last weekend in October.

MOVING DEVELOPMENT: The Antioch College Development staff is not only being
expanded, it is being given its own home – Weston Hall. This is a good
symbol of great things to come because for many years Weston housed the
Antioch College Admissions Department. Alums Ellen Borgersen and Matt Derr
have been on campus these past two weeks working with Risa Grimes and the
rest of the development staff.

TEACHING FROM LIFE: In the best tradition of Antioch College, faculty and
students are using the current crisis as a learning tool. This weekend,
September 14-16, faculty, alumni, staff and students will discuss, teach and
learn about the organizing, planning, financing and research techniques that are being
employed to address the current situation and to save Antioch.