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Higher Education Section :: Page 24

  • Photos of the Great Dayton Flood at Antioch University Midwest

    By Suzanne SzempruchSeptember 5, 2013

    Photographer Andy Snow points out a photo to Antioch University Midwest President Ellen Hall from his exhibit on the 100-year anniversary of the Dayton flood, which is currently on exhibit in the AUM lobby. The exhibit, which opened last Saturday, runs through October. (Photo by Suzanne Szempruch)

    Photographer Andy Snow points out a photo to Antioch University Midwest President Ellen Hall from his exhibit on the 100-year anniversary of the Dayton flood

  • Antioch College students stretch in co-op jobs

    By Anisa KlineAugust 29, 2013

    During Antioch College students’ most recent co-op jobs, Gabe Amrhein of Yellow Springs worked for the Rich Earth Institute in Brattleboro, Vermont, testing the use of urine in agricultural applications. (Submitted photo)

    What do toilets and politics have in common? Potential metaphors aside, they both figured prominently in the recent co-op placements of Antioch’s first-year students, who returned just a few weeks ago from their first Antioch co-op experience.

  • Antioch College skill-sharing workshop­ — From herbal tea to art from trash

    By Megan Bachman

    Antioch students Gabe Amrhein and Norah Mermis are two of the organizers of an upcoming skill-share workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, in McGregor Hall on the Antioch campus. The event features 16 sessions on everything from zine-making to fermentation and is free and open to the public. Here Mermis and Amrhein gather spearmint in preparation for Mermis’ session on making herbal tea remedies. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Everyone has something to learn, and everyone has something to teach. That’s the idea behind skill-sharing, a type of education described as community-based, non-competitive and intergenerational.

  • BLOG – Then & Now display at Antioch Midwest

    By Suzanne SzempruchAugust 26, 2013

    Yellow Springs local, ________ talked with photographer Andy Snow at the gallery opening of "Then & Now" on Saturday.

    Today’s blog showcases Saturday’s opening of Antioch Midwest alum Andy Snow’s award-winning photo exhibit “Then and Now” featuring historic images from the 1913 Dayton flood contrasted with his photos from the same locations 100 years later.

  • Antioch students organize skill-share

    By Megan BachmanAugust 23, 2013

    Everyone has something to learn, and everyone has something to teach. That’s the idea behind a skill-sharing, a type of education described as community-based, non-competitive and intergenerational. At a skill-sharing workshop organized by Antioch College students from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, in McGregor Hall.

  • Antioch College Farm conditionally approved for continued operations

    By Lauren HeatonAugust 15, 2013

    After hearing from many concerned neighbors at their Aug. 5 meeting, Village Council members unanimously voted to allow Antioch College to create a farm on its property as a conditional rather than permitted use.

  • Antioch College Farm raises animals, concerns

    By Lauren HeatonAugust 8, 2013

    A conceptual rendering of the Antioch College farm by farm manager Kat Christen illustrates the multi-use plans the college envisions for the property long known as the golf course. Representatives from the college will present a revised land-use plan to Village Council on Monday, Aug. 5, with hopes of getting the zoning code to permit a certain number of farm animals on the property, to be used mostly for academic experimentation in sustainable agriculture. (Map courtesy of Antioch College)

    The farming activity on what is affectionately known as the Antioch golf course is just beginning, and it’s the heart of what Antioch College envisions for its sustainability program, one of the key components of the college curriculum.

  • Antioch College, Glen Helen begin reforestation

    By Lauren Heaton

    Antioch College environmental science professor Linda Fuselier, left, and Glen Helen extension naturalist Jennifer Lang will use a grant from the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement to launch an education and action program this fall to replace the Glen’s invasive honeysuckle with native understory species. (Photo by Lauren Heaton)

    If one of the key components of an effective education is giving people the tools to make positive change, then Antioch College, Glen Helen and the host of conscientious villagers here are in a strong position to help save the environment.

  • From conflict to community at college

    By Megan BachmanJuly 25, 2013

    Five Antioch students were allowed to continue taking summer classes three days into the session after an agreement was worked out last Thursday between students and administrators over overdue room and board fees.

  • A college village in Antioch’s future?

    By Lauren HeatonJuly 18, 2013

    On a recent visit to Antioch College, architects from MacGlachlan, Cornelius and Filoni, who have designed for dozens of schools in the Northwest, noted the unique level of integration between the college and the village of Yellow Springs.

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