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• Prominent academics call for the reopening of college

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 14, 2008

  More than 1,480 academics from liberal arts faculties and state and private universities around the country have signed a petition expressing their support for the efforts of the Antioch College alumni and faculty to save the college.

• Major funds are needed to restart Antioch College

  By Lauren Heaton

  At a time when it seems to many that nothing can be done until everything is done to revive Antioch College, core alumni negotiators urged simplicity and focus on the number one task: separation of the college from Antioch University.

• Efforts at independence for Antioch College move ahead

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 24, 2008

  Efforts to create an independent Antioch College moved forward last week with a resolution issued jointly by the college alumni board and Antioch University Board of Trustees that charged a task force to prepare a letter of intent for college independence as soon as possible.

• Shuttering still cause for fire concern

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 17, 2008

  Antioch College supporters still have reason to feel concerned about the safety of the recent campus shutdown, according to a college alumnus and fire safety expert. “If everyone has the idea that Antioch buildings are protected by sprinkler systems, that’s false,” said Gene Milgram of Annapolis, Md., in an interview last week. Milgram, an alumnus […]

• Council concerned over shutdown

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 10, 2008

    Fire code not violated on campus in most cases Most of the Antioch College campus is not in violation of the Ohio fire code, according to the Miami Township fire chief and an Antioch University administrator this week. “The water sprinklers had never been turned off,” Antioch University Vice President for Student Services Milt […]

• Closing of Antioch College campus—Shutdown prompts safety concerns

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 3, 2008

  The shutdown of the Antioch College campus began last week with buildings put at risk and a violation of the Ohio Fire Code when university officials dismantled the fire protection system without removing furniture from the buildings.

• Energized alumni keep eyes on an independent college

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 26, 2008

  At their annual reunion in Yellow Springs last weekend, about 400 Antioch College alumni took steps to move ahead quickly to reach an agreement with the Antioch University Board of Trustees for an independent college.

• New hope, new purpose at ‘08 Antioch alumni reunion

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 19, 2008

  A little more than a week ago, this week’s Antioch College Alumni Reunion seemed notable for possibly being the last reunion of the 155-year-old institution before Antioch closes its doors June 30.

• Faculty and staff vacate Antioch College campus this week

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  The laboratory where Antioch College geology professor Peter Townsend taught for 37 years was a mess of beakers, textbooks and research last week scattered half in and half out of the boxes scheduled to leave the science building.

• In surprise move, trustees seek autonomy for college

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 12, 2008

  In an unexpected move last week, the Antioch University Board of Trustees passed a resolution calling for the Antioch College Alumni Association to create a process aimed at establishing an independent Antioch College.