Higher Education Section :: Page 29

• AUM plans for recovery

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 9, 2012

  

  After a brief stint as provost this spring, Ellen Wood Hall’s current role as interim president of Midwest has given her a challenge: to reverse downward enrollment trends and to more evenly balance the strengths of all three of the school’s academic programs.

• County school grows in village

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 19, 2012

  

  For the past 25 years, Greene County’s special education provider has sat quietly at the western edge of the village, growing.

• Glen Helen kicks off series on environment— Thinking many generations ahead

  By Megan BachmanJune 28, 2012

  

  Not only does U.S. law not protect Americans seven generations from now, it allows the continued creation of environmental toxins that will be hazardous to those in the ten-thousandth generation, according to environmental lawyer Carolyn Raffensperger.

• Mix of big dreams, hard reality

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  To succeed with the revival of Antioch College, its leaders, alumni and community members must create a new culture grounded in “ownership, fearlessness and love,” President Mark Roosevelt told college alumni Saturday night.

• No such thing as a typical day

  By Megan Bachman

  

  At last weekend’s Antioch College reunion, students, staff and faculty painted a picture of current college life for Antiochians past.

• Carter gives keynote at Antioch College reunion

  By YS News StaffJune 15, 2012

  

  The 2012 Antioch College reunion, Regeneration,will feature a keynote address from Majora Carter on Saturday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the reunion tent on campus.

• A once-in-a-century event

  By Megan BachmanJune 1, 2012

  

  Venus will transit across the sun on Tuesday, June 5, a rare astronomical event that will next occur in 2117. Watch it at the Antioch amphitheater.

• College accepts class of 2016

  By Lauren HeatonMay 17, 2012

  This week Dean of Admissions Cezar Mesquita sealed the deposits of 69 students who have committed to becoming the second class of Antioch College students since the school reopened in 2009.

• Make It Count for the Birds counts for the Glen

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 11, 2012

  

  About 25 birders tallied 85 bird species in the Glen last Saturday, during the annual “Make It Count for the Birds” event, which also raised about $10,000 for the nature preserve.

• Leadership shift at Midwest

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 12, 2012

  The day-to-day operations of Antioch University Midwest are under a new leader, since President Michael Fishbein, while still maintaining his title, is no longer on the premises. Dr. Ellen Hall, who was recently named provost of Midwest, is now responsible for running the school.