Higher Education Section :: Page 40

• AAUP: college closing not necessary

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 17, 2010

  Last weekend the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, officially voted to sanction Antioch University for infringements of governance standards for actions related to the closing of Antioch College.

• College gets stimulus funds

  By Diane Chiddister

  Antioch College was identified last week as one of 13 Ohio institutions of higher education chosen to receive federal stimulus funds for energy conservation projects.

• Antioch alumni beautify campus

  By Megan BachmanJune 16, 2010

  

  This week 65 Antioch College alumni and supporters flocked to campus for the annual pre-reunion work project. Amidst sounds of jackhammers, drills, saws and grass cutters, the dedicated crew planted flowers, restored benches, painted walls, repaired stairs and pruned trees.

• McGregor name change announced

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 14, 2010

  

  Michael Fishbein was officially inaugurated on Saturday, June 12, as the president of the school formerly known as Antioch University McGregor, now Antioch University Midwest.

• College gets stimulus funds

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 12, 2010

  

  Antioch College announced on Friday, June 11, that it was one of 13 Ohio institutions of higher education to receive federal stimulus funds for energy efficiency projects.

• Coffee with the College

  By Megan BachmanJune 10, 2010

  

  To keep the community updated on the progress of Antioch College’s re-opening, the college has organized an informal monthly discussion, held every second Wednesday of the month at 5 p.m. at the Emporium. Community members can bring their questions, while Antioch provides the coffee.

• McGregor eyes green degree

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 3, 2010

  The Catholic nuns who taught Joe Cronin, director of undergraduate studies at Antioch University McGregor, as a little boy might be pleased to know they made an impression. Those milk cartons passed out to collect pennies to feed the starving people of India? He took that seriously.

• Fishbein’s year of ‘good challenges’

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  On the job for almost a year, Antioch University McGregor President Michael Fishbein has found that his new position has offered “both a wonderful learning experience and a sense of good challenge.”

• College board looks at challenges, opportunity

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 27, 2010

  What the newly independent Antioch College is attempting to do — reinventing itself in a faculty-centered liberal arts model — is highly unusual, a consultant told the college pro tem board of trustees on Saturday, May 8, at the board’s first meeting held in the village since the college gained independence in September.

• McGregor students learn philanthropy for nonprofits

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Last semester some students in a class at Antioch University McGregor went beyond learning about pressing social problems to financing the local organizations that address them.