by Horace Mann
Antioch College Alumni Association to Present Plan to Keep Antioch College Open
1:40 pm in news by Horace Mann
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Students, Faculty, Staff, Townspeople Speak to University Board of Trustees in Community Forum
Contact: Mark Reynolds, (312) 351-5868 • press@antiochians.org
The Antioch College Alumni Association will formally present its business plan for the continued operation of Antioch College to the Antioch University Board of Trustees this afternoon, in a meeting from 1 to 5 pm at the Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport, 1717 Airport Exchange Blvd.
Invited stakeholders including current Antioch College students, alumni, faculty, staff and Yellow Springs residents will also participate in the meeting.
Citing financial exigency, the University Board of Trustees voted in June to suspend operations at the College at the close of the 2007-08 school year. Since then, Antioch College alumni across the country have raised more than $8 million in cash and pledges to maintain continuous operations with a tenured faculty at the 153-year-old Yellow Springs institution. The Alumni Association’s business plan proposes the establishment of a separate board of trustees to oversee Antioch College.
Earlier this morning, more than 30 alumni, students, faculty, staff, former trustees and townspeople presented testimony to the University Board of Trustees urging the continued operation of Antioch College. Descendents of Horace Mann, the founder of Antioch College, submitted a letter pledging their continued financial support of the College only upon acceptance of the Alumni Association’s proposal.
Spokespeople will be available at the Holiday Inn Airport all afternoon. For addtional information on the Antioch College Alumni Associaiton, visit www.antiochians.org.
