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Antioch College Board Pro Tempore
Conference Call Minutes
Sunday September 19, 2010
Members present: Lee Morgan, Matthew Derr, Frances Horowitz, Barbara Winslow, Joyce Idema,
Tendaji Ganges, Atis Folkmanis, Prexy Nesbitt, Pavel Curtis, Ed Richard
Guest: Tom Brookey
Staff: JoyceMorrissey
Meeting called to order at 7:03 p.m. EDT by Chair, Lee Morgan
Minutes of August 15th reviewed.
Barbara moved to accept minutes.
Ed seconded. Motion carried.
Matthew presented an update on the State of the College.
Meeting with Higher Learning Commission in Chicago provided further guidelines for
preparing the Preliminary Information Form. Deadline for submission is December
2010.
Ohio Board of Regents materials will be submitted in October. The OBR may agree to offer
degree granting sooner than we initially expected.
Continuing to prepare the American Academy of Liberal Education application.
Discussions with peer institutions about crediting options continue.
Faculty hiring is directly inked to accreditation. We will need to have at least one faculty hired
to meet accreditation requirements. Len Clark and Tom Kirk are developing faculty position
descriptions. The new president will do the hiring.
A search for Director of Advancement will be launched and the new president will do the
hiring.
The library staff and operations are now under the auspices of the College .The College will
continue its affiliation with OhioLink through Antioch University due to the high expense.
College attorneys are working on an issue related to the sale of archives last year and expect
resolution. Update will be presented to the Board as details become available.
Admissions efforts are progressing. An admissions application will go live this week.
Kristen Pett is working on outlining a recruitment plan which will be presented to the Board
in October.Prexy expressed the importance of working from a set of guidelines around
diversity in the recruitment plan.
A meeting with former tenured Antioch College faculty and Tendaji, Matthew and Lee took
place on campus on September 11th.Reports are that the meeting went well and follow up
discussion will take place at a future date.
Tom and Matthew presented a Finance report (8/15 materials)
Matthew reported that the 2011 Annual Fund theme is “Antioch Works” and the campaign
goal is $2.2 million.
Bequests are greater than we anticipated in the original business plan.
Tom presented a facilities update.Renovation and repair of Pennell House is nearing completion. Cleaning of the exterior of Antioch Hall has begun. The Library brick work is near completion.Frances asked if the timeline for repair and replacement of sidewalks is known. Tomresponded that John Feinberg will present a plan for replacement and repair of the sidewalkswhen he returns to campus in two weeks. This is a project that will begin soon. Sidewalkrepair will begin in areas of most traffic and use.Agendas for the October BPT and Alumni Board meetings are being discussed.The Alumni Board will have a retreat. There will be consideration in creating both agendasto allow time for the two boards to meet.Frances provided the Board with an update on status of presidential search and outlined a possibletimeline for the next phase of the search.Frances will provide details to the Board as they become available. Barbara moved to adjourn the meeting.Joyce I. seconded. Motion carriedMeeting adjourned at 8:54 p.m. EDTRespectfully submitted by Joyce Morrissey
