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Antioch College Transfer Finalized
by Emily McCord (2009-09-04)
YELLOW SPRINGS, OH (WYSO) – Rick Detweiller calls the transfer of Antioch College from the University unprecedented.
“In my own mind, I think of it more like conjoined twins. To separate two that are together in a way that will allow them both life is really complicated,” says Detweiller.
Detweiller’s group, the Great Lakes Colleges Association, helped mediate the separation.
The University Board closed Antioch College in June 2008 due to serious financial issues. Since then, Alumni have unsuccessfully tried to negotiate a transfer, but this summer the University and alumni group finally reached an agreement. The Alumni will buy the campus and its assets. Now that the day is here, University Board of Governor’s Chair, Art Zucker says it’s a positive day, but one with strong emotions.
“It’s really moving for all of us to go through this experience of breaking loose the small college to reinvent itself. It’s really bittersweet for the University going through this,” says Zucker.
The challenge is now for the Alumni to reopen the college. Matthew Derr is the chief transition officer for the College. The group needs to raise 50 million dollars over the next five years. Derr says he’s confident the alumni will rise to the occasion.
“We have developed over the course of the last two years a new level of connection of alumni of the college. They have expressed their strong desire to see this day come about and the independence of the college, and we’re now counting on them to support this effort,” says Derr.
Derr says Antioch College has begun the hiring process and will consider itself open as of next week, although the campus doesn’t expect to see students until the Fall of 2011.
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YELLOW SPRINGS, OH (WYSO) – The complete Antioch College transfer ceremony that took place on Septmeber 4, 2009 on the Antioch College Campus in Yellow Springs, OH
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by Emily McCord
YELLOW SPRINGS, OH (2009-05-21)www.publicbroadcasting.net/wyso/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1508852
The time is drawing near for an agreement to be reached regarding the future of Antioch College. A task force comprised of representatives from both the University and Antioch College Alumni have been negotiating since January. Art Zucker, Chair of the Antioch University Board of Governors, says a long list of issues has been resolved.
“I think the definitive agreement, which is the legal document defining this transfer of assets, is very close to be agreed upon. THere are two to three points that still need some negotiation, but it’s very likely that these will be resolved,” says Zucker.
Some of the remaining points of negotiation include details about the business and curriculum plan, and legal issues regarding the transfer of endowments from the University to the new entity.
“It’s really a financial matter. No matter how we cut it, no matter what agreements are, it all comes down to the ability to fund it,” says Zucker.
The task force has set June 30th as a final deadline for an agreement.
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Flood at Antioch College
by Emily McCord, WYSO
www.publicbroadcasting.net/wyso/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1467824
YELLOW SPRINGS, OH (2009-02-09)
Yellow Springs resident Brian Springer was the first to notice the flooding to Main Hall on Saturday.“I was walking my dog and noticed that the walls looked very wet and I looked in the window and saw, although it was nice and warm outside, it was raining inside the building and water was splashing everywhere and pooling,” says Springer.
Springer then called the Miami Township Fire and Rescue department, who determined that it was a broken pipe from the attic and water had been flowing throughout the building.
“What we find a little bit frustrating is that on December 25th, a pipe broke in the attic of South Hall, also a historic building. You would think after that pipe broke and flooded all four floors of that building, you might go look at the other pipes, especially at this building which is on the National Historic Register, to make sure it was properly protected,” says Springer.
Lynda Sirk, a spokesperson for the University, says the situation at the Main Hall is different because there was no alarm system in place that could have minimized the damage.
“The difference is that the system in the Main building, being over fifty years old, does not have the capability of having that kind of system of an alarm placed on it,” says Sirk.
A demonstration in response to the flooding took place Monday afternoon. Residents gathered to express their concern about how the University has been caring for the building, which has been closed since June 2008.
Peter Townsend is a former professor at Antioch.
“The damage through the winter to the buildings from water suggest that the University has not been very carefully caring for the buildings and we’re worried that that’s going to affect the negotiations for the future of the college,” says Peter Townsend, a former professor at Antioch.
“This has nothing to do with whether or not the building was occupied or unoccupied, whether it was winter or summer, whether it was wet or dry. It has everything to do with the age of the system and we’ve gone through every inspection we could have and should have and passed it,” says Sirk.
Sirk says Antioch University is working with the insurance company to properly assess the damage and that clean up will likey begin very soon. Sirk says a professional cleaning company is bringing in a lot of equipment, and that can take some time.
“They’re going to put 150 fans on each floor to dry it out and so that’s assembling a quite few fans,” says Sirk.
Sirk says there’s little concern for mold damage as all the carpeting and ceiling tiles will be removed in the building. She says the entire process should take around ten days.
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Letter of intent breathes new life into future of Antioch
by Emily McCordWYSO (2009-01-13) Operations at Antioch College have been suspended for six months, but the future of the college got a shot in the arm Tuesday. The college and Antioch University finalized a letter of intent to create a newly independent Antioch College. WYSO’s Emily McCord has more.© Copyright 2009, WYSO WYSO: Letter of intent breathes new life into future of Antioch [1:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download