To the fantastic and courageous students of Antioch College (and future alumni):

Before you all take your richly deserved fall break, I wanted to share a couple of thoughts with you. Many of you are going home to celebrate Thanksgiving, and we Antiochians have a few things to be thankful for ourselves.

Antioch College is OPEN. In just four short months, Antioch went from announcing its suspension of operations to staying open past June 2008. A lot of hard work went into this victory, including the hard work, support, organization and activism of the current students and Community Government. You have all shown yourselves to be true Antiochians and I am proud–and honored–to have stood shoulder to shoulder with you on campus, at chapter meetings, and online. You are all, individually and collectively, a bright shining beacon of Antioch’s future.

Please know that the entire Alumni Board shares my feelings about the current student body. We support your Antioch education; we wish you to have the same gift of the Antioch experience that we all had. The Alumni Board members range from graduates of the ’50s to the ’00s, and we are all committed to making sure you all have the opportunity to graduate from our beloved College. When you return from the Thanksgiving break, do meet with the faculty to ensure that the College will offer the curriculum you need to meet your graduation requirements and educational goals.

There have been a lot of back-and-forth conversations about new students. Please know that transfer students and first years students WILL be admitted as soon as possible. We are working very hard with the University Board of Trustees to make this happen. There will be new-to-Antioch students in the Fall of 2008, and we’re depending on you to show them the Antioch way–negotiating classroom, community and co-op; teaching them about shared governance and community responsibility; and most importantly, what the heck each “Cil” is and what all the acronyms mean. (Cheat sheet, anyone?)

But right now, some of you are going home. Lots of you are off to visit family and friends, and no doubt Antioch will be at the tip of everyone’s tongue and the centerpiece of a lot of conversations. Feel free to pat yourselves on the back. Feel free to let family and friends know that, once again, Antioch has made history–and that you were a part of it. Rest up, and we’ll see you back on campus in a week or so, ready to tackle Antioch’s new beginning.

Thank you for everything, and have a fantastic and safe fall break.

Be ashamed to let it die!

–Nancy Crow, President, Antioch College Alumni Board

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