Minutes from February 10th, 2008 VT Antioch Alumni Chapter Meeting

Greetings!
Our February 10th Montpelier meeting was attended by 10 alumni, with representation from every decade from the 50s to the 00s.  We met for about 2 hours at the Montpelier Unitarian Universalist Church.  For 6 of the alums present, it was their first alumni event since the June Board decision.

We began the meeting with each alum sharing about their Antioch experience and Antioch’s significance to them.  Some of the things alums mentioned were: the way co-ops exposed them to the world; how academically strong Antioch was in the 50s, including the very thoughtful and “marvelous” ways of teaching that were employed; participation in and being surrounded by social action; strong relationships with faculty who were focused on teaching rather than research; significant generational and familial connections to Antioch that are held by several alums; fun campus life; great study abroad experiences; the fact that Antioch has produced so many great scholars; and students having a voice.
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