DOWNEAST ALUMNI CHAPTER

When–Saturday, May 1, 12:30-2:30
Where–At Marj and Art Dole’s home in Trenton.

Agenda–

• Latest news about college renewal such as the presidential search and campus restoration.
• Actions of Alumni chapters around the country.
• Visit of Molly and Nick Savetz
• Creative suggestions welcome

We will supply beverages.

Directions–

From MDI  take Bar Harbor Road (Route 3 NORTH); go about 2 miles from Trenton bridge. turn right at Riverfield Rd, Bar Harbor BIotechnology. Go through parking lot to prvate driveway; we are first house on right.

From ELLSWORTH take Bar Harbor Road (Route 3) ; go  about 7 miles from the intersection with Route 1; turn left at Riverfield Rd, Bar Harbor Biotechnology. Go throgh parking lot to prvate driveway; we are first house on right.

PLEASE MAKE RESERVATIONS BY APRIL 29 IF POSSIBLE TO Art Dole <aadole>

THEREAFTER PHONE 667 9237

Please forward this invitation to any other Maine Antiochians you may know.

Speakers: Matthew Derr, Lee Morgan, Beverly Rodgers, Aimee Maruyama, Julian Sharp

using arts & sciences
testing academic plan with high school students

Beverly:
a week to ten days in between each term
no summers off
flipped educational model upside down
begin forming relationships with faculty in first year 1:5 teacher ratio

lee: target to have tuition equal or below state school out of state, do it in 3 years.
we just lost a work quarter
seven academic quarters, five coops

the question is can a human being develop properly in 3 years. I don’t have a good answer.

sandy macnab: do you have entering class in back pocket?

lee: we can just about offer a free ride to the first 25 students
recruitment will be more about finding the proper diversity mix

beverly: want alumni chapters to help interview prospective students
in last year school closing had 62 students

susan greene: similar calendar took me five years.

three years may only attract more sophisticated students than our target diversity

kathy huff: how’s annual fund going?
aimee: it’s 2.8 million. we’re just over half way
kathy huff: wouldn’t it be wise to keep the endowment?

11.4% currently giving (aimee)

lee: since announced closure 16 million raised
2 million in the bank
4-5 million in outstanding pledges

lee: operating budget 400k/month $5 million/year
2 million to rehab gym

south gym will accommodate 250 seat black box theater shared facility with village

beverly level out at 600 students half on campus half remote

tour of building at antiochcollege.org

howard cort: is there enough flexibility in the program?

beverly: we’re presenting program for three years it may take four

derr: first class planned to come in at 100% discount
reduced discount rate to about 30%
hover around 20% after received accreditation
26,000 tuition and 10,000 in fees first year

beverly: not negating governance but having a director of community

jim hobart: what if this design doesn’t work?
I never would have made it through this program
where’s the fun?

derr: it works according to credits and math.
we have to invest in student life, gym, glen to have rich experience
we have to look at this empirically at how it plays to 17 year olds

we have to decide what our admission criteria are. works better when students have had work experience

first entering class 25 second 50 third 75

involve community mangers in year long curriculum in community
give new community agency of its own
have to plan for governance on campus or they’ll rebel against it

roger: where would you recruit transfer students?

derr: public university students who want liberal arts education but don’t have access
start hosting prospective students this fall

lee: if this doesn’t work we’re going to go down in a blaze of glory. we’re not going to do something half-ass

prexy: our legacy is risk taking. when I say antioch lives people say “are you serious? you came back again?” this is our legacy.

susan: I take you at your word student body won’t be all white.
the first year is where we must recruit the class that looks different. must have working class students.

prexy: we’ve begun going places antioch never went to (in terms of diverse recruitment).
lee: we’re devoting a day to this subject at our may board meeting

beverly: I’m chair of morgan fellows

julian: eight OSU students came on spring break to do work
4/24-25 big volunteer weekend on campus

derr: we need you to talk to disconnected and angry alumni and turn them around

note: the fundamental academic subjects- it’s unclear to some alumni how they fit in.

derr: board meeting will be in yellow springs may 24-25. Details to come.

It’s a year and a half until the first entering class of the reopened Antioch College is scheduled to begin classes in fall 2011.

The Chicago Chapter of the Antioch College Alumni Association welcomes interim president Matthew Derr ‘89, board chair Lee Morgan ‘68, Morgan Fellow Beverly Rodgers, advancement director Risa Grimes, and volunteer coordinator Julian Sharp ‘08, to present the college’s evolving academic plan and opportunities for alumni to get involved.

Saturday, April 10
1:30-4:30 p.m.
Bucktown Library
1701 N. Milwaukee
2nd floor meeting room
Parking Lot, limited metered parking
1 block northwest of North/Damen Blue Line

Optional dinner at Piece Pizzeria
1927 W. North
5:15-8:45 p.m.
Two blocks southeast of library
limited metered parking
Please bring $15 cash for dinner. Drinks are additional.

Please RSVP (yes only) by 4/2 by email or Facebook
Indicate whether you plan to attend dinner.