June 23, 2007 This document is the result of a community process facilitated by Antioch College Community Government, past and present. The role of Community Government is and has been to facilitate communication and collaborative decision-making with staff, students, faculty, and alumni to make Antioch College reflective of its community.

Today, Antioch College students, alumni, faculty and members of the Yellow Springs community came together to form plans to rescue Antioch College from immediate suspension of operations. This is a working
document, and does not represent foreclosure on further discussion, generation of options, or action.

We would like to add that it was our education at Antioch College and our experience with shared governance that made this process possible.

As community members, we invoke the spirit of Horace Mann when we say, "Be ashamed to let it die!"

This is a copy of the letter that a group of us sent to Art Zucker and Toni Murdock today. It provides an analysis/summary, as well as a positive plan for the future. If you would like to sign the letter, please contact me directly (chen@speakeasy.net). Please include the year you graduated and the city you live in. Thank you!

Yesterday morning, at breakfast, I overheard the most abominabal thing from a faculty memeber.

The faculty has been placed under a gag order?

Bob, can you shed any light on this?

I got a call from a friend that Steve Lawry was on NPR this morning. Here is the link to hear the interview.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11012257

The folowing was just released by the Board of Trustees:

Antioch College Suspends Operations to Design 21st Century Campus
State-of-the-Art Campus projected to open in 2012

YELLOW SPRINGS, OH- On June 9, 2007, Antioch University's Board of Trustees voted to suspend operations on July 1, 2008 of Antioch College, the University's undergraduate residential program in Yellow Springs, Ohio, with the intention of reopening a state-of-the art campus.

The Chancellor will establish a Design and Development Commission to determine the long-term future of the College with the intention of opening a re-developed undergraduate campus. An Academic Design Team will be appointed to design a new undergraduate curriculum reflecting the College's strong traditions and values while meeting the needs of today's students.

The College will continue to serve its current and newly accepted students with a strong academic program for the 2007-08 academic year.