When Carole Isom-Barnes took the job of Chair of Antioch University’s Board of Governors, she brought with her a career’s worth of insight and passion.
Cool Course: Communication and Counseling Skills
Every interaction we have with another person utilizes some kind of communication. From the coffee shop to the classroom, we’re constantly relaying our needs and thoughts in the hopes that another person will understand. But the process isn’t a given.
Champions For the Humanities | The No-Cost Clemente and Bridge Programs Keep Changing Lives
Since opening its doors 169 years ago, Antioch has been committed to the idea that the act of exploring knowledge in a nurturing space…
Ellis Farm: A Model for Hope, Change, and Sustainability
It was a pair of foxes that lured Laura Andrews, Antioch’s Director of Institutional Advancement, and her partner Cary Gaunt ’09 (Antioch New England, PhD in Environmental Studies) to the old Ellis Farm.
Embodying Leadership in Uncertain Times
Earlier this year, Colleen Echohawk ’09 made her first big foray into politics…
Cool Course: Thriving Artist Cool Course: Sell Your Art, Not Your Soul
Just as she brings creative empowerment to underserved spaces, in teaching Antioch students/artists how to thrive, Gabrielle Abbott is igniting the next generation of creatives, showing them how to leave…
Two Hawks Quarterly Internship Nurtures Literary Skills
Navigating the world of literary publishing can be tricky. This competitive landscape is most accessible to those who have learned by doing, oftentimes having worked from the ground up in…
Sharing Education as the Passport to Access and Opportunity
When Malcolm X said, “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today,” he could as well have been speaking about Jacqueline…
Clearing Pathways to Success for Black Boys and Educators of Color
“If I’m serving Black boys in a classroom, then everybody else is getting served too,” says Kyla Crawford, a teacher and librarian in Tukwila, Washington. Crawford, who graduated in 2017…
When Sleeping Women Wake: A Voyage in Five Movements
A popular proverb says, “When sleeping women wake, mountains move.” That is, when a woman becomes aware of the inner power she holds and begins to tap into that well…
Creating a Safe Space for Expression and Acceptance Through Art Therapy
There is a common thread that connects Antiochians together: a passion to support, advocate, and empower others. Although the journeys are different, the passion and pursuit for social justice remains…
Outside is the New Inside: Exploring and Learning in Nature
Outside has become the new inside. This isn’t just true for socializing during the pandemic. It’s also increasingly true for the classrooms in which students across the country are studying….