1. Friday night we hire a sitter and go to the Hollywood Bowl to hear Sarah McLachlan play through her 30-year-old album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. After the opener we sit for a while…
A Q&A With Sally Johnstone About Joining Antioch’s Board of Governors
Sally M. Johnstone has spent her career improving the quality, accessibility, and affordability of post-secondary education for adults. She helped design and launch Western Governors University, which uses an innovative, competency-based education model that allows adult students to take advantage of the knowledge they already have to decrease the time it takes them to earn a degree.
An Interview With Antioch’s New Head of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Antioch has hired Stephanie Helms Pickett to be its first ever Head of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. This key position answers directly to the Chancellor, is a member of…
With Launch of Coalition for the Common Good, Antioch and Otterbein Chart a Shared Future
A new, national, mission-oriented university system is taking shape.
Antioch’s Ofrenda
Every year, in the weeks leading up to Día de Los Muertos, Gloria Molina Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles fills with altars to the dead. This year, the altars…
Pia Alexander Is Fighting Systemic Racism Through Therapy, Research, and Activism
In new role as Co-Chair of the Anti-Racism Task Force, Pia Alexander builds on the work of a lifetime.
Careers at the Intersection of Education and Justice: A Panel Discussion
A Panel Discussion on the Seed Field Podcast
Victoria Chang Wins 2023 Chowdhury Prize in Literature
Victoria Chang has won the 2023 Chowdhury Prize in Literature, the prestigious international award given to a mid-career writer both for their body of work and for their future potential…
Antioch Spotlight: MEd Alum Danny Cords
Over the last decade, Danny Cords has leveraged his education and enthusiasm to impact his world and make positive change.
With Hybrid Approach, PhD Director Shows Way Forward for Environmental Studies
What does it mean to know a place, an ecosystem, or a subject? This question has long fascinated Jean Kayira, the Director of Antioch’s PhD in Environmental Studies.
The FBI’s Plot to Discredit Antioch
In the late ’60s, J. Edgar Hoover signed off on a plan to infiltrate Antioch University, spy on its alumni, and use this intel to discredit Antioch in the eyes of the public. A decade later, documents describing this plot came to Antioch’s president—only to end up hidden deep in an archive.
The Importance of Writing When the World Wishes You Wouldn’t
Wendy Ortiz came to Antioch as a young person with an important story to excavate. She found literary mentorship, a psychology career, and even lifelong partnership. But that doesn’t mean the rest has been simple.