Excerpts from Laurien Alexandre’s 2023 Commencement Address to Graduates of the PhD in Leadership and Change
Building a New Age of Democratic Curiosity
Laurien Alexandre’s 2023 Commencement Address to Graduates of the PhD in Leadership and Change on July 29, 2023. The path to my July Commencement speech usually begins in early Spring….
Dean’s Column
I took a moment to look back in time. The first issue of the Antiochian Leader was in the Summer of 2002, 22 years ago. It was a simple Word doc. Five pages long, 12 pt. font.
A Call For Dissent
Today, I want to call upon you to dissent. To engage in principled insubordination against injustice…
Calling All Defenders of Democracy
I’ve reflected a lot these past months about what to say to you today, in these few short minutes we have to shine light on your amazing achievement while also…
Radical Hope
I hoped we would be together today to send you off from Yellow Springs one last time.
I hoped that things would be so different by now.
THAT’s today’s theme. HOPE.
Dr. Janet Dewart Bell Joins Board of Governors
Dr. Janet Dewart Bell joined the Antioch University Board of Governors in July 2021. She is serving on the Institutional Advancement Committee and the Enrollment and Marketing Committee. Q: What about Antioch…
Teri Cannon Joins Board of Governors
Teri Cannon, JD joined the Antioch University Board of Governors in June 2021. She will be serving on the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board. Q. What about Antioch University…
Maria-Judith Rodriguez Joins Antioch University as the Institution’s First Vice Chancellor of Human Resources
Maria-Judith Rodriguez joined Antioch University as the institution’s first Vice Chancellor of Human Resources on March 15, 2021. This interview, conducted during late March, is Maria-Judith’s first introduction to many…
Charlene Hayes Joins Board of Governors
Charlene Moore Hayes joined the Antioch University Board of Governors in October 2020. She brings years of experience in human resources and has joined both the Compensation Committee and the…
Gregory K. Finkelstein Joins Board of Governors
Gregory K. Finkelstein joined the Antioch University Board of Governors in October 2020. He currently chairs the Board’s newly formed Enrollment and Marketing Committee. Common Thread interviewed Greg in February…
Building Paradise Out of Hell
An excerpt from Dr. Alexandre’s 2020 Commencement speech delivered to the Graduating Class of the PhD in Leadership and Change Program. I take the title from both John Milton’s Paradise…