A half-century after helping open Antioch’s Los Angeles campus, Al Erdynast is still looking forward to what comes next.
Two Decades of Leadership and Change
“Would it be possible to create a low-residency doctoral program?” The idea was enticing. It would allow leaders from all across the country and internationally to enroll, studying at a distance and then gathering four times a year for in-person residencies.
Bringing Antioch to New England
As the 1960s began, Antioch College was one thing only: a small liberal-arts college with a single campus founded in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1852. But some of the faculty had larger ambitions…
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.
A Portfolio of Early Antioch Images
Antioch University was established in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio. From the start it has worked to live up to its founding principles of equity and social justice. Originally serving solely undergraduates, until 1978 it was known as Antioch College.
Quilting a Community of Hope and Justice
I call Claudia J. Ford ’86, ’15 (Antioch College, MBA) in Health Administration and Antioch New England, PhD in Environmental Studies) on a weekday morning. The first thing that strikes me is the calm, silky timbre of her voice.
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.
At the Intersection of Activism and Career
Alumni Deb Moy, Max Golding and Isais Narvaez talk to the Seed Field podcast about centering activism in their lives and careers.
Making the Streets Safer—For Bikes, Walkers, and Kids
Growing up in Los Angeles, Yolanda Davis-Overstreet ’18 (Antioch Los Angeles, MA in Urban Sustainability) spent the ubiquitous sunny afternoons of her childhood pedaling up and down city sidewalks.
From Library to Submarine and Back Again
Getting kids reading takes more than a little doing—it requires making the library somewhere students want to be.
Online-Only Extra: Antioch Under the Bodhi Tree
In 2012, I graduated from college, and that fall I took a small surplus of student loan money and traveled to India.
Online-Only Extra: Looking Back as a Librarian
When I started my position as a librarian in early 2020, I didn’t know much about the history of Antioch University.