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GSLC Alumnus Publishes Dissertation on Black Parent Advocacy and Educational Success
Dr. Mark McMillian, PhD in Leadership and Change alumnus, published his dissertation entitled Black Parent Advocacy and Educational Success: Lessons Learned on the Use of Voice and Engagement. Black children encounter racism in American schools and parents need to advocate for them. The purpose of McMillian’s qualitative study was to explore how Black parents developed and used…
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A Story for All LGBTQIA+ Folks—Especially For Those Outside of the Big Cities
tera mcintosh and melody lehman (Antioch Voices is a new space for members of the Antioch community to write and share opinion and creative writing pieces for university-wide distribution on issues of national and public concern. This month, two writers from the MA in Individualized Studies—a student and a teacher—reflect on celebrating Pride Month in…
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Chancellor’s Letter on the Occasion of Juneteenth 2022
Monday, the United States observes Juneteenth and commemorates the anniversary of that day 157 years ago when news of the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of American slavery finally reached Galveston, Texas—one of the last frontiers of the American South. This day has long been celebrated, especially in Black communities, and it has come to…
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Antioch Hosts An LGBTQ+ Conversation Honoring Pride Month
Antioch University Los Angeles’s Undergraduate Studies Internship Program hosted an online event entitled “An LGBTQ+ Conversation Honoring Pride Month” on June 15th. The purpose of this event was to learn about the mission and advocacy work of some of Antioch’s partner organizations. AULA’s Internship Program has a long list of partner organizations that provide students…
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Antioch University is Helping Teachers Build Capacity for Social Emotional Learning
Antioch University’s Continuing Education Programs hosted an online event on June 15 titled Building Capacity for Social Emotional Learning. This event, which was sponsored by Six Seconds and Antioch University’s Doctor of Education program, explored the Social Emotional Learning framework and how being in tune with students’ emotions can be a powerful educational tool. In…
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PsyD Chair Jude Bergkamp Joins APA Competencies Task Force to Address Historical Injustices
Jude Bergkamp, the Chair of the PsyD in Clinical Psychology at Antioch Seattle, was recently chosen for the prestigious Competencies Task Force of the American Psychological Association. Bergkamp sees this appointment as an opportunity to shape generations of psychologists to come. As he says, “We have to get folks trained up and ready to face…
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Antioch PhD Program Expands to California with Low-Residency Option
The PhD in Counselor Education at Antioch Seattle has for the last six years served professional mental health counselors who desire either to train other counselors or move into leadership positions in the field. However, for many would-be students who share these goals, starting graduate school and balancing an established career can pose serious logistical…
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NEH Grant Expands Clemente-Antioch Partnership to Four “Inflection Points”
This February, Antioch received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities that will support the creation and delivery of a new series of four free-to-attend classes for low-income adults in partnership with the Clemente Course in the Humanities. The new class series is titled Inflection Points and focuses on how the humanities can…
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Community Leader Dr. Ben Danielson To Deliver Antioch University Seattle Commencement Address
Advocate for Underserved Children and Their Families to Serve as Keynote Speaker at In-Person Commencement Ceremony Antioch University Seattle is honored to announce that Dr. Ben Danielson will deliver the commencement address at the first in-person ceremony in two years on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at Magnuson Park. Dr. Danielson has devoted his career to…
