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Antioch University Midwest Wins Celebrating Ohio Book Awards & Authors Grant
Antioch University Midwest’s McGregor Library was awarded a Celebrating Ohio Book Awards & Authors grant by the State Library of Ohio, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Purchased titles include those nominated or awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Ohioana Book Awards, and the Anisfield-Wolf Award.
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100 Years of Waldorf: Antioch University Professor Shares the Legacy with the World
Dr. Torin Finser is sharing his expertise with educators around the world to commemorate 100 years of Waldorf Education. Dr. Torin Finser has speaking engagements planned all over the world to share the challenges, successes, and changes needed in Waldorf Education. He recently returned from Amman, Jordan, where he and his wife, Karine Munk Finser,…
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An “Odyssey” Student Success Profile: Susie Halsell on skateboarding for improving the lives of Bangladeshi street children
Antioch Santa Barbara alumna and founder of Bangladesh Street Kids Aid (BSKA) Susie Halsell went to Bangladesh for the first time in 2007, soon after graduating from high school. She had a desire to help people in need, but no clear idea about how she would do so. There, she was shocked at the poverty…
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An Essay within an Essay
Teresa Hoffman The light-bulb clicked on while I was revising a paper for an English Literature class. I was making a case for why computer programming is not a good medium for creating Medieval poetry even though the type-scenes, stock characters, and rhetorical descriptions are prime candidates for automation. While consulting with a peer on…
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AUS Sponsors Multicultural Children’s Literature Celebration
Antioch University Seattle’s School of Education recently proudly sponsored its fourth annual Multicultural Children’s Literature Celebration (MCLC). Multi-award winning book Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by author June Jo Lee and illustrator Man One was featured this year at seven participating schools in the Kent, Tukwila, and Seattle school districts. The majority of…
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Psychology Moving Forward into A More Diverse World: Dr. Roysircar and the Multicultural Guidelines
Gargi Roysircar, retired Clinical Psychology professor, and APA Task Force colleagues who wrote the 2017 APA Multicultural Guidelines, have published its executive summary in the February issue of the American Psychologist. After the first author, authors are listed by last name alphabetically. Claus-Ehlers, C. S., Chiriboga, D. A., Hunter, S. L., Roysircar, G., & Tummala-Narra,…
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Legacy Building: Community as Teacher
Sue Byers Reflecting on the concerning current state of affairs, Dr. Shirley Cherry, inspiring leader of nonviolent social change shared, “Let it break your heart, but don’t let it break your spirit.” (2017) The MAEd in Urban Environmental Education program at Antioch University in Seattle is a ground-breaking master’s program that addresses the theory and…
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Denaya Shorter’s Reflection
denaya shorter This time, about two years ago, I was in the middle of a transition. I was excited, mostly terrified, and extremely uncertain if I was making the right decision. I had just moved away from my home of over a decade. I resigned from my dream job as a Wildlife Biologist. It was…
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People Who Live on the Streets of Seattle
Yi-Mao Chiu The relationship between social justice, city life, and environmental conditions is complex. Where people live and how they live are key to understanding the issues that drive the quality of living in a place…a neighborhood, a district, a community. The Urban Environmental Education (UEE) Master’s program at Antioch University Seattle intentionally embeds our…
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