Where Have I Been?
You might be wondering since our Updates haven’t been sent out for a while. A few weeks ago, the news came on NPR that Antioch College in Ohio would be closing after the current academic year. Antioch happens to be the college where I earned my B.A. and which sponsored the abroad program which introduced me to a wider world by sending me to France for a year.
I was up in arms and I wasn’t the only one; there are about 17,000 alumni of this small, liberal arts college. A few hundred had gathered for “reunion week” when the news broke, and began organizing in an effort to keep the college open. Those who weren’t there as well as some who were began blogging and e-mailing frantically. Alumni groups began organizing in major cities all over the U.S. as well as in London and Paris, and an e-mail from Peru turned up in my inbox.
I started following the blogs and e-mailing alumni in the Albuquerque - Santa Fe area, sending out “updates” or digest versions of breaking news. It seemed, and still seems, like the right thing to do. We hope these efforts will pay off and save the college from closing. For those who’d like to know more, see http://www.antiochians.org.