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Antioch College is a private liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio.It was founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection and began operating in 1852 as a non-sectarian institution; politician and education reformer Horace Mann was its first president.
The Glen Helen Nature Preserve is a nature reserve immediately east of Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States.The initial 700-acre parcel was given to Antioch College by Hugh Taylor Birch in memory of his daughter Helen Birch Bartlet in 1929, [1] and is the largest private nature preserve in the region.
Antioch Hall, North and South Halls are a group of historic buildings on the campus of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States.They were the college's three original buildings, [3] and were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Greene County, Ohio in 1975.
In 1977, Antioch College changed its name to "Antioch University", having extended its operations beyond the college and beyond Ohio, mostly in graduate level programs. [ 5 ] In the early 1850s, Rebecca Pennell offered a course on teaching methods which was the first of its kind, and John Burns Weston, class of 1857, established a long-standing ...
Horace Mann, founding president of Antioch College and "father of American education" Arthur Ernest Morgan, president of Antioch and chairman of Tennessee Valley Authority; Edward Orton, Sr., first president of the Ohio State University; Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, author and educator; Cecil Taylor, pianist and poet, pioneer of free jazz
Coretta Scott King (Class of 1951) gifted her name to Antioch College to create the Coretta Scott King Center in 2005. [1] Fitting with the college's longstanding strength in experiential learning, [2] the agreement stated that the center would be used as an experiential teaching center on issues of race, class, gender, diversity, and social justice for the campus and the surrounding community ...
Antioch College was founded in 1852 as a progressive non-sectarian and co-educational institution of higher learning. Antioch's first president was Horace Mann, the revolutionary educational philosopher whose famous quote, "Be Ashamed To Die Until You Have Won Some Victory For Mankind," is still spoken annually at all Antioch University commencement ceremonies.
More departments were opened during his time as director, including the Brooklyn Children's Museum (1899) and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (1911). [8] He was a member of the New York City Board of Education and a trustee for the Brooklyn Public Library. He was president of the board of trustees of his alma mater, Antioch College, from 1901–05.