February 2017

Planting Seeds: Newton ’19 at Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) in San Francisco, California

For my second co-op, I am working as an intern with a nonprofit organization called Literacy for Environmental Justice in southeast San Francisco. The work LEJ does ranges from activism (they were instrumental in shutting down an old PG&E power plant in Hunter's Point) to job training

February 28, 2017

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Study Area - Work and Workplace Skills

Catering to a Life Before Antioch: Amanda Akers ’19

This fall, I entered into Antioch's class of 2019 as a transfer student from Sinclair Community College. Since I have yet to go out on an official co-op through the school, my experience in the real world comes from my years of working in the

February 28, 2017

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Ohio, Social Enterprise & Social Innovation

My winter entering the comic business: Julia Dammons ’19 at SuperFly Comics in Yellow Springs, Ohio

This winter, I am working at Super-Fly Comics & Games in Yellow Springs, Ohio. I have a passion in comic arts and the art business, so when I found out that Super-Fly was run by an Antioch College alumn, Tony Barr, I was excited to

February 27, 2017

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The Work We Do

Student Spotlight: Julia Bates ’17 and Meridian Howes ’17

Having completed the rigorous, three-year Japanese language track, Julia Bates '17 and Meridian Howes '17 were awarded the Lloyd Family Fellowship and traveled to Osaka, Japan. While in Osaka, Julia and Meridian worked at Suisen Fukushukai, a social services organization providing a variety of services

February 23, 2017

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Education & Youth Empowerment (Pre-Education), Ohio, Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight: Mallory Drover ’19

In her first year at Antioch College, Mallory Drover joined the team at the Yellow Springs Community Children's Center (YSCCC) as a Miller Fellow and quickly began making an impact. She engaged the children in lessons on space, environmental conservation, her home state of Alaska,

February 23, 2017

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Education & Youth Empowerment (Pre-Education), Ohio, Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight: Taylor Spratt ’17

In fall of 2016, Taylor Spratt '17 served as a research assistant in ESL /Refugee Outreach for Dayton Public Schools (DPS). "On any given day, [Taylor was] shadowing newly-transitioned ELL (English Language Learner) students at Ponitz Career Technology Center, sharing a cubicle in the DPS main

February 23, 2017

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Ohio, Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight: Myriah Neal McKenzie ’17

Incredibly, Myriah Neal McKenzie '17 has studied Chinese at Wright State University in Dayton, OH all the while completing her Antioch studies. By the end of this term she will have finished all the work for a minor in Chinese language by WSU's standards. Myriah

February 23, 2017

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Media Arts & Communication, Ohio, Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight: Javis Heberling ’18

At the start of the Fall 2016 quarter, Javis Heberling '18 joined the Cooperative Education Program as a Media Production Miller Fellow. Bringing to the role great technical knowledge in media editing, Javis was able to expand his skills in photography, filming, and interviewing to generate

February 23, 2017

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Culture, Power, & Change, Food Systems, Sustainable Agriculture, Culinary Arts, Pacific Southwest

A Cabin in the Woods: Yasgur ’19 at Urban Adamah in Berkeley, CA

This co-op has brought me to a cabin in the woods, nestled deep within the serene hills of Berkeley, CA. Days find me chopping firewood—pine or birch on a good day, oak or redwood on a great one—ax striking true with the grain of wood

February 22, 2017

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Culture, Power, & Change, Ohio

Engaging with Community: Drover ’19 at Yellow Springs Senior Center in Yellow Springs, Ohio

[caption id="attachment_7421" align="alignright" width="328"] Yellow Springs Senior Center Building[/caption] This is the Yellow Springs Senior Center. They are a non-profit that aims to "enhance the dignity, independence and quality of life for seniors in the Yellow Springs and Miami Township and to

February 22, 2017

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