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Friday, February 27, 2009
Antioch College supporters petition Ohio attorney general
Supporters of Antioch College took their case to Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray on Friday, Feb. 27.
A group of Greene County residents led by Otha Davenport of Xenia presented a petition to the attorney general’s office calling for an investigation of Antioch University. The petitioners are looking to clarify the factors that led to the closure of Antioch College in Yellow Springs on June 30, 2008.
The petitioners allege that the Antioch University Board of Trustees has violated the various fiduciary duties of care, compliance, loyalty and the duty to maintain accounts imposed under the Ohio Revised Code.
“The thrust of the petition is that the Board of Directors for the past several years … have taken actions that were not in the interest of the college,” Davenport said. “There’s been transfers of funds that were probably not appropriate. There have been pledges of assets of the college for construction at other (Antioch) campuses that probably were not appropriate.”
Antioch University, based in Yellow Springs, operates campuses in four states: California, New Hampshire, Ohio and Washington.
The petition carried 15 signatures from former Antioch College students and faculty, alumni and concerned citizens. “The Ohio Revised Code only requires five,” Davenport said.
To read the petition, click here.
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Wilberforce University hosts Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow
Wilberforce University will welcome Raichelle Glover, a nationally known financial and human resource expert, for an intensive week-long visit March 16-20.
Glover, a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, will discuss finance, people and organizational development with Wilberforce students, faculty, staff and administrators.
“Our students will have a chance to interact with an individual who has tremendous experience in the financial world along with an ability to empower individuals along the way,” said Patricia Hardaway, Wilberforce interim president. “She will help our students create a better understanding between academic and non-academic worlds.”
Glover is CEO of Rai Glover Consulting and a retired senior vice president of Bank of America.
The public is invited to a reception for Glover on March 18 from 3-4:30 p.m. in Wilberforce’s Wolfe building.
The Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program, administered by the Council of Independent Colleges, brings prominent professionals to campuses across the U.S. for a week-long residential program of classes, seminars, workshops, lectures and informal discussions.
Located in Wilberforce, Greene County, Wilberforce University is the nation’s oldest private historically black university.
For more information, click here.
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