Integral to this branding initiative is to better align Antioch University McGregor’s name with the other campuses – which are all geography based: Antioch University Los Angeles, New England, Santa Barbara, Seattle and, now, Midwest. More significant though is the opportunity to accurately claim AU Midewest’s service to the needs of students in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and even across the nation thanks to their low-residency programs.

Secondly, but just as important, is the role that each campus plays within the University structure. While all of Antioch University is structured around rigorous liberal arts education, each campus brings its own unique strengths to the University. The University’s Midwest campus has several outstanding programs including degrees and certificates in Education, world-class Conflict Analysis & Engagement programs, and undergraduate degree completion and masters programs.
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Monday June 14,  2010 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

AAMFT-Santa Barbara Networking District

The third quarterly meeting of the MFT Consortium of the Central Coast Region will be hosted by Antioch University Santa Barbara and will focus on the recovery model.  We will continue our discussions about how to integrate the changes to the BBS curriculum into our schools and agencies.  Four CEUs will be provided.

Chad Costello, Director of Public Policy for Mental Health America of Los Angeles will provide us with a Recovery Paradigm Training.  This training will include a discussion of the roles of MFTs in Community Mental Health, a brief mental health policy piece and a review of how the Recovery Model impacts education and services.  As is customary, we will break for a networking lunch and allow some time to receive updates from our members and colleagues at the MFT Consortium of Greater Los Angeles.

The remainder of our day will be spent with Katharine Wexler, Department Chair of the MA in Psychology Program at Phillips Graduate Institute and a licensed MFT since 1978 and an AAMFT-Approved Supervisor since 1981.  Phillips plans to be an early adopter of the new 60 unit curriculum, and Kathy has had primary responsibility for making that transition. She is very aware of the challenges facing schools and training agencies and is going to share her expertise with us in this latter part of our day.

The meeting will take place from 10:00am until 2:00pm on Monday, June 14th at Antioch University Santa Barbara, 801 Garden Street, Suite 101, in Santa Barbara and is open to all educators and clinical agency staff in the central coast region.  This is not a student-attended event.  Please RSVP at your earliest convenience to Chrystie Lewis, student coordinator for the MFT Central Coast Region Consortium at mftconsortium.ausb@antioch.edu or  805.962.8179 ext. 619.  Our representation in the statewide MFT Consortium is crucial and we need your input and support to make it work.

If you are new to our invitation list and would like to learn more about the Central Coast Consortium, please visit our website at www.antiochsb.edu and look for the MFT Consortium under the MA in Clinical Psychology Program.  Please also feel free to call or e-mail me with any questions at 805-962-8179 ext. 171 or kschwarz[at]antioch.edu.  We look forward to seeing you all there!

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In support of Earth Day, AUSB will be at Santa Barbara’s Farmer’s Market this Saturday, April 17, to provide the community with free reusable shopping bags. These bright green and blue shopping bags are made from recycled material and manufactured with responsible labor. Stop by and pick up your own Antioch University Santa Barbara reusable shopping bag.

The conference is organized by: International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM) and Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM).

My job at Art From Scrap (AFS) Green Schools has really inspired me to learn more about non-profits and to think about some of the ideas I learned from your class.  Paradigm Found: Leading and Managing for Positive Change is written by Anne Murray who reflects on her experience as founder of the Global Fund for Women, which gives money to grassroots women’s organizations all over the world.  She emphasizes a similar leadership style that you described in your class that is not about superiority or dominance but about sharing power, supporting, and listening, all within a web-like structure.

She uses a garden metaphor (which I think you would appreciate) to describe a healthy organization: water (commitment and passion), open space (freedom), and fertilizer (money).  She reflects, “We saw that by learning from the most marginalized people we could gain insights necessary to change the systems that distorted the lives of men and women worldwide…that progressive, communal leadership is a key ingredient to positive social change”  (p. 187).  This book inspired me in ways I cannot even describe!! In terms of the bigger picture, I feel empowered just knowing that there are others who feel this way and that positive change can happen.  In the smaller picture, I am trying to incorporate this leadership style into my new job responsibilities at AFS, which includes helping two UCSB interns build a bridge between their student community and the AFS’s Watershed Resource Center.  I try to facilitate these meetings by beginning with a check-in, then an open dialog of ideas, and then the delegation of different tasks (strategies I learned from your class which were also mentioned in the book!)  Anyway, sorry for the long-winded response, but as you can probably tell, I am feeling especially passionate about this subject lately.  I can’t thank you enough for helping me to understand these ideas and for pointing me towards AFS with the opportunity to put these ideas into practice!!

Cheers,

Nikki

Antioch University Santa Barbara’s first-ever alumni symposium on March 8 was a huge success, presenting a distinguished panel of speakers that included three members of the AUSB Board of Trustees delivering remarks to around 130 alumni, faculty, staff and guests. With introductions and welcome from Board of Trustees Chair, Victoria Riskin, the Board of Trustees Forum: The Future of California: Walking Back from the Brink, presented important topics from a panel that included: The Honorable Congresswoman Lois Capps:  Representative to the U.S. Congress, District 23, Lou Cannon – Historian; Journalist; White House Correspondent and L.A. Bureau Chief of The Washington Post; and Trustee, Jerry Roberts:  Former Managing Editor, The San Francisco Chronicle; former Executive Editor, The Santa Barbara News-Press, Founder, Calbuzz.com; and Trustee, and  Susan Rose – Former Supervisor, Santa Barbara County, and Trustee.