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Contact: Jan Fiderio at 603-283-2107

August 12, 2009 for Immediate Release

New VP, Tracey L. Thompson, Named at Antioch University New England

As vice president for institutional advancement, Thompson will lead development and external relations staff

(Keene, New Hampshire) August 17, 2009 - Antioch University New England is pleased to announce the appointment of Tracey L. Thompson to the position of vice president for institutional advancement (VPIA).

As VPIA, Tracey will lead the development, alumni relations, communications, news, and web services staffs and direct AUNE's advancement and external relations activities including fund raising, alumni outreach, and public and media relations. Tracey's initial plans include working with President Caruso, the new board of trustees, AUNE alumni, faculty and staff, to increase AUNE's institutional advancement efforts.

"I am thrilled that Tracey will join our leadership team and look forward to working with her in the years to come," said AUNE president David Caruso. "She brings extensive experience to her new position at Antioch University New England with more than five years in leadership positions in higher education advancement and thirteen years in senior management and fundraising positions at non-profit agencies." Because of her significant experience in marketing, public relations, and broadcast journalism, Tracey will also act as the university's spokesperson.

"The mission and core values of AUNE resonate strongly with me," said Tracey. "I share the belief that any individual can make a difference and that all of us should try. My personal and professional goals are clear: to lead by example and inspire others to believe in their own abilities. Quite simply, I want to do work that matters and AUNE is a place where I will have the opportunity to do so."

Most recently, Tracey served as the vice president for institutional advancement at Boston Architecture College and prior to that as assistant vice president of development and alumni affairs at Cambridge College.

About Antioch University New England
This is Antioch University New England's forty-fifth year as an institution of higher education. Based in Keene, New Hampshire, AUNE offers rigorous, practice-oriented, values-based master's, doctoral, and certificate programs to more than one thousand students. Degrees in education, leadership and management, environmental studies, and psychology reflect a dedication to activism, social justice, community service, and sustainability. Antioch University New England is the oldest and largest of Antioch University's graduate campuses.

About Antioch University
Antioch University is a five-campus university located in four states. Each campus has its own distinct academic programs, community life, and regional or national identity. Antioch University is founded on principles of rigorous liberal arts education, innovative experiential learning and socially engaged citizenship. The multiple campuses of the University nurture in their students the knowledge, skills and habits of reflection to excel as lifelong learners, democratic leaders and global citizens who live lives of meaning and purpose. For more information visit: : www.antioch.edu.

For more information about Antioch University New England visit our web site at: : www.antiochne.edu.

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