Administration | Chancellor
 Toni
Murdock
At the end of October 2005, the Board of Trustees appointed Toni Murdock
acting Chancellor, succeeding James H. Craiglow who retired from the
position in November 2005. She also continued in her role as president
of Antioch University Seattle, a presidency that began in July 1997.
In May 2006 she accepted the Chancellor position full-time through June
30, 2007 and agreed to relocate to Yellow Springs.
Prior to coming to Antioch University, Murdock served for eight years
as the associate provost for academic planning and programs at Seattle
University. Her journey to the northwest was preceded by a time at the
University of Arizona, where she was the assistant dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences, and as an administrator and faculty member at
Western Wyoming College.
Murdock obtained her bachelor's and master's degrees at New Mexico
State University and her doctorate from the University of Arizona. She
also attended the 1988 HERS/Bryn Mawr Institute for Women in Higher
Education. She has been actively involved in promoting diversity in
the curriculum and faculty. She has worked with numerous projects funded
through the Ford Foundation and served as the president of the Seattle
Coalition for Educational Equity, an organization of Seattle K-16 educational
institutions committed to increasing the number of students of color
graduating from higher education institutions.
In 2003, during her tenure as President at Antioch University Seattle,
the Early College High School Initiative program was established for
Washington state schools that serve predominately Native American Students.
To date, the AUS campus has received grants totaling $10,952,500 from
various foundations for the program, including the Gates Foundation,
the Kellogg Foundation and the Lumina Foundation. In 1992, Murdock took
on the challenge of rebuilding the ACE Network for Women Administrators
in the State of Washington and served eight years on the ACE Office
of Women in Higher Education's National Executive Board. She has received
numerous awards and recognition for her work in women's leadership.
Read more about Murdock's views on education in an address she made
to the Board of Trustees in February 2006 here.
Read an interview with Chancellor Murdock here.
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