“Vigil for the Silenced” will be held during Marlboro College meeting

Marlboro- Members of the Marlboro College community will gather in a vigil for the silenced during the Marlboro College board of trustees meeting on Saturday, December 14, at  9:30 am. To accommodate larger crowds, the meeting has been moved to Ragle Hall in Serkin Center at 2528 South Road.
The Marlboro College board of trustees has called a special or “emergency’ meeting, according to vigil organizer Amy Domrad Tudor, a Marlboro College alumna and longtime Marlboro resident. She said one possible outcome of this meeting is the signing of “more legally binding documents” regarding a proposed merger with Emerson College in Boston.
The merger is widely recognized in the Marlboro community as closure of the college and transfer of its estimated $40 million in assets to Boston-based Emerson, including sale of the campus at Potash Hill.
According to Tudor, the vigil is designed to recognize the many voices of stakeholders in the life, history, and present of Marlboro College who were not consulted or considered by the board of trustees as they weighed the decision to close the school. This is ironic, according to Tudor, considering Marlboro College has always been renowned for its self-governing nature.
Alumni, faculty, and townspeople have come together in recent weeks to brainstorm and develop plans which would allow the college to stay open past the projected June 30, 2020 closure date.
Preregistration for the vigil is requested.  Please notify snowmudflowersleaves@gmail.com if planning to join.