The Chapman University alumni network continued to make its footprint in the Orange County business community with its most recent Chappy Hour at the Center Club in Costa Mesa. Members of this professionally-driven group gathered with an attendance that displayed the event’s ability to enrich the lives of alumni and involve its participants in the bright
In this guest blog, Mary Ellen Barnes ’50 offers insight into the history of the Christmas season around the world and sheds light on the origins of many common symbols of the season including Christmas trees and Yule logs. If you’d like to celebrate the season with Chapman University, join us for the 3rd annual
It was the fall semester of 2009. I was a sophomore at Chapman, majoring in business and minoring in thinking I knew everything about becoming a successful entrepreneur. As it turns out, I was wrong. I was stumbling my way through starting my first business, taking a full course load and jumping into a
The Chapman Real Estate Alumni Mentorship Program held a meet-and-greet mixer in October, marking the first gathering for selected mentees and mentors in the group. Founded by the same group of former students who founded the Chapman Real Estate Association, the program was designed to give current business school undergraduate students, MBA students and young
When I first came to Chapman University, my intent was to play basketball. My GPA at the time was lower than most students, 2.9 overall. Although my passion for basketball got me an acceptance letter, I was admitted on academic probation. I was going to have to prove myself. Since I’ve always liked math, I
You may recognize my name from my last Chapman blog post about Wells for Wellbeing , a pending nonprofit that builds water wells and distribute water filters in Cambodia. You can view that blog post by clicking here . But for those of you who don’t know me, I’m a recent Chapman University graduate (2014)
Chapman50 is an exclusive group designed to connect influential Chapman University alumni leaders in a university-wide network unlike any other. Chapman50 enacts the mission of Chapman University by encouraging alumni leadership and professional development in all fifty states and across the globe. Candidates are civic and professional leaders capable of accelerating Chapman’s international reputation.
What? CUYA’s Summer Bash: A Newport Bay Soirée Who? Young Alumni (alumni who have graduated within the last 10 years) When? Thursday, July 31, 2014, 6 – 9:30 p.m. Where? Robert & Marie Collegiate Rowing Center, 1931 West Coast Highway, Newport Beach, CA Tickets: $25 (with a portion going
Dear Chapman Community, My name is Erick Crespo (MFA ’08) and I’d like to share with you the upcoming theatrical release of my film Journey of a Female Comic, which chronicles the ups and down of an immigrant female comedian trying to make it in Hollywood. It’s also a comedic, yet inspirational, story about the pursuit
Windows by Mary Ellen (Zimmerman) Barnes B.A. English ’50 From the Sunset bus window I see the glowing neon sign, Chapman College, on a North Vermont Avenue building. I pull the cord above my seat and step down from the bus in front of two rows of Quonset huts, home to a few faculty members