Welcome to the first edition of Career Coach’s Corner. Each month we will focus on a different career-related topic and provide insight to help you excel in your career. This month’s topic is preparing for job interviews. One of the most challenging aspects of the job search is securing an interview. If and when the opportunity to
We recently celebrated another incredible Commencement Weekend and welcomed the largest-ever class of graduates to our alumni family! Thank you to the wonderful alumni volunteers who helped us congratulate and present medals to the Class of 2014 at Convocation and the Senior Toast. Having members of the alumni family in attendance to officially welcome graduates to
This has been an exceptional and productive year for the Chapman University Alumni Association Board of Directors . Through their hard work and dedication, this group of alumni has accomplished an incredible amount over the past year: record alumni attendance at campus events, increased alumni presence and representation across campus and several new organized groups for
Alumna and Fulbright scholar, Erika Sanders ’13, is spending a year teaching English at a foreign language high school in the Bulgarian town of Ruse, near the Danube River. She dropped us a note about her experiences as a teacher, myth buster and what her students have taught her. Often I feel like my conversations
I came to Chapman University from a small town in Oregon without ever having visited the campus. I was drawn to Chapman by a then new member of the Office of Admissions, now Vice Chancellor Mike Pelly, and his description of the school, its dance program and some strange sport they liked to play in
Black Hill Press and the Leatherby Libraries at Chapman University present The New Writer: An Author’s Responsibility in the 21st Century. Alumni are invited back to campus to join us for this panel discussion which will explore the author’s role in the book business with Kevin Staniec ’01, co-founder of the publishing collective, Black Hill Press, and authors Veronica Bane
Check out these recent alumni stories from across the Chapman University blogosphere: Happenings From Twitter to Sundance, film alumnus pens a message with ‘Dear White People’ » With a song and a cocktail, alumnus will assemble that dastardly bookshelf » Chapman Magazine Former Marine Philip A. Quigley ’13 Prepares for a Career in Government » Matt Jekowsky ’12:
Since 1982, Chapman University has given The Schweitzer Award of Excellence to an individual or organization that exemplifies Albert Schweitzer’s ethics of reverence for life and his dedication to a life of service. View a list of recipients of The Schweitzer Award of Excellence » Formerly given as part of Opening Convocation, the award will now
It’s been quite a year to be part of the Chapman Family! As our students study for finals and prepare to head home for the holiday break and as we look back on the past year, it’s a time to reflect on all that we have to be thankful for at Chapman University. Alumni are at
Dear alumni, I am honored and proud to serve our alma mater as your new Alumni Association president. Each of us is a member of a greater university community and the Alumni Association is in place to encourage us to be active and engaged members of that community. Over the past year, the University has