Five Chapman alumni returned to campus this commencement season to share hard earned wisdom, heartfelt encouragement and lessons shaped by their own journeys after graduation. Speaking across multiple ceremonies and celebrations, the alumni reminded the Class of 2026 that success rarely follows a straight path and that authenticity, resilience and community matter along the way.
It was easy to confuse the group of Panthers at the Fourth Annual Alumni Entertainment Industry (AEI) Mixer for one of film’s most electric crowd scenes of all-time. Think the sea of people standing before Moses in Cecil B. De Mille’s The Ten Commandments (1923) or the busy Manhattan streets in The Crowd ’s (1928) classic
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