“You’ve probably walked past us 100 times and may or may not have known it,” said the Director of Philanthropy at Casa Teresa, as she accepted a student-presented donation on behalf of her organization. “Now you know where we are, right here in your community. So you’ll keep us in your thoughts, you’ll keep us
This December, Chapman University welcomed Collette Creppell as the new vice president of campus planning and design. The creation of this new vice presidency marks a change in Chapman’s approach to campus planning. Creppell will focus on the design of major projects and, with vice president of community relations Jack Raubolt, entitlement matters including zoning,
Move-in Day for First Year Students and Families Tuesday, Aug. 20 Move-in Day for Returning & Transfer Students Thursday, Aug. 22 All families and students will be advised to use University parking lots and structures. Opening Convocation Student Opening Convocation will be Tuesday, Aug. 20, from 7 to 8 p.m. on Wilson Field. A five-minute
With 2,038 total volunteer hours, Chapman’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program won first place in the 2018 CA Outreach Challenge. The challenge is an annual state-wide competition that runs from September through April, and encourages student Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants to volunteer in their local communities. 160 Chapman students participated, contributing their time
“I never thought I’d be building a float for a parade,” says Jack Raubolt, Vice President of Community Relations at Chapman University. But not only did Raubolt oversee the building of a float to represent Chapman in the recent May Day Parade through Historic Old Towne Orange, but the float won a trophy as the
The electric tattoo needle humming along the edge of Linda Lee Franklin’s eyes sounds like a bumblebee. But Franklin isn’t worried. The retired schoolteacher is happy to lie still as Chapman alumna Kimberly Armstrong (M.A. ’98) gently inks in feathery arcs of pale brown color along the rims of her eyelids. Because after years of
The much-honored Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University – named the Best Art Museum in Orange County by OC Weekly in 2018 – keeps getting better. The Hilbert’s newly acquired Norman Rockwell drawing, “Crestwood Commuter Station,” created in 1946 as a study for one of his iconic Saturday Evening Post covers, is on