Inside the last standing formerly segregated “Mexican school” in Southern California, 21 new Chapman students learned about the past of the community they are joining from members of the Orange Barrio Historical Society. The students who visited the renovated schoolhouse – now owned by the University – were part of the Common Ground track of
Just as 721 students were moving into the new Chapman Grand apartments in Anaheim in August, the wood framing for the new residence hall under construction at the corner of Palm Avenue and Cypress Street in Old Towne Orange began to rise from its foundation. Next fall, about 400 students will call the new Villa
More than 120 local youngsters enjoyed a treat over spring break at Chapman University as participants in the Orange County Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership (OC GRIP) soccer camp held in April. The annual program sponsored by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office is operated with support from local universities and provides select students in grades
Listening closely to lab-coated instructors and donning disposable scrubs for some of the hands-on activities, 57 biomedical science students from the Anaheim Union High School District’s elite Oxford Academy explored potential careers on a spring field trip to the Chapman University School of Pharmacy. Oxford Academy is a 1,200-student multicultural school that has been ranked
Martha Rivera ’12 was 11 years old when she saw a sign for piano lessons at the Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center in Santa Ana. “But we didn’t have money to pay the $5 for me to take classes,” Rivera remembers. “So my mom exchanged her cleaning services at their office for my ability
Even in Southern California, spring is a time for sprucing up, moving outside and sometimes, for moving on. Students and neighbors with e-waste to dispose of can drop it off in the lobby of Argyros Forum, Beckman Hall or Leatherby Libraries during Chapman University’s E-Waste Drive April 9-20. If bicycles need attention, Beeline Bikes Mobile
California’s housing crisis and its consequences for low-income families, the homeless, municipalities and the economy will be explored in a daylong conference at Chapman University on Thursday, April 5, in the George Bush Conference Center on the fourth floor of Beckman Hall. This year’s theme at the fourth annual Local Government Conference will be “Will