A massive effort by Orange County United Way to count the area’s homeless population in January was led in part by recent Chapman graduate Atty McLellan, who undertook the work as Chapman’s first recipient of a Shinnyo Fellowship. The fellowship provides a paycheck and benefits for 10 months to a small group of recent college
Vidal Arroyo, a first-generation student from Orange County, has been named Chapman University’s first Rhodes Scholar, earning one of the most prestigious fellowships in the world. As late as his junior year of high school, Arroyo wasn’t considering higher education. But high school friends were busy taking SATs, so he did, too. He aced them,
A group of trained Master Teachers from 22 schools in the Orange Unified School District has received the Friends of Attallah College Award for their work mentoring future teachers from Chapman University. “The dedication and efforts of OUSD for our students, staff, faculty and alumni have left a lasting impact, and we deeply appreciate the
On a fall Saturday at the Orange Public Library, about 25 middle and high school youth learned some of the secrets of the monarch butterfly migration from Chapman University’s Jeremy Hsu, Ph.D., an assistant instructional professor of biological science. “It was wonderful. The kids learned scientific critical thinking skills in a very unique way,” said
Never underestimate the power of a neighborly visit from officers in uniform. Sgt. Rob Thorsen of the Orange Police Department and Capt. John Kabala of Chapman Public Safety are part of a Chapman University community liaison program aimed at informing students living near campus about how to be good neighbors and the consequences of participating
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