Fireworks Notice for Friday, May 17
On Friday, May 17th, Chapman University will be hosting its annual Closing Convocation to end the 2018-19 academic year. A short pyrotechnic display will be held at the conclusion of the ceremony for approximately three minutes between 9:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Pyro Spectaculars by Souza is producing the event and is working with the
Girls Inc. hosts Smart-Ups summer program #girlsmeanbusiness
Girls Inc. of Orange County is back at Chapman University and recruiting girls enrolled in grades 3 to 5 (who will be entering 4th – 6th grades in Summer 2019) to participate in a summer camp focused on developing business and leadership skills. Previously called the Youth Empowerment and Self-Sufficiency (YESS) Entrepreneurship Academy, the newly
COMMUNITY VOICES: America's Stories Documentary Screening
Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts is excited to welcome the community to its annual Community Voices Documentary Screening on Thursday, May 2 at 7pm in the Folino Theater. COMMUNITY VOICES: AMERICA’S STORIES is a social issue documentary film program at Chapman University. Each year, groups of students spend two semesters creating a
2019 Student Scholar Symposium
The Student Scholar Symposium celebrates the breadth and depth of scholarly research and creative exploration by Chapman University students. Join us May 1st and 2nd to experience a showcase of projects from diverse academic and creative disciplines. Interact with our student researchers and their innovative exhibits, reflecting the rigorous inquiry happening across the campus. This
Alumna Tattoo Artist Uses Her Skills to Restore
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
Young Congressional Leaders Spend Day on Campus
About 150 students from California’s 46th Congressional District visited Chapman on a Saturday in January for a half-day seminar as part of Rep. Lou Correa’s Young Congressional Leaders Program. Mostly high school students from the congressional district that includes Anaheim, Santa Ana and parts of Orange, the young people in the program learn about the
Hilbert Museum Gathers Honors, Adds a Norman Rockwell
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