On October 7, City of Orange leaders gathered in Chapman’s Musco Center for the Arts for Mayor Mark A. Murphy’s annual State of the City address, presented by the Orange Chamber of Commerce. The event opened with an invocation by Pastor Ric Olsen of Beacon Church, the pledge of allegiance led by Orange Chief of
According to two reports released by Beacon Economics, an independent economic research firm, Chapman University generates more than $213 million in economic output for the City of Orange annually, and more than $1.1 billion for California. Other significant data from the reports include: $9.8 million in property taxes paid to the City of Orange between
Save the date for a livestream of Chapman University’s State of the University address on Friday, Feb. 11, at 11 a.m. PST. President Daniele C. Struppa will update the campus community about recent achievements and exciting plans for the future. In this virtual presentation, you’ll hear about faculty, students and alumni accomplishments, research milestones, major philanthropic
When the farmers market in Old Town Orange opened on the morning of May 7, 2011, no one really knew how it would turn out. “I remember standing at the packing house at six o’clock in the morning wondering if anybody would show up,” says Megan Penn, executive director of Orange Home Grown, the non-profit
In his recent State of the University address, Chapman President Daniele Struppa praised the campus community for the way they supported one another in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fewer than 400 cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed among the combined student body, faculty and staff population, a less than 1% positivity rate. “The
Following President Struppa’s State of the University we invite you to join the Fish Interfaith Center in celebrating our 15 year anniversary! We will have an open house, remarks from President Struppa and our student leaders. Spiritually engaging and religiously inclusive, The Fish Interfaith Center holds over 750 events each year, serving faculty, staff, and
City of Orange Mayor Teresa Smith and Chapman University Chancellor and President-Designate Daniele Struppa collaborated on a guest column for The Panther, the student-run newspaper at Chapman University. In it they address some of the questions that have arisen in the community regarding the work of the Neighborhood Advisory Committee. The column appears in this