December 8, 2011
Chapman University announced Thursday that it has received two donations totaling $8.6 million.
One donation of $3.6 million came from the Dhont Family Foundation for Chapman's film school, the Dodge College of Film and Arts. The donation will help establish the Dhont Family Foundation Documentary Film Center – part of the film school's scheduled expansion.
Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts has secured the No. 4 spot in THE WRAP’s Top 50 film schools rankings. This is the college’s fifth year in a row at No. 4, a position it also holds in The Hollywood Reporter’s national rankings.
Editor John Baldino (MFA ’09) had been working on NBC’s “The Voice” for three years in 2019 when another veteran editor, Nick Don Vito ’87, returned to the show after a 15-season absence. It didn’t take long for them to realize that they were both Chapman University graduates. “We were just discussing our backgrounds a