In late September, the Librería Martinez de Chapman University (LMdeCU) Teen Mentoring Program added a new element to its role in supporting high school youth in Santa Ana. In partnership with the Orange County Congregation Community Organization, the LMdeCU Mentoring Program worked with nine mentees from Santa Ana High School during the summer to plan
Associate Dean of College of Educational Studies, Kimberly White Smith was nominated and selected as a member of American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Meetings and Professional Development Committee. AACTE is a national alliance of educator preparation programs dedicated to high-quality, evidence-based preparation that assures educators are ready to teach
In an evening filled with tears, laughter, hard questions and easy friendship, Erin Gruwell touched the hearts and stretched the minds of Chapman students. Gruwell, the educator whose story was the basis for The Freedom Writers feature film in 2007, met with 40 students from a leadership course in a round of
The appointment of Professor Peter McLaren as Honorary Director of the Center for Critical Pedagogy Research, Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China was hailed by Chinese educational officials as a major historical event. The appointment ceremony took place at the First International Conference in Critical Pedagogy at Northeast Normal University where guest speakers included Dr.
On Friday, October 2, Homecoming at Chapman University started off right by offering panel discussions and master classes for visitors and students. The College of Educational Studies’ very own Dean Margaret Grogan was invited to be the moderator for a panel discussion promoted by the Chapman Magazine “Off the Page” event entitled, “To Madam President
Recently, The Los Angeles Times broke the story about a plan to put more than half of all Los Angeles children into charter schools in the next few years. This caused a lot of discussion among CES faculty and staff. Monday, October 5, is World Teacher Day, and it seems an appropriate time to share
The news of the horrible shooting at the movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana yesterday, and the heroism of the teachers present in that situation initiates, for all of us, an opportunity to reflect on the heroism of teachers. I am not at all surprised that these fellow teachers took the actions they did during this
Dr. Brian Alter, Professor has been chosen to receive the 2015-2017 Outstanding Teaching Senior Professorship Award by the Faculty Research and Development Council and the Chancellor’s Office. The award was presented to Dr. Alters at this year’s Faculty Honors Convocation on Friday, May 15, 2015. The award comes with a $10,000 honorarium, (to be
In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Orange County Community Foundation is super-charging local giving by hosting Orange County’s first-ever countywide giving day on April 21-22 , 2015. Secure, tax-deductible donations will be accepted on iheartoc.org during a 30 hour period. Their goal is to raise $2 million for OC nonprofits! Chapman and the College
On the eve of Wondercon at the nearby Anaheim Convention Center, the Paulo Freire Democratic Project, in conjunction with the College of Educational Studies, Graduate Studies and Leatherby Libraries, hosted “The Salon,” an evening of conversation on the topic, “Comics as Social Change.” Doctoral student Chandra Jenkins opened the evening asking: What is a comic