An Attallah College lecturer and student teamed up to present at the recent National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) conference in Newport Beach. Chapman University students presenting at conferences may be commonplace, but this presentation was special for several reasons. Integrated Educational Studies senior Madison Spiegel had never presented at a conference before. She had
College of Educational Studies staff, faculty, students, friends and family gathered Friday evening May 12 to celebrate the accomplishments of IES graduating seniors. The annual awards ceremony was held one week before the students cross the stage to receive their diplomas. As all of our graduating seniors are well aware, the IES major has five
Guest blog by Cala Gin and Florencia Park On April 1-2, 2017, Chapman University’s College of Educational Studies hosted its 2nd Annual Education and Ethnic Studies Summit. The two-day summit featured 5 keynote speakers and over 50 panel sessions and presentations on the role and development of Ethnic Studies in promoting education, empowerment, and
The College of Educational Studies is hosting 60 participants from the 42nd Annual California Association for Bilingual Education conference being at the Anaheim Hilton Hotel this year. Teachers and administrators will be on our campus on Saturday, April 1st for a half day institute to learn about the 1946/7 Mendez et al v. Westminster et al case,
Guest blog by Florencia Park and Dayna Sipila “Diversity is okay and loving the same sex is okay,” Elora Estes, a student from Yorba Academy of the Arts Middle School’s Journalism class, conclusively read at the second Yorba-Chapman Writing Publishing Party. Estes is one of a handful of Yorba students who voluntarily read their work
Guest blog by Dayna Siplia On the first weekend of April, the students of Mark Maier’s LEAD 414 class made their way to the Yokoji Zen Mountain Center for a class retreat. The weekend included sitting and walking meditations, leadership exercises and opportunities for self-reflection. For many students in the class, this easily became one
On the rainy Friday morning of February 17, the College of Educational Studies co-sponsored a Peace Pole Installation Ceremony in front of Argyros Forum where more than 50 students, staff and faculty gathered to dedicate the new pole, the first on the Chapman campus. This peace pole in inscribed with eight languages that state,
We are thrilled to present an exciting opportunity to attend the College of Educational Studies inaugural Women’s Leadership Forum sponsored by SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union. Hear from two dynamic keynote speakers about how to discover your life’s passion, keep the flame lit and empower others to do the same. A panel of women from different
Six members of the Integrated Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction (MACI) program traveled to Atlanta, GA November 17-20, 2016 to attend and present at the annual convention of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Teacher candidates Kate Markey, Glenda Vargas, Emily Miller, Sandra Loredo, Robert Moser and Victoria Hulett collaborated with
Director of the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, Dr. Carl Cohn, visited the Chapman University campus Tuesday, November 15 to discuss California’s funding formula and governance process embedded in the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). In partnership with Orange Unified School District, CES brought together local school board members, superintendents, principals, teachers community members and