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Learning by Giving Attallah Pilot Project Bridges Graduate Research, Undergraduate Career Training, and Charitable Giving

May 20, 2019 by Cheryl Baltes | News

Alisa Driscoll (MLD ’19) tends to think about the big picture. The current Communications and Operations Manager in Chapman University’s Office of Community Relations graduated this May with a Master of Arts in Leadership Development (MLD) from the Attallah College of Educational Studies. Having spent her career working in community service organizations, she understands the importance

A Foot in Both Worlds At the Thompson Policy Institute Practice Informs Research and Vice Versa

May 16, 2019 by Cheryl Baltes and Danielle Konovitch '19 | News

Chapman University’s Thompson Policy Institute (TPI) recently held its fourth annual DisAbility Summit, where it shared its latest research findings and reinforced the importance of its community partnerships. The overarching theme of the summit was the principle that, at TPI, research informs practice and practice informs research. TPI’s Director Don Cardinal, Ph.D., described the relationship

Attallah College 2019 Commencement What you need to know about graduation

May 8, 2019 by Cheryl Baltes | News

Attallah College Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 18 | 5:30 to 6:30 pm The Chapman Commencement weekend will be one you’ll remember for years to come. Graduates in all Attallah College academic programs (undergraduate and graduate) are invited to participate. Then comes time for you to walk across the stage and get your hard-earned diploma! For those

Fourth Annual Yorba-Chapman Writing Partnership Concludes with Celebration of Young Journalists

May 7, 2019 by Griffee Albaugh '19 | News

On Thursday, April 25, the fourth annual Yorba-Chapman Writing Partnership concluded with a celebratory publishing party. Chapman faculty, Yorba Academy of the Arts Middle School teachers and administrators, Yorba journalists and their families, and Chapman University student mentors from the IES (Integrated Educational Studies) 412 Teaching Writing K-12 course were all in attendance to celebrate

Attallah Ph.D. Students Present at International Research Conferences

May 3, 2019 by Danielle Konovitch | News

The Attallah College if Educational Studies cohort of 13 Ph.D. in Education students from Shanghai Normal University (SNU) recently traveled to the San Francisco area to attend and present at the annual meeting for the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), a global organization that brings together educational researchers and practitioners from around the world.

Journey of a Lifetime Dodge Student and Attallah Faculty Collaborate on Illustrated Autobiographical Comic Book

April 30, 2019 by Cheryl Baltes | News

Miles Wilson (MFA ’19) and Peter McLaren, Ph.D., will be the first tell you that unexpected things can happen in unexpected places at a big/little place like Chapman. The Dodge College graduate student studying film production met the internationally renowned scholar and activist at a friend of friend’s going-away party one evening in Orange near

Attallah Student Named Fulbright Scholar Ansley Wong (IES '18, MACI '19) Awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

April 25, 2019 by Danielle Konovitch | News

Ansley Wong (IES ’18, MACI ’19) was recently named a Fulbright Scholar and awarded an English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) grant in Taiwan. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering research, study, and teaching opportunities in over 140 countries to students and young professionals. Each year the program awards around 2,000

First Cohort of New Joint Credential Program Graduate This Spring

April 18, 2019 by Danielle Konovitch | News

Stephanie Weinfeld ’19 knew she wanted to become a special education teacher when she learned about the stakes for kids with disabilities who are separated from their typically developing peers. “I struggled a lot in school as a child and felt there was a lack of resources at school to support me,” Stephanie said. “I

Stories from the Heart Freedom Writers Event Inspires Chapman Students and Community

March 7, 2019 by Cheryl Baltes and Danielle Konovitch '19 | News

Plagued by loneliness, fear, and self-doubt, 150 cynical teenagers entered a freshman class in Long Beach more than 20 years ago to find a peppy new English teacher, unaware of how that room and that teacher would drastically alter their futures and those of so many others around the globe. Following the LA riots and in

Attallah Student Designs New Logo for Jordan Academy

March 4, 2019 by Gillian Coan '21 and Jane Gore '19 | News

Nicole Williams ’20, a third-year Chapman undergraduate double majoring in Integrated Educational Studies and Psychology and minoring in Spanish, recently collaborated with a local elementary school on the creation of its new logo. This fall, Jordan Academy of Language and Computer Science will be implementing a two-way Spanish immersion program in combination with a computer