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Thompson Policy Institute on Disability Awarded $500,000 Grant to Further Mission and Expand Services Thompson Family Foundation pledges continued support over three years.

July 20, 2021 by Cheryl Baltes | News

The William S. and Nancy E. Thompson Family Foundation has awarded an additional $500,000 to Chapman University’s Thompson Policy Institute on Disability (TPI), continuing its support of TPI’s mission to reduce the barriers that limit access to learning, living, and working for individuals with disabilities. The Thompson Family Foundation is a national leader in autism-related

Attallah Alumna Honored with National School Counseling Award

June 22, 2021 by Cheryl Baltes | News

Katerina Sorrell, a 2014 graduate of Chapman University’s MA in School Counseling program in the Attallah College of Educational Studies, has received the 2021 National Certified School Counselor Award by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). NBCC created the NCSC Awards to recognize school counselors’ achievements and help promote the programs they are implementing

Attallah Doctoral Alumna Named Louise M. Berman Fellowship Award Winner

May 18, 2021 by Cheryl Baltes | News

Anne J. Steketee (Ph.D. ’20) has been chosen as the winner of the 2020 Louise M. Berman Fellowship Award, a research fund managed by Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), an international honor society in education. This award will help Dr. Steketee fund the continuation of her doctoral research, “Secondary Traumatic Stress in Teachers and School Communities

Attallah Faculty Cathery Yeh Awarded NSF Grant for Anti-Bias Mathematics Education

April 23, 2021 by Cheryl Baltes | News

Cathery Yeh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Teacher Education in Chapman University’s Attallah College of Education Studies, and her colleagues have been awarded a more than $2.3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for the project “Developing and Researching K-12 Teacher Leaders Enacting Anti-bias Mathematics Education (DREAM).” Chapman will receive more than $650,000 of the grant

Attallah College Welcomes Dr. Jillian Wood as the New IES Program Coordinator

January 26, 2021 by Eden Jacnuk '22 | News

Eden Jacnuk, a junior Integrated Educational Studies (Community Emphasis) major with a minor in history, interviewed Dr. Jillian Wood, the new IES program coordinator, on her educational and professional experience that led to her current position within the Attallah College of Educational Studies. What is your educational background? My undergraduate degree is from Loyola Marymount

Attallah Associate Dean Elected Inaugural President of Chapman’s Black Staff & Faculty Forum

January 14, 2021 by Cheryl Baltes | News

Attallah College’s Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Academic Affairs Keith Howard, Ph.D., has been elected the inaugural President of Chapman’s Black Staff & Faculty Forum. “I consider it an honor to serve as the inaugural President of the Black Staff & Faculty Forum, which many colleagues worked diligently to bring into existence,” said Dr.

Chapman Student Philanthropists Support Anti-Racism and Black Community Nonprofits

January 11, 2021 by Cheryl Baltes | News

Having now completed its fourth semester at Chapman University, the Panther Experiential Philanthropy Project (PEPP) has grown over the last year and half in terms of size and scope. By aligning fieldwork assignments with course learning outcomes, PEPP exposes students to the work going on in the nonprofit sector. It offers Chapman students the opportunity

Mental Wellth Project Offers Free, On Demand Mental Health in Schools Toolkits Chapman Counseling and School Psychology students translate coursework into community resources

January 7, 2021 by Cheryl Baltes | News

Chapman University’s annual Mental Wellth Fair is a highlight for many graduate students in its School Counseling and School Psychology (CSP) programs. Students in the M.A. in School Counseling and Ed.S. in School Psychology graduate programs put on the annual fair to help promote mental wellness and share mental health resources with the entire Chapman

TPI’s Free Active Education Webinars Serve More Than 1,000 Teacher Candidates and Educators

December 16, 2020 by Cheryl Baltes | News

Chapman University’s Thompson Policy Institute on Disability (TPI) has wrapped up another successful Active Education Webinar Series. TPI helped develop the California Alliance for Inclusive Schooling (CAIS) Active Education Webinars Series for teacher candidates earlier this spring in response to widespread school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In partnership with the Orange County Department of

TPI’s Associate Director Joins Chapman University’s Million Dollar Club

December 16, 2020 by Cheryl Baltes | News

Dr. Audri Sandoval Gomez, Associate Director of the Thompson Policy Institute on Disability, was honored as a member of Chapman University’s prestigious Million Dollar Club for securing more than $1 million in funding from outside sponsors. The honor was announced at Chapman’s Annual State of Research and Creative Activity, which highlights the work of Chapman