Dr. Quaylan Allen working with a student from Higher Ground By Cala Gin “The whole city becomes your classroom,” shared Dr. Quaylan Allen, Assistant Professor of Integrated Educational Studies, as he described the impact of the new IES experimental course entitled “IES 206: Schools in Society at Higher Ground.” The class was launched this semester
Donna Ford Attallah College of Educational Studies is pleased to announce the 2017-2018 Attallah Undergraduate Student Leadership Council. The Attallah Undergraduate Student Leadership Council is a select group of undergraduate students who serve as leaders and ambassadors for the Donna Ford Attallah College of Educational Studies. The purpose of the Attallah Undergraduate Student Leadership Council
The California Association of School Psychologists (CASP) recognized Current Attallah College doctoral student and Chapman alum Joe Rubio earlier this month as an Outstanding School Psychologist during their annual convention awards luncheon. We checked in with Joe to get some more background about his passions, why he changed careers and why he chose to return
The Attallah College of Educational Studies sent a multitude of students and faculty to the recent California Association of School Psychologists (CASP) Convention in Garden Grove held October 5-7, 2017. This year’s theme was equity. See below for a list of Attallah College presenters and workshop leaders: Chapman Ph.D. Student and EdS alum Joe Rubio
Negeen Lotfi sits in the midst of the bustling campus Starbucks where students are busily buying their morning caffeine fix before rushing off to class. She is barely seated before she starts discussing her passion for student engagement and why she wants to make it a career. “As an undergrad, I was able to find
Attallah College of Educational Studies donors, students, faculty, staff and friends gathered for the Second Annual Scholarship and Endowed Fellowship Lunch on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 on the Chapman University campus. Undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. scholarship recipients were recognized and were able to meet the donors who made their scholarship or fellowship possible. A short
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
The Chapman University Chapter of the National Society for Leadership & Success was named the recipient of the 2016-17 Distinguished Chapter. College of Educational Studies Professor Mark Maier serves as the group’s advisor and student Robbie Del Toro is the president. Congratulations on this huge accomplishment! There are more than 730,000 NSLS members at 551 colleges
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