From IES to the Classroom – Samantha Barnes ’17
Samantha Barnes ’17 is currently pursuing a career in education through the Teach for America program. She is placed as a kindergarten teacher in Nashville, Tennessee, and has a classroom full of 20 five and six year olds, whom she adores. Samantha spoke with the Attallah College Undergraduate Student Newsletter about her exciting new job,
Attallah College organizes collaboration between district and charter schools
Chapman University’s Donna Ford Attallah College of Educational Studies has launched their inaugural ePrize, or “education Prize,” to foster collaboration among local districts and charter schools around innovations that improve educational outcomes for underserved students in Orange County. The college received four different proposals from multiple district and charter schools
Q & A with New Faculty Member Jorge F. Rodriguez
What is your educational background? I am very proud to be a first generation college student within the United States. One of the major reasons for this feeling is recognizing that my educational trajectory was only possible due to the determination and heart work of my mother. My parents immigrated to this country from Mexico
Making the Community Your Classroom
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
Announcing the 2017-2018 Attallah College Undergraduate Student Leadership Council
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
Attallah College student named "Outstanding School Psychologist" by The California Association of School Psychologists
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
Attallah College Students & Faculty Present at California Association of School Psychologists Convention
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
Alumna and Graduate Student Named Recipient of Rising Star Award
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
Donors and Students Gather for Second Annual Attallah College Scholarship Luncheon
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 Educational Summer with Chapman Professors
Photo provided by Dr. Golden from CEE. Pictured from left to right: Tim San Pedro of Ohio State University, Dr. Golden , Anne Elrod Whitney of Pennsylvania State University (moderator of the panel), Tonya Perry of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Jenell Igeleke Penn, doctoral student at Ohio State University. By Cala Gin