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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
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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
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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
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Attallah College Lecturer and Student Present Blended Plenary Session on Stress at NAMI California Conference
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
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Chapman's National Society for Leadership & Success Awarded "Distinguished Chapter" Honor
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
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CES staff named recipient of “Barbara Mulch Excellence in Academic Service Award”
The College of Educational Studies Operations Administrator, Kathy Arballo, has been named the recipient of the “Barbara Mulch Excellence in Academic Service Award,” an honor the faculty bestow on a Chapman staff member in recognition of outstanding service to Chapman faculty. The CES faculty wrote a letter of nomination on her behalf, highlighting her “sterling
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Integrated Educational Studies 2017 Awards Reception
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
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Second Annual Education and Ethnic Studies Summit: The Role of LEAD 429
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
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CA Bilingual Educators visit Chapman
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,
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Second Yorba Chapman Publishing Party
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