Four students in Chapman University’s Attallah College of Educational Studies have been awarded the Orange County Community Foundation’s Margaret E. Oser Scholarship: Laura Ceja, Aidee Guerrero, Genesis Hernandez, and Angalina Maldonado. The Chapman students, who are undergraduates majoring in Integrated Educational Studies (IES), were awarded four of the eight total 2021 Oser Scholarships. Each of
Angalina Maldonado (BA ’23) found her passion for special education working in Garden Grove School District as an instructional aide. After first working with middle school special education students, five years ago she transferred into an elementary classroom with students with moderate to severe support needs, such as autism and Down Syndrome, and everything clicked.
While studying at Chapman University, Maya Yesharim (BA ’21 and MA ’22) gained fieldwork experience and became passionate about building community in Orange County. While still an undergraduate student at Chapman, Maya founded a tutoring company called Students Help Students that combines her passions of teaching and giving back to the community. Now in its
Many students in the Attallah College of Educational Studies participate in variations of fieldwork in preparation for their future careers. But what exactly is fieldwork, and how is it beneficial for students? Chapman’s Integrated Educational Studies (IES) undergraduate program defines fieldwork as “any course-related activity that occurs outside of the Chapman classroom.” Examples may include
For the March 2021 issue of the Attallah College Undergraduate Newsletter, we interviewed a current graduate student and recent alumna of Chapman’s accelerated, five-year MA in Curriculum and Instruction (MACI) program. Alina Bitter (BA in IES ’20 and MACI ’21) and Alyssa Kaplan (BA in IES ’19 and MACI ’20) share their favorite memories of
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
The Attallah College of Educational Studies is pleased to welcome two new faculty to the Integrated Educational Studies (IES) undergraduate program this fall: Stephany Cuevas, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of Education, and Jillian Wood, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education and Coordinator of the Integrated Educational Studies program. With focuses on equity in learning environment and education
When Action in Africa opened a new community center in Nakuwadde, Uganda, in January 2015, it was an important milestone for the nonprofit and its young executive director, Sarah Nininger ’13. Still, the center’s success was not at all certain. The floors were still caked with mud from construction, and there were no doors or
Teaching, school counseling, speech pathology, education research, and nonprofit leadership—these are some of the many careers that top students in the Attallah College of Educational Studies intend on pursuing. This fall, Chapman University’s Chi Beta Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi was honored to welcome and celebrate its new initiates as well as its new chapter
The Attallah College of Educational Studies is pleased to announce the 2019–2020 Attallah Undergraduate Leadership Council! We thank all the applicants for their time and interest in the council. Students who have been selected to be members of the council will serve as leaders and ambassadors for Attallah College. The purpose of the student-led Attallah