Posts by: Mary Platt

ORANGE, Calif., August 3, 2015 – Chapman University has joined the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) Generation Study Abroad initiative to help more Americans gain international experience through study abroad programs.

IIE’s Generation Study Abroad seeks to mobilize resources and commitments with the goal of doubling the number of U.S. students studying abroad by the […]

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ORANGE, Calif., June 17, 2015 — Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law has placed among the top finalists in the nation in the Law School Admission Council’s (LSAC) Diversity Matters Awards.  Fowler Law placed third in the competition, which recognizes law schools throughout the U.S. and Canada that have performed exceptional outreach efforts […]

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ORANGE, Calif., June 10, 2015 –
Each year, more than 5 million older persons are abused, neglected and exploited in the United States. Elder citizens lose an estimated $2.6 billion annually due to elder financial abuse and exploitation, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration […]

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For the 16th year, Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts will host its annual Women in Focus Conference on Friday, April 17, 2015 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Folino Theater, Marion Knott Studios, on the Chapman campus in Orange. The conference features a panel of some of the most prominent […]

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ORANGE, Calif., February 20, 2015 — At Chapman University’s annual State of the University Address, presented by President James L. Doti, Ph.D. on Friday, February 20, the newest members of the University’s governing boards (Board of Trustees and Board of Governors) were welcomed.

As previously announced,
David A. Janes, […]

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ORANGE, Calif., February 18, 2015 –
With the unanimous support of the members of the university’s governing boards, Trustee David A. Janes has been appointed as the new chairman of the Board of Trustees of Chapman University.  His term, which begins immediately, succeeds that of Doy Henley, who has […]

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Chapman University will present a day-long conference examining the City of Bell scandal on Thursday, February 19 from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Panelists will include elected officials, academics, citizen activists and attorneys, and some of the top journalists involved in reporting the scandal, including “Los Angeles Times” investigative reporter Jeff Gottlieb, who, along with his colleague Ruben Vives, uncovered and broke the story in 2010, winning a Pulitzer Prize for their efforts.

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Aspiring fiction writers may apply for a once-in-a-lifetime free writers’ workshop led by renowned, award-winning author Richard Bausch at Chapman University. Bausch – a Chapman professor of English and creative writing who has authored a dozen critically acclaimed novels and is considered a master of the short story form – will offer his third annual Chapman Creative Writing Workshop during the university’s 2015 spring semester.

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Chapman University’s top choir, the Chapman University Singers, will embark on a concert tour of Texas from January 10-18, 2015. The acclaimed choir will offer performances in venues in and around San Antonio, Austin and Dallas/Fort Worth. Saluting the Protestant denomination that founded Chapman University in 1861, most of the concerts will be at churches of the Christian Church/United Church of Christ. All the concerts are free and open to the public.

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The A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University released today the results of its 37th annual economic forecast for the U.S., California and Orange County. The forecast was presented to about 1,500 Orange County business leaders at a conference held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa. Following are highlights of the forecasts.

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