Soaring to New Heights, Jetpack Style
Although most of you know Sheryl Bourgeois as the executive vice president of University Advancement, I bet you don’t know her as the woman who can walk on water! Sheryl recently jetpacked with Jetpack America, where she flew through the air and hovered high above the Newport Harbor. Sheryl Bourgeois Executive Vice President and Professional
Get to Know...
Part of our goal with UA Connections is to help us all get to know each other better. Strengthening relationships in the workplace increases success and productivity by creating a more collaborative environment. Plus, it just makes things more fun! So we thought, what better way to get to know our colleagues in blog posts
A Day In the Life of a Curator
Ever wonder about the extraordinary art you see throughout campus, including the halls of UA? UA’s very own Natalie Lawler and Eric Leffler are Chapman’s art curators and manage, catalog, install, and maintain the University’s fine art. Read on to find out more about what their exciting jobs entail — no two days are the same
The UA Gardening Experts
For some people, gardening is therapeutic and fruitful (literally). For others, it can be frustrating, and well…not fruitful. If you’re an aspiring gardener or if you find your office plants wilting, dying, or even drowning, this post is especially for you! Here Tianna and Meghan share how they got into gardening, what they love to
Take a bow, Jami!
There’s a star among us! Our resident thespian and gift recorder extraordinaire Jami McCoy appeared as Ophelia in Slings and Arrows – Shakespeare’s Hamlet Reimagined . She performed as part of The Monkey Wrench Collective, an acting troupe. The performance led audience members throughout the property of Casa Romantica in San Clemente.
UA Culinary Corner - April 2015
Do you have a recipe you’d like to share with your colleagues? E-mail it to Hallie Nicholson . Include a photo if you have one, along with any additional information or stories to accompany the recipe. Need a cool, yummy appetizer for those warm April nights? Whip up some of Molly’s bruschetta! Molly Gauss Development
UA Community Bulletin Board - April 2015
Welcome to our Community Bulletin Board! Here, you’ll find posts from colleagues looking to buy/sell things, inviting you to their shows or classes, asking for or giving advice, or giving things away (maybe even free kittens!). If you’d like to post something here, just email Hallie with what to include on the Bulletin Board. Be
Chapman History Pop Quiz
Show your Panther spirit by answering the question/s below and enter to win a prize! Submit your answer to any or all of the following questions to Melissa. Those who submit the correct answers today will be entered into a drawing for a prize! What Chapman professor was famously known as the “Speech God” within
Pet Spotlight
For those of you who don’t know, Andy Anderson has a history of rescuing surrendered animals and calling them his own-whether they’re super worm eating reptiles or human-loving mammals. Besides his adorable dog, Zooey, here Andy shares more on his chameleon friend, Ben, as well as his kitchen fish, Feesh. And you thought you had
Pi Day Friday
Pi Day 2015 was one for the record books! On Friday, March 13 (ok, so it was technically Pi Day Eve) we filled the 633 W. Palm conference room with a spread of all varieties of pie. We had big pies, small pies, sweet pies, savory pies, traditional pies and some not-so-traditional pies. I