While everyone was stuck at home during the 2020 COVID lockdowns, Emry Sottile was spending their days working on their research for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program that was being held on Zoom at the time. What started as a jumpstart on their master’s thesis turned into Sottile’s career in academia and a pursuit of a PhD. Sottile graduated
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) is a program that gives Chapman undergraduate students the opportunity to do hands-on research and creativity projects with faculty mentors. It is an eight-week program that is hosted on Chapman University campus. SURF Fellows receive a $4,000 fellowship and have the option to request free housing during the program.
While everyone was stuck at home during the 2020 COVID lockdowns, Emry Sottile was spending their days working on their research for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program that was being held on Zoom at the time. What started as a jumpstart on their master’s thesis turned into Sottile’s career in academia and a pursuit of a PhD. Sottile graduated
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) is a program that gives Chapman undergraduate students the opportunity to do hands-on research and creativity projects with faculty mentors. It is an eight-week program that is hosted on Chapman University campus. SURF Fellows receive a $4,000 fellowship and have the option to request free housing during the program.
While finishing her master’s program at Chapman University, Roxanne Aguilera decided to take a bold step—she applied for a U.S. Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award.. This prestigious award offers students the opportunity to teach English in classrooms around the world while immersing themselves in a new culture. The Fulbright program provides support for room and
One of the 2025 recipients of the Center for Undergraduate Excellence Scholarly/Creative Grant was Victoria Hess, a fourth-year student double majoring in Theatre and Integrated Educational Studies. Thanks to this funding, she spent this past summer on a creative project adapting a children’s book into a one-act play. Hess leveraged her double major to create an interdisciplinary thesis project. “I knew I
The Road to a PhD 
When Scholarly Research meets the Arts