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Inflating the Conversation: Recent Chapman Graduate’s Senior Art Thesis Makes Its Public Debut at LACMA’s Art Parade
June 16, 2026 by Violet Gude ('29 Broadcast Journalism major; CCI minor) | News
In her senior thesis project, recent graduate Reese King Paddock (‘26 Art) made a huge statement, and now is being honored with the opportunity to see that work displayed on a scale as large as its message’s impact. Her piece titled PLUGWALK was accepted into the “Art Parade,” where it will be co-presented by the
Alumni Books: How Jenny Howard Found Her Voice in Middle Grade Fiction
June 5, 2026 by Ava Brandt (’27 Creative Writing, Documentary Film, and LGBTQ studies minor) | News
When Jenny Howard graduated from the University of Southern California, she had her sights set on dramatic writing: theater, screenwriting, maybe a musical or two. Fiction wasn’t exactly the plan. But somewhere between undergrad and now, she found her way to novels. Howard went on to earn her MFA in Creative Writing from Chapman University,
