This past weekend, Wilkinson College students, Emily Neis (History ’14) and David Wells (History ’14) took the top two undergraduate honors at the Phi Alpha Theta Southern California Regional Conference held at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. U.S. History Award – Emily Neis “Conflicting Definitions of Relief: Life in Refugee Camps after the
Chapman University/ Wilkinson College senior, Marvin Garbeh Davis Jr. (’14), recently published a book about his life torn apart by war titled, From Refugee to Prodigy: A Story of Loss, Love and New Life . It is a story of his journey from childhood spent in a refugee camp to becoming an educated member
Each year Wilkinson College honors a faculty member who’s commitment to teaching and mentoring stands above the rest. The award is determined exclusively by student voting. Therefore, we invite you to nominate a faculty member who has a made a significant contribution to your time here as a student. Please be as specific as possible
The John and Margaret Class Student Book Collection Contest was established to inspire students to create their own personal libraries and book collections and to take joy in the printed book. The purpose of the contest is to highlight a focused collection owned by a student. The contest is open to all currently enrolled full-time
Junior Marissa Wong, (Peace Studies Major, IES and Honors Minor) and Senior Kathleen Doll (Political Science and Psychology Major; Women’s Studies Minor) presented their project, “Intergenerational Memory Transmission in Cambodia: Interrupting Patterns of Violence” at the University of Notre Dame Student Peace Conference at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, March 28-29. The Kroc
Overwhelmed by funding searches? Learn how to effectively utilize the COS Pivot database to find precise funding matches in less time on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 12-1:30 p.m. in the Laura Scudder Conference Room Roosevelt Hall 127 as part of Wilkinson‘s CRASsh and BURN workshop series. Please RSVP to Taryn Stroop stroop@chapman.edu by Friday, April
In honor of the inspirational memory and trailblazing contributions of Laura Scudder, the Laura Scudder Scholarship ($5,000) will be awarded to a student demonstrating an interest and commitment to women’s issues, scholarship, and leadership. In spite of the challenges of the Great Depression and institutionalized sexism against women in business, Laura Scudder (1881-1959) started
Wilkinson College is proud to announce that Dylan Trumbull (BFA Studio Art ’14) and Casey Wyman, BFA Graphic Design (’14) have been accepted into the paid internship program at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. About the Program: The museum offers an internship program for Italian and international students who study art,
In recent years Wilkinson College has chosen one alumnus to honor with the distinguished Harmon Wilkinson Award. The award is granted on an annual basis, in honor of Wilkinson’s namesake Harmon Wilkinson. Harmon completed his baccalaureate study in 1935, double majoring in English and history. Over the years, in addition to being a Chapman
The Marshutz Endowed Journalism fund, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences, awards a scholarship each academic year to a matriculated student majoring in English with a journalism emphasis or a journalism minor who displays a growing talent and the potential to succeed in the course of study while also demonstrating a need for additional