In August, ceramics professor, David Kiddie , had one of his teapots “Red Rocket” published in The Best of 500 Ceramics: Celebrating a Decade in Clay , Sterling publishing Co, New York, NY, as part of an international juried book competition. The book is comprised of the best 500 works from 5000 eligible pieces that
English Professor Alicia Kozameh will participate in this year’s Las Americas Letters Series in Literature and the Arts, a yearly event sponsored by St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 11-13, 2012. Professor Gwendolyn Díaz, creator and director of the Series, describes it this way: “Las Americas Letters is a celebration of the literature and
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Asian Studies Minor along with the Dr. Richard Watson Distinguished Speaker Series presents, Confucian Role Ethics , with guest lecturer Roger Ames, Ph.D. on Wednesday, October 10 in the Bush Conference Center of Beckman Hall, room 404. The reception will begin at 4:30 p.m., followed by a
For the thir d time the history e-journal, Voces Novae , has won the national prize for Best Electronic Journal by the Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society . Voces Nova e was founded in the Spring of 2009 by the Alpha Mu Gamma Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta at Chapman University. The mission
Chapman University, t he Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education and Wilkinson College are pleased to host a lecture titled, “A Boy in Terezin: The Private Diary of Pavel Weiner” with Dr. Deborah Dwork on October 18, 2012 in the Wallace All Faiths Chapel in the Fish Interfaith Center. Written in tiny script on scarce
Art Professor Claudine Jaeniche n and senior graphic design major, Tavish Ryan, presented their case study on the design of evacuation information at the California Emergency Services Conference in Sacramento. They were the first designers invited to participate at this forum, which included Secretary Mark Ghilarducci and representatives from FEMA and CalEMA. Professor
Brett Robertson, a Henley lab assistant and sophomore Communication Studies major, just won Best Poster Presentation at the International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research conference, held earlier this week in Las Vegas. His paper explored the debate surrounding health care reform and was entitled, “Public Distrust of Government: An Analysis of Government Transparency
Our first Chair’s meeting since semester began. The Chairs perhaps looked a little awe-struck (a euphemism?) when Eric and Ann (the Associate Deans) and I laid out some of the plans for the coming weeks. We are setting off to build a series of strategic plans – for each department and then for the college
No real routine yet – too early of course. The days are filled with meetings – many interesting and full of promise. As I transition from being a Chair to a Dean it is interesting to work with my colleagues and appreciate what they are doing in the early days of semester. There is comfort
Today I was reminded of the importance of support staff – all that they do is so often ‘behind the scenes’ and yet vital to every College, Department, and individual faculty. As Wilkinson moves in new directions the significance of the staff becomes more emphasized. Today we continued our interviews for the Dean’s assistant (left