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
Tabula Poetica continues it’s Fall Poetry Reading Series on Tuesday, Oct. 2 with poet Mark Jarman. Jarman will be giving a poetry talk at 2:30 p.m. in the Wilkinson Room of the All Faiths Chapel and then a reading at 7 p.m. in the Henley Reading Room of Leatherby Libraries. The reading and
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Languages would like to invite you to a free screening of Zaky Chan (and Arabic movie with English subtitles) on Thursday, Sept.27 in DeMille Hall, room 101, 7 p.m. This comedy/romance features Zaky, a lazy young man who decides to work for his
A memorial and tribute for the late Marv Meyer, Ph.D., who held the Griset Chair in Bible and Christian Studies and was director of the Albert Schweitzer Center, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, in the Wallace All Faiths Chapel, Fish Interfaith Center. A reception will immediately follow the service in the
On Saturday, Sept. 15, Art Professor Micol Hebron will be showing a piece of her art in a show called “Fix-It-Up Too“, a reprise of The Fix-It-Up Show, a project first developed by Jeffrey Vallance and Michael Uhlenkott for an exhibition at LACE in 1981. Several artists were asked to bring in works that they