Sociology major Clay Thomas has won the 2012 Student Forum Paper Award given by the American Sociological Association (ASA) for his paper, “Disc Golfing: Disunity in the Struggle for Sport Legitimization.” The honor comes with a cash prize and travel funds to the ASA annual meeting to be held in Denver, Colorado, August 17-20.
Chapman University history major Lauren Abel ’13 didn’t know anything about American arts and crafts pottery of the late Victo rian era when she was asked to plan and design a museum exhibition on – you guessed it – American arts and crafts pottery of the late Victorian era. But Abel says she knew
Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University is pleased to announce LICK IT INTO SHAPE – Friending the Ephemeral, and art exhibit. The exhibition will be on view from August 20 through September 20, 2012. Please join us for the artist reception on Wednesday, Sept. 5 from 5-9 p.m. Lick it into shape is about shifting concepts
Chapman University’s Arabic Club, the Language Department and Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences invites you to a very special screening of Akher kedba (The Last Lie), a classic Arabic, romantic comedy (will include English subtitles). This special screening will take place on Thursday, Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. in DeMille Hall, Room 148
A team of Chapman University film and law students traveled to Mozambique this summer to film “Documentary: Africa,” an interdisciplinary project with Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Chapman School of Law and Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Science. They share some beautiful photos and travel stories in posts on the
Graphic Design alumni, Simon Blockley ’11 and Alison Connors ’12, recently created some interesting work. Blockley designed a Dynastu Edition packaging for NBA2K13 which will be available to the public on October 2 and Connors did the artwork for O’Neil’s “Totally” bag which can be purchased at numerous stores online.
This summer History major Lauren Abel has been interning at Banning Museum in Wilmington as the Getty Multicultural Intern and her project has been to completely design the new exhibit for the Banning’s visitor center. This involved creating a detailed inventory list, researching over thirty pieces, their manufacturers, and the time period during which they
The Department of Art will welcome freshmen, transfers, and their family’s to a reception an d pizza party on Tuesday, August 21 in Guggenheim Gallery at 4 p.m. The pizza will be cooked in kiln’s by Professor Kiddie. All the ingredients are fresh and prepared on sight! For more information, please contact the
A whole cast of Chapman University alumni were among the television industry notables honored with Primetime Emmy nominations this month. Nominated were: Kent Bassett (MFA/FP ’08), Outstanding Picture Editing For Reality Programming category for his work as part of the editing team on “Top Chef.” Darren Bunkley ’98, Outstanding Reality – Competition Program category for
The faded mosquito bites dotted around Priya Shah’s ankles will disappear, making that particular reminder of her January interterm studies in the Amazonian rain forest a mere memory. “They were huge,” Shah said with a laugh, brushing at her ankles near the end of the spring semester, months since her trip to the Amazon. “But