On Saturday, October 20, 2012, a Cross Borders Conference will take place in Beckman Hall 404 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Keynote Speakers will include Alejandra García-Williams, the General Consul of Mexico in Orange County and Kevin Klowden, a Managing Economist at the Milken Institute. Panel Discussions
Attention Wilkinson Students: want to organize your financial affairs, achieve your financial objectives, and secure a sound financial future? Here’s your chance to learn real life financial skills outside of the classroom. The Hoag Center for Real Estate and Finance at Chapman University is pleased to offer a 3-week seminar on personal financial management. The
Tabula Poetica continues it’s Fall Poetry Reading Series on Tuesday, Oct. 16 with poet Kate Gale . Gale 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 (click here for
Doug Sweet, Direct or of Undergraduate Writing, has just published a chapter in WPA Outcomes Statement–A Decade Later. This text features a number of nationally-known scholars discussing how the WPA Outcomes Statement has affected the teaching of writing and writing program administration. A Description of the Collection: “The WPA Outcomes Statement—A Decade Later addresses
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
The John Fowles Center for Creative Writing and Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences is excited to be hosting Claudio Magris on Monday, October 15, 2012 as part of the John Fowles Literary Forum at 7 p.m. in the Henley Reading Room, Leatherby Libraries. Magris graduated from the University of Turin, where he
Student & Campus Life and UPB are proud to debut a brand new program series: VOICES! with an opening performance sponsored by Safe Space and Chapman’s Queer Straight Alliance. VOICES! combines performance art and social justice in order to entertain and inspire. The opening performance will feature spoken word artists Traci Kato-Kiriyama, Aakash
Wilkinson Chairs h ard at work discussing a variety of issues. We are moving towards establishing a range of guidelines for tenure and promotion; for developing strategic plans at the Department and College level. You may also note how the Chairs are sinking in their seats as I proposed yet another committee!
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