Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences was excited at the opportunity to showcase all Wilkinson departments and programs, and the faculty within those departments and programs, at the Staff Summit Resource Fair on Thursday, June 14 in Beckman Hall. Wilkinson displayed faculty published books, student and faculty research projects, ancient artifacts, Wilkinson Review (past
Ryan Staab (’06) graduated with a degree in English/journalism and is featured in the ABC News report for his work on the Innocence Project, helping to free a man wrongly convicted of killing a teenager (see below). Ryan is an example of how training students in both journalism and the humanities allows us to graduate lifelong
The campus-wide student research day was a great success for everyone involved. The morning poster session (9 a.m. -11 a.m.) included posters from students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Students, faculty, and staff mingled throughout the posters listening to presenters discuss their projects.
Congratulations are in order for a number of Wilkinson College students who were given awards at the Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Awards (April 27) and the Humanities Awards Ceremony (May 4). Below is a list of the winners. Congrats to you all! Social Sciences Communication Studies: Departmental Honors – Stephen Comp, Maria
Under the leadership of Editor Michelle Thomas (’12), The Panther beat The Daily Bruin (UCLA), The Daily Titan (CSU Fullerton), the Los Angeles Loyolan, (Loyola Marymount), The Golden Gate Xpress (San Francisco State University), the University Times (CSU Los Angeles) and six others to claim top honors for General Excellence among 4-year universities in the
For the first time, the National Endowment for the Arts looks at future job prospects for a variety of artist occupations in Artist Employment Projections through 2018. This report examines the projected growth rate for artist occupations through 2018, over which time artist occupations will increase by 11 percent, compared with an overall increase in
Every year, KPCC education reporters look for interesting stories among the graduating high school and college classes. This year, we’re enlisting the public’s help. Nominate an inspiring, funny or accomplished graduate for a profile and we might include him or her in our online and on-air coverage this graduation season. Before you start filling out
Chapman MA/MFA candidate and a member of Sigma Tau Delta, Michelle Arch, has been chronicling her journey through Chapman’s program on her blog, Archetype. Recently, she posted an interview with recent MA/MFA graduate Ruben Guzman. Ruben just self-published his novel thesis and, in the interview, opens up about that decision, as well as the MFA
The Panther student newspaper has just learned that it has received two prestigious awards in state and national competitions. In statewide competition, the California Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA) named The Panther one of the state’s top two university newspapers in the “General Excellence” category that includes finalists at universities with much larger enrollments, including UCLA,
Professor of Political Science, Dr. Lori Cox Han, has been asked to speak as the Spring 2012 Distinguished Guest Lecture for the Saddleback College Emeritus Institute in Laguna Woods on Friday, April 20. Dr. Han will be speaking about the presidential campaign and over 300 people are expected to attend. Alicia Kozameh, an instructor