Imagine this scenario: as a new medical student you attend a school with no classrooms, no teaching materials, a library of six books and one part-time instructor. Three years ago, this was the situation for 200 students at the University of Juba’s College of Medicine, the only medical school in Southern Sudan. The students themselves
The Chancellor’s Premier Lecture Series, 4th Annual Lectio Magistralis, presents, “The Holocaust: In the Crucible of Memory” with Dr. Marilyn J. Harran, Stern Chair in Holocaust Education and Professor of Religious Studies and History in Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Monday, Sept. 19, 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall. The Holocaust is often characterized as “unspeakable”
Chapman University senior Andrew McGuigan, spent two weeks in Russia—surviving a freak tornado the first day and meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev near the trip’s end. McGuigan was a participant in the 2011 International Youth Forum on Lake Seliger. The program takes place literally in the woods on the banks of Lake Seliger in Russia.
Looking for an intellectual lecture to attend this summer? Well, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Political Science Department are hosting an event titled, “Adoption of children with disabilities in Korea” on Monday, July 25, 2011. The lecture, given by Dr. Hyang Eun Kim, Associate Professor of Social Welfare at Kosin University in Korea (and currently a visiting Fulbright
The Chapman delegation enjoying a special tour of The Kennedy Center were (l-r) Dana Hollander, Sonali Toppur, Katy Brannigan, Napoleon Gladney ‘08, Dr. Marilyn Harran, Natalie Larson, Victoria Moyzis and Courtney Widerman. The annual study trip to Washington, D.C., presented to prize winners in Chapman University’s Rodgers Center Holocaust Art and Writing Contest, is always full
Chapman University celebrates its 150th anniversary with a year-long schedule of festive events, including a huge 150th birthday party and campus open house for the whole community on May 6. Kids events, Alley Cats concerts, festival booths, free food, student performances, a cake in the shape of Memorial Hall and fireworks made this a day
Chapman University’s Guggenheim Gallery proudly announces an exhibition of the paintings and drawings of 1961 Department of Art alumnus. CARSON GLADSON – The Musical Improvisations of the American Landscape, June 12 – July 14, 2011. Please join us at the opening reception, open to the public, for the artist on Sunday, June 12, 3 p.m.
On Friday, May 6, 2011, the annual 2011 Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Awards Ceremony for Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences took place Sandhu Conference Center. Below is a list of the student winners. On behalf of Wilkinson College, congratulations! Communication Studies: For academic achievement in Communication Studies: Kyle Aldridge, Allyson
On March 26, 2011, Andrew Mauzey (’11) presented his paper titled, “The Economics of Black Masculinity in For Colored Girls and Topdog/Underdog,” at the Claremont Graduate University Student Research Conference (pictured below). The conference theme was The Balancing Act: Theory and Practice and Mauzey was on a panel with Chapman alumns Jenny Lau (’09) and Danielle Medina (’11). Danielle Walters (’11), Andrew Mauzey (’11) and Jenny Lau (’09).
On Thursday, May 5, 2011 – Dr. Laura Ruberto will give a lecture titled, “On Oranges and Organ Grinders: California’s Encounter with Italy and the Transnational Imagination of Cul-ture,” as part of the 3rd Annual Musco Italian Studies Lecture. Dr. Laura Ruberto, Berkeley City College, author of Gramsci, Migration, and the Representation of Women’s Work