Chapman Commencement
Only 38 days till Commencement at Chapman University! Graduating Seniors: Have you completed the 5 Steps to Participate in Commencement? Visit the Commencement website for more information.
History Professor accepted to three-week program at the University of Hawaii East
History Professor Alexander Bay recently published a book titled, Beriberi in Modern Japan: The Making of National Disease with University of Rochester Press. The book is about modern Japan, beriberi (or thiamin deficiency) becoming a public health problem that cuts across all social boundaries, afflicting even the Meiji Emperor. Read more …
Albert Schweitzer Scholarship
Attention Wilkinson Faculty and Staff! Each academic year Chapman University awards scholarships to university students in the name of Albert Schweitzer . These scholarships are offered through the generosity of the Marjorie Mosher Schmidt Foundation in honor of Valerie Scudder, former trustee of Chapman University. The scholarships are awarded to students who have demonstrated
Annual contest connects youths, Holocaust survivors in ‘Message to the Future’
Someday in the future the story of a rainy March day at Chapman University in 2013 will come back to life for high school sophomore Katie Mukai. That’s because after spending time meeting and chatting with several Holocaust survivors at the Fourteenth Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest , Katie has already pegged the
Distinguished Presidential Fellow Pico Iyer to speak on the emerging global world
Acclaimed author and travel writer Pico Iyer returns to Chapman University Wednesday, April 10, to give a free lecture titled Global Souls: New Selves, Homes and Dreams in the New Millennium. In the new century, many people have multiple places they call home, several lives and even different versions of themselves. The result has been
Chapman Chats: Sophomore and Alumni Perspectives
Attention sophomore students! You are invited to participate in Chapman Chats: Sophomore and Alumni Perspectives, Monday, April 8 – Thursday, April 11 . This is your chance to connect with young alumni who are successful and who have been in your shoes before. Why not take the opportunity to ask them how to make
US Policy toward Asia: Highlights from Former U.S. Ambassador Michael Armacost
On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Michael Armacost, a three-time former U.S. Ambassador, former president of the nation’s oldest think tank, the Brookings Institute, and recipient of the President’s Distinguished Service Award and the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award. Ambassador Armacost offered
Bluestockings: Women’s studies Book Club – Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Leatherby Libraries and the Women’s Studies Minor Program of Wilkinson College continue the Bluestockings: Women’s studies Book Club series on Friday, March 21, 2013 at 1 p.m. in the Leatherby Libraries room 420. The discussion will be, Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor. What the book is about: In a
The 5th Annual Alpha Mu Gamma History Conference
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of History present The 5 th Annual Alpha Mu Gamma History Conference on Saturday, March 16, 2013, starting at 8:15 a.m. in Beckman Hall. Seniors will present their papers as part of the capstone Senior Seminar courses 496/498, while commentators come from Historian’s Craft
Empowering Muslim Women, March 5
Did you know Muslim women were empowered more than 1,400 years ago with rights to education, inheritance, and the freedom of marriage and divorce? Want to know more about Muslim women and their views? If so, then you are invited to an event where common misconceptions relating to women in Islam are unveiled by