On Thursday, May 5, 2011, the annual Dulcie and Lawrence Kugelman Humanities Awards Ceremony and Reception for Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences took place in the Wallace All Faiths Chapel. Below is a list of the student winners. On behalf of Wilkinson College, congratulations! English:Mel Watson Award for Scholarly and Creative Excellence: Daniel
On May 24, 2011 and through the month of June, Alicia Kozameh, assistant professor of English will be traveling to Argentina, on a book tour for her latest novel, recently published in Spanish. She will be visiting five Argentine cities: Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba, Paraná and Concepción to present her new book. The novel, titled Natatio aeterna,
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).
Sigma Iota Rho (National Honor Society for International Studies) Information session is on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 10 a.m in Smith Hall 101A. Come learn more about what memberships in Sigma Iota Rho has to offer and meet current chapter members. Light refreshments will be served. Click here for more information on the MAIS Program
At the 2011 Sigma Tau Delta Gala where awards were announced. (Top L to R): Pace Gardner, Michael Schulze, Christian Bourgeois, Dr. Brian Glaser. (Bottom): Sara Hunt, Nicki Quinn, Lauren Benke, Sarah Faulkner. Congratulations are in order for graduate student Pace Gardner, who won 2nd Place in Original Fiction for his piece “First Step”, winning $250
French and history major Gary Girod (’11 ) and Public Relations and French major Emily Esposito (’11) have each won the prestigious french government teaching scholarship. “This is a fantastic honor which affords native English speaking American college students to spend a year in France, teaching English in a French school,” said Dr. John Boitano, associate professor of French. “It is
On Tuesday, May 3, 2011, you are invited to hear a lecture titled, Tough Girls Love: Gender and Genre in Fan Fiction, given by Malin Isaksson, in Beckman Hall, 404 at 5 p.m. Malin Isaksson is a Research Fellow of French at the Department of Language Studies, Umeå University, Sweden. Her research interests span contemporary French
Check out this video of Chapman undergraduate students discussing their involvement with the Shiwilu Project, specifically in the elaboration of a trilingual (Shiwilu-Spanish-English) dictionary. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWrUeUREyxU] As part of the SPAN 396 course (Fall 2010), taught by Dr. Pilar Valenzuela, Associate Professor of Department of Languages, students worked on Spanish and English versions and learned about linguistic diversity, differences in worldview and
Hawaiian-born Chelsea Takahashi ’12 says growing up healthy and happy in one of the most beautiful places in the world made her think about others who don’t have such good fortune. So she chose a double major in environmental science policy and political science and started thinking about a career in agricultural development. Read more
Sixty years ago this month, Israel’s Knesset established Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, to be the 27th of Nissan. And while commemorations around the world honor the survivors of one of the largest genocides in world history every year, this year, as the number of survivors dwindles, it is more important than ever to