Campus Confidential
CHOC Walk in the Park (at Disneyland!). Get involved or donate to a great cause! Read more here!
October 14, 2010 – A Realist’s Perspective on World Events: How Nixon would interpret what is happening today
Richard Nixon, America’s 37th President. On October 14, 2010 Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Science will host a panel discussion featuring Nixon Scholars in Argyros Forum, room 209 (B&C;). The event is free and open to the public, students, staff and faculty. 2-3:30 p.m.: Nixon Scholars Panel: Geoffrey Kemp, Director of Regional Strategic Programs at The
The Laura Scudder Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Suite and Conference Room Dedication!
John Scudder shares stories of his grandmother Laura Scudder. The Laura Scudder Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Suite and Conference Room was dedicated today in Roosevelt Hall. John Scudder, Laura Scudder’s grandson and family historian, represented the family at the dedication. Scudder had complied and cared for the collection of his late grandmother
Orange County Register’s Award-Winning Food Columnist, Nancy Luna
The Humanities in the Workplace lecture series continues this fall with the Orange County Register’s award-winning food columnist and Fast Food Maven, NANCY LUNA, appearing Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. and again at 11:30 a.m. in Leatherby basement, Room 17. Once you hear Ms. Luna speak, you’ll never eat at McDonald’s again. The lecture is free
Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel Accepts Chapman Fellowship
Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Holocaust survivor and author of more than 50 books, including the internationally acclaimed Night, has accepted an appointment as a Distinguished Presidential Fellow at Chapman University. The announcement was made today by Chapman President Jim Doti during the university’s 2010 Opening Convocation, attended by nearly 1,200 new Chapman students
2010 Albert Schweitzer Award of Excellence
Concern America Marvin Meyer: Every academic year, at the Chapman University Opening Convocation, we are pleased and honored to present an Award of Excellence named in honor of Albert Schweitzer. Our campus boasts a plethora of busts, but one bust, I believe, is particularly impressive in its bronze prominence. That is the bust of Albert
2009 Albert Schweitzer Award of Excellence
Anthony Garcia-Prats For the past few decades, one of the most imposing figures on our campus has been the figure of Albert Schweitzer. To be sure, Schweitzer died in 1965, but during his lifetime he was a bigger than life character, and his legacy lives on after him. Two former Chapman faculty members, Kurt and
2008 Albert Schweitzer Award of Excellence
Tias Arms Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, theologian, musician, and medical doctor, functions as one of the guiding spirits of Chapman University. Schweitzer was an advocate of reverence for all of life—human, animal, and plant—but it is clear that he had a special place in his heart for children. He and his wife had one child, a
2007 Albert Schweitzer Award of Excellence
Michael Belay Trustee Karen Wilkinson, presenter Albert Schweitzer has become a strong role model for the Chapman University community; his image appears in many locations around the campus. His ninety-year life, much of which was spent healing the sick in the nation of Gabon, encourages us to grant dignity to all people, serve others, and
2006 Albert Schweitzer Award of Excellence
Peter Verbiscar-Brown In 1931 Albert Schweitzer, the theologian, philosopher, musician, and medical doctor from Lambaréné, Gabon, in West Africa, surveyed his world, one very much like ours, and he wrote at the opening of the epilogue of his autobiography Out of My Life and Thought, “Two observations have cast their shadows over my life. One