Wilkinson College’s Department of Art’s Visual Thinker Lecture Series brought in graphic designer and company owner Ivellisse Morales to speak about her journey in building her career. Motivated by the desire to merge her artistic and communication skills with creating change in the world, Morales founded Bombilla, which is a company of five women of
In the fall of 2010, Maia Cooper (’14) and Valerie Valdivia (’14) were randomly paired as roommates in Henley Hall at Chapman University. The two girls were polar opposites, with different backgrounds and different interests. Cooper was a History and French major, while Valdivia majored in Art. Although they went their separate ways after that
Sarah Wilson (’22, B.A. English and ’23, M.A. Curriculum and Instruction) was recently awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to South Korea. “I was so excited to find out that I had received the award! I can’t even fully put it into words,” said Wilson. Fulbright is the most widely recognized and prestigious international
By Emma Walker (‘25 Political Science B.A. & Peace Studies B.A. & Honors Program minor) Chapman University’s Model UN team, led by Dr. Hilmi Ulas, was named “Honorable Mention” at the 2023 Model UN Conference in New York City in April where hundreds of teams participated. The Model UN Conference brings together thousands of college
On April 13, the Phyllis and Ross Escalette Permanent Collection of Art in Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences unveiled its newest artwork installation, “Pareidolia,” by internationally renowned multimedia artist Daniel Canogar. The artwork, which is displayed in the lobby of the Becket Building, was commissioned thanks to a grant from the National
The Department of Religious Studies recently hosted anthropologists Alan and Pamela Sandstrom for the annual Huntington Memorial Lecture. They presented their field research from their latest book, Pilgrimage to Broken Mountain: Nahua Sacred Journeys in Mexico’s Huasteca Veracruzana which traces the couple’s decades-long journey integrating themselves into studying the Nahua people and their culture. “It’s
Mr. Razzano is a third-generation Italian American with ancestral roots in Campania, Italy. In 2018, he met Dr. Federico Pacchioni, the founding director of the Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research, while attending the Italian Perspectives series. Impressed by the Italian Studies Program at Chapman, the two men struck up a friendship. After a
Wilkinson College of Art, Humanities, and Social Sciences invited Dr. Stephanie Hinnershitz, a research historian at the National WWII Museum specializing in the home front and civil-military relations during World War II, to discuss her book, Japanese American Incarceration: The Camps and Coerced Labor During World War II with Wilkinson students, faculty, and staff. Hinnershitz
As a broadcast journalism student and documentary filmmaker, Tess Martinelli ’24 knows her way around an on-camera interview. Still, it’s not every day that she gets to sit down with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad. “Initially, the idea of interviewing her was a bit overwhelming,” Martinelli acknowledged. “But after meeting her, my nerves immediately
In January 2023, a mural was installed outside of the Cross Cultural Center in Argyros Forum created by Los Angeles based artist, Damin (Zaoone) Lujan, in collaboration with students from Professors Rachelle Chuang and Bernie Dickson’s experimental Graphic Design course. The mural, Colors of Home, spans across an entire wall, incorporating cultures and symbols representing