Our first Chair’s meeting since semester began. The Chairs perhaps looked a little awe-struck (a euphemism?) when Eric and Ann (the Associate Deans) and I laid out some of the plans for the coming weeks. We are setting off to build a series of strategic plans – for each department and then for the college
Met with the library people to discuss the College’s Schweitzer collection. This is a large collection of documents, objects, and possessions owned and related to Albert Schweitzer. This is a resource with great potential, but largely uncatalogued. It will be a slow, but rewarding, task to turn the collection into a usable resource for faculty,
No real routine yet – too early of course. The days are filled with meetings – many interesting and full of promise. As I transition from being a Chair to a Dean it is interesting to work with my colleagues and appreciate what they are doing in the early days of semester. There is comfort
Today I was reminded of the importance of support staff – all that they do is so often ‘behind the scenes’ and yet vital to every College, Department, and individual faculty. As Wilkinson moves in new directions the significance of the staff becomes more emphasized. Today we continued our interviews for the Dean’s assistant (left
On Friday, September 14, 2012, Chapman University is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Closing th e Latino Achievement Gap Summit (CLAG) . This year’s theme is “En Colaboracción – A Call for United Action” and will begin at 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Chapman University in Beckman Hall, room 404. The purpose
Day 3: I snuck a few hours of research time today – a guilty pleasure! I’m aiming to finish up an afterward for a forthcoming book on Cinematic Terror and the Sublime; and there is also the writing up of a conference paper that I gave at a conference on Psychoanalysis and Poetry at Oxford
A team of Chapman University film and law students traveled to Mozambique this summer to film “Documentary: Africa,” an interdisciplinary project with Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Chapman School of Law and Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Science. They share some beautiful photos and travel stories in posts on the
A whole cast of Chapman University alumni were among the television industry notables honored with Primetime Emmy nominations this month. Nominated were: Kent Bassett (MFA/FP ’08), Outstanding Picture Editing For Reality Programming category for his work as part of the editing team on “Top Chef.” Darren Bunkley ’98, Outstanding Reality – Competition Program category for
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences was excited at the opportunity to showcase all Wilkinson departments and programs, and the faculty within those departments and programs, at the Staff Summit Resource Fair on Thursday, June 14 in Beckman Hall. Wilkinson displayed faculty published books, student and faculty research projects, ancient artifacts, Wilkinson Review (past
On Tuesday, May 29th Wilkinson College and parents Jane and David Mench (P’13, P’15, ’15) hosted a reception for alumni, current Chapman University parents and students from Hawaii. There were thirty-four attendees including a variety of alumni from our very distinguished senior alumnist Wayne Bennett ’48 to our newest alumni Kyle Carter ’12 and Kimberly