Graphic Design Club’s annual Sweet Exchange is an event where members of the club and art faculty bring and share baked goods that have a special meaning to them. Last night was the Sweet Exchange for Winter 2011 and not only did people enjoy delicious treats brought by their peers, but there was a white
Dr. Wendy Salmond, full time art professor, took part in the 43rd Annual Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies in Washington DC. The convention took place from November 17-20. She was a discussant on the panel “Invoking Divine Authority: Russian Icon as Art and Symbol,” as well as a participant
You’reinvited to the Wilkinson College Alumni Book Club: JaneAusten’s Northanger Abbey. In Northanger Abbey Jane Austenparodies the Gothic novels of the 1790s that were best sellers in her youth.Northanger Abbey was the fi rst of Jane Austen’s novels to be completed forpublishing and references The Mysteries of Udolpho, a novel by Gothic writerAnne Radcliffe. The
Dr. Pilar Valenzuela (Associate Professor in the Department of Languages) recently participated in the presentation of the book Estudios sobre lenguas andinas y amazónicas. Homenaje a Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino, which she co-edited with colleagues from Leiden University and the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. The book, which contains 21 articles dealing with various topics on Andean
Chapman University, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of English would like to invite you to the 2011 Tabula Poetica series continuing Tuesday, October 4 with Tony Barnstone. Tony Barnstone is The Albert Upton Professor of English at Whittier College and the author of twelve books. His books of poetry include Tongue of War:
The History Department is pleased to announce that Alpha Mu Gamma, Chapman University’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honors Society, has won the best chapter award in Division 2 (programs without graduate studies) for the fourth year in row. This honor recognizes the outstanding achievements of the student-led organization including an oral
Gathered in Germany this summer to work on the Coptic text of Codex Tchacos were (l-r) Drs. Uwe-Karsten Plisch, Marvin Meyer, Gregor Wurst, and Hans-Gebhard Bethge Marvin Meyer, Ph.D., Griset Professor of Religious Studies, Wilkinson College, just returned from Germany, where he worked with colleagues Dr. Hans-Gebhard Bethge, Dr. Uwe-Karsten Plisch, and Dr. Gregor Wurst on the Coptic text
Chapman’s Stern Chair in Holocaust Education and founding Director of the University’s Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education was recently featured in the Old Towne Orange Plaza Review. The article, “Building Character at Chapman University” discusses Dr. Harran’s involvement with Holocaust Education and what sparked her interest early on in her career. Article can be read
MFA student Calvin Pennix (’11) recently learned that his poems, “Lost in the Cycle in the Cycle” and “I Leave You with a Blemish” will be appearing in the June 2011 issue of UCITY Review, which will be both online and print. His two other poems, “Exalted in Beginnings” and “Ruptures with Spontaneity,” will be
Mark Johnston (’11) and Liz Ficken (’11) were awarded with two of the university’s most prestigious student leadership awards. Johnston won the Cheverton Award, the highest honor for a student. In addition to academic accomplishments, awardees must demonstrate a “high moral character” and “represent the spirit of Chapman University.” Ficken won the Gloria and Julian