The Napa quake was a wake-up call. Are you prepared?
My hometown just experienced a 6.0 quake. My family is okay, but at least 120 people were injured and 3 of them critically. Queen of the Valley Hospital was inundated with injuries such as fractures, lacerations and cuts from broken glass. There were gas leaks, water main breaks, fires and serious damage. My former high
My Work at Ancient Cástulo
This is the third post in a series on my work at ancient Cástulo, in southeastern Spain. (Read my other entries: Faculty Research in Ancient Castulo and Interactions with the Ancient World). In this one, I thought I would describe an average day in the life of an excavation like the one at Cástulo.
Students Present Their Projects to City Officials
Assistant Professor in Sociology in Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Georgiana Bosteanjust, recently taught a Geographic Information System course (GIS), working with the City of Orange. Wilkinson students in her course were fortunate enough to take a field trip to the city’s GIS office to meet City GIS officials and see how their
Interactions with the Ancient World
In my first blog post, I described some of the reasons why Cástulo was an important place in antiquity. Now I want to explain what made me want to come here and start a collaboration (future posts will discuss what life is like on an excavation and some of the special experiences I’ve had since
Save The Date! SCCUR 2014: Illuminating Ideas, Nov. 22
This year’s SCCUR Conference will be hosted by CSU Fullerton on Saturday, November 22, 2014. The theme of the conference is “Illuminating Ideas”. The Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research provides a forum for the presentation of the best research, scholarship, and creative activities of undergraduate students in the region, and encourages communication of innovative
Faculty Research in Ancient Cástulo
Today, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, marks two weeks since my arrival in the city of Linares (in the province of Jaén, Spain) and starting to work alongside members of the FORVM MMX team at the site of ancient Cástulo. I first came to Cástulo two years ago when I was working on my
Excellence in Journalism Day set Sept. 6
Thirteen Pulitzer Prize winners, two Emmy-winning broadcasters, two New York Time best-selling nonfiction authors and a MacArthur “genius” grant recipient will provide inspiration and share their skills during a day of workshops hosted by the Chapman Journalism Program and Orange County Press Club . The conference is open to everyone. Fees are $25 for students
Prof. Polly Hodge Participates in Colloquium on Spanish Theater…in Münster, Germany?
Written by Professor Polly Hodge What? That’s right, a symposium on Spanish theater titled, Espacios urbanos en el teatro español de los siglos XX y XXI (Urban Spaces in 20th and 21st Century Spanish Theater) took place in Münster, Germany June 26-30, 2014 with all proceedings conducted in Spanish. Organized by Dr. Cerstin Bauer-Funke at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität,
Political Science Professor Studies Energy Policy in Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan, is the site of the world’s first oil well, and it sits between the Caucuses and the shore of the Caspian Sea. For David Shafie, associate professor of Political Science, it is an ideal place to study the relationship between energy and the environment. During the Middle Ages, oil from Baku was shipped
Katherine Ficken Receives Fulbright Award
History major (with a European Emphasis) and a minor in Germanic studies, Katherine (Liz) Ficken (’11) has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant to the Slovak Republic for an English Teaching Assistantship. Ficken is one of over 1,800 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2014-2015 academic year through the Fulbright