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
It’s summertime and the reading is all about history in award-winning journal
Those final exams were a memory, her diploma was in hand and a mild, gentle summer was unfolding outdoors. So where did a newly-minted alumnus spend her first couple weeks of post-graduate life? In the Ludie & David C. Henley Social Sciences Research Laboratory buried up to her eyeballs in HTML coding and the final
Graphic Design Majors & Minors Featured in THE STAR Magazine
Wilkinson College Graphic Design majors and minors have had their designs selected and featured in the 2014 July/August Issue of THE STAR magazine, the national publication of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America. THE STAR is published by the Mercedes-Benz Club of America as a benefit available exclusively to MBCA members. The award-winning 120-page print magazine
Dr. Leland L. Estes - History research profile
Professor Leland Estes discusses the opportunities that his undergraduate history students have to take on graduate level work during their time at Chapman University.
Call for WCHSS NEH Summer Stipend Applications
Grant Program Overview: Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources. Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive
SAVE-THE-DATE: WCHSS 2014 Colloquium
The summer is flying by! Before we know it, students will be back on campus and classes will be starting! Be sure to mark your calendar for the Wilkinson College 2014 Colloquium, Thursday, August 28 at 9 a.m., Sandhu Center, D-1. Join us as Dean Fuery provides us with exciting information for the upcoming academic
Conference in the Wild
Written By Assistant History Professor Shira Klein When I heard that the next Association for Israel Studies conference was going to be in Sede Boqer, a kibbutz in southern Israel, all I could think of was, “how on earth am I going to get there?” Israel is a small country – about the
Alumni Spotlight: Ryan Lee
Recently, Alumni Ryan S. Lee ( Political Science ’14 ), was honored at a Commissions Ceremony at Cal State Fullerton as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army (a commissioning ceremony is the culmination of years of study and effort that results in a cadet becoming a commissioned officer and marks the transition from
Art 430 creates New Branding for Fall ‘14 Annual Festival
Orange International Street Fair recently proposed a competition for students to create a new design to advertise and promote the fair as well as a new logo design. Chapman University students in Art 430 Advanced Graphic Design were split up into three teams and created different options. The design that was chosen and is