Disciples on Campus
Scholarships

Quick Facts
At Chapman University, our strong and growing Disciple on Campus (DOC) group is made up of Disciples and UCC students from all over the world. Each DOC student is invited to join in a Covenant of participation and support of the DOC ministry offered through the office of Church Relations.

All DOC students who join in covenant with our office (99% of all Disciples and UCC students) receive Church Relations scholarships. For most DOC students, these scholarships help make possible their Chapman experience. Church Relations scholarships are given annually and vary from $2,000-$18,000 per DOC student. The amount of scholarship assistance received by students depends on a number of factors:

• The amount of annual DOC scholarship funds raised
• The number of DOC students needing scholarship assistance
• The personal and financial need of each student
• The student's participation on a regional/conference leadership team 
• Having an ordained Disciple/UCC family member

In 2007, for the first time in Chapman history, the Church Relations office awarded over $1 Million in DOC scholarship support to the 114 Disciples and UCC students at Chapman. (DOC, by the way, is the largest student group at Chapman!) Much of the annual support given DOC students comes directly from Disciples and UCC churches and church members. Each year over 250 friends and 140 Disciples and UCC churches contribute to our annual DOC Scholarship Fund. It is through the generous giving of all our churches and their members that Chapman’s DOC program is widely considered to be the most dynamic Disciples/UCC ministry in the country.

Church Relations Scholarship Covenant
The Church Relations Scholarship Covenant is based around community and communion. Some of the elements included in this covenant are:

• Fall Kickoff BBQ at the beginning of each school year
• Service projects and fund raisers 
• Fall and Spring retreats
• Annual Chapman Founders Day Celebration
• Partner Church Program - DOC students are matched with churches
• Senior Celebration - where all graduating DOC are recognized

View the full covenant for 2008-2009.

The ministry of Chapman Church Relations is intentional about providing unique opportunities for DOC students to be involved in the larger Church. Examples of this involvement include DOC participation and leadership in:

• Summer Camp Program - DOC students provide leadership at 8-12 high school church camps all across the country 
• Regional / Conference Assemblies - DOC students attend these assemblies each year throughout the Southwest.
• General Assembly/Synod - Chapman always hosts the largest student group at each General Assembly
• National and International Work Trips - DOC Students participate in annual work trips all over the world. In the past 10 years they been to: South Africa, the Gulf Coast, India, El Salvador, Alaska, Yakima, Korea, Washington DC, Honduras. 
• Habitat for Humanity - DOC students and staff organized a sponsor-a-Habitat home project named Building Hope. They involved 5 Disciples/UCC churches, helped raised $100K, and are working to build the Habitat home in Cypress.

Learn more about DOC activities.

Our Church Relations staff and DOC leadership teams also organize and provide worship and spiritual growth opportunities for the larger Chapman community. DOC students continue to be among Chapman's brightest students and can be found providing important leadership in almost every area of campus life.
         
A Few More Interesting Facts. . .

• Chapman offers the same scholarship awards to Disciples and UCC
• Chapman offers half tuition to any student who has participated on a Regional/Conference youth leadership team.
• Chapman offers half tuition to any student who has a family member who is an ordained Disciples or UCC minister.
• Chapman offers between $1000-3000 stackable financial assistance to any student from a Disciples or UCC church. 
• Our Disciples on Campus (DOC) group is led by the DOC Leadership Board, which consists of 10 Disciple and UCC students from across the country.
• All scholarships given to Disciple and UCC students are based on their active participation in our DOC ministry and their signing a Church Relations covenant each year.

For more information, please contact the Office of Church Relations.