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We're in for a Slow, Slow Economic Recovery Those gurus who first called the Southern California recession – Chapman economists Jim Doti and Esmael Adibi – told a crowd of 750 at the Hilton in Costa Mesa last week that a recovery is imminent. The national recession will end later this year, but Orange County's recession and job losses will continue until mid-2010, according to the economic forecast released by the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University. For Orange County and California, which entered the recession earlier than the rest of the nation, expect some relief about six months later than the rest of the country, Dr. Adibi said. Historically, California usually leads the nation out of recession. Not so this time. “California is lagging because we were so dependent on the construction and mortgage industry and the demise of these sectors is hurting us the most,” Dr. Adibi explained. He says this is the “worst recession in Orange County since World War II (at 38 months).” Still, he and Dr. Doti were upbeat about the forecast because it shows that:
Overall, the question is whether government stimulus spending can sustain the recovery or if the economy will fall back into recession, a so-called W or double-dip recession as in the early 1980s, the report says. “This recovery will look more like an extended U. Weak growth in consumer and investment spending coupled with continued improvement in net exports will help us to avoid a double-dip recession,” Dr. Adibi says. Up next: Save the date! The 32nd Annual Economic Forecast is Dec. 8 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. And what’s with the Wheaties box? Check out OC Register’s College Life item: http://tinyurl.com/mjs7r3 See how our local media covered the forecast: OC Metro: Chapman: The worst of the recession is over and video clip. Los Angeles Times: Forecast for California: gradual clearing Lansner on Real Estate: Chapman sees O.C. home prices up 1.6% in 2010 Audio interview with Dr. Adibi and OC Register’s Jon Lansner: http://ow.ly/eUpL Daily Pilot: Spending will increase, experts say Orange County Business Journal: Chapman Economists See Pick Up In Jobs Next Year The Press-Enterprise: Southern California home prices rise, though Inland numbers are less rosy Southern California Public Radio: Chapman economists predict economy to start turning around by year end Reorganization of the Office of the Chancellor With the departure of Dr. David Fite, Chancellor Daniele Struppa is reorganizing the Office of the Chancellor to consolidate functions. Effective immediately, Dr. Karen Graham will assume the role of vice chancellor for faculty affairs and ALO. In this new position, Dr. Graham will supervise the Institutional Research Office (directed by Dr. Marisol Arredondo), as well as the three assessment functions (Institutional Assessment, Learning Outcomes Assessment, and Program Reviews), which will come under the direction of a faculty member yet to be selected for this position – director of assessment. The director of assessment is a new position, one that Chancellor Struppa hopes will strengthen the role of faculty in the assessment process, and ensure that the assessment has immediate and concrete repercussions on the quality of Chapman’s academic offerings. The director will be the key liaison with deans, chairs and faculty. The director will also help streamline the program review process, so the university can proceed more expeditiously with pending reviews. Under his/her leadership, assessment will be driven by academic needs and will produce academic change. In the next few weeks, Chancellor Struppa will further clarify the nature of the position of director of assessment and solicit applications for this new position. See the new organization chart.
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Please welcome Dr. Fran Dickson, the new chair of the Department of Communication Studies in the Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Dr. Dickson comes to Chapman from the University of Denver, where she directed the Wellness Living and Learning Community in the Department of Human Communication Studies. She has previously served as chair of the department at Denver and as director of its graduate program in communications. An expert in family communications and health communications, Dr. Dickson, an award-winning teacher scholar, has published widely and held leadership positions in national communication studies organizations. 
Dr. P.K. Shukla can help. Dr. Shukla, Argyros School of Business and Economics associate professor of management and director of the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics, joins the Office of the Chancellor’s senior staff as vice chancellor for entrepreneurship. The new position became effective June 1 and will help give the study of entrepreneurship a university-wide reach. 
Dr. Stephen Coker is the newly appointed director of choral activities in the Conservatory of Music, stepping into a hallowed position at Chapman, which has always been known for the talent and high quality of its choirs (40 years under the expert conducting of Dr. Bill Hall can do that to a school…). Prior to this appointment, Dr. Coker served in the same capacity at Portland State University from 2006-2009 and also taught on the faculties of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music from 2000-2006 and Oklahoma City University from 1975-2000. At both Cincinnati and Oklahoma, Dr. Coker was awarded the “Outstanding Teacher Award” (2002 and 1991, respectively), and he was given the "Director of Distinction Award" by the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association in 1995. In demand across the nation as a clinician and guest conductor, Dr. Coker has worked in roughly half of the 50 states. Internationally, he has conducted choirs, workshops and festivals in Portugal, South Korea, Israel, Sweden and Taiwan.
They didn’t win the whole enchilada, but Chapman’s team of food science students did take down a few other teams before placing fourth out of eight schools at the College Bowl trivia contest sponsored by the Institute of Food Technologists Student Association on June 8. (Nope – no food fights during the quiz competition, which was held in Anaheim.)
Chapman senior Parker A. Bush, a finance major, has been picked by the U.S. Department of State as a U.S. Student Ambassador to China. Bush, the only student from California in the program, joins 29 other U.S. undergrads in the three-week exchange trip. He leaves July 16. The U.S. students will visit university campuses in Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai and participate in tours, lectures, debates and meetings to learn about the political, economic, business and cultural environment of China. Thirty students from China will do the same thing at U.S. campuses. At the end of the trip, the 60 students meet up in New York City to discuss their experiences. 
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