Welcome to New Chapman Board Members!

Congratulations to the new members who have just joined Chapman's Board of Trustees and Board of Governors:

Trustees: Donna Ford Attallah '61 and David E.I. Pyott

Governors: Nicholas R. Reed and Daniel J. Starck

Rodgers Center hosts Holocaust Organizations conference

A highlight of the conference: The reception, dinner and program at Chapman. Attendees were among the first to see the new exhibits in the Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library and to meet some of the survivors who had donated items to the collection, including "1939" Club members Curt Lowens, and Leopold and Isabelle Szneer. The dinner program featured a screening of Doctor Schneider, a compelling film set in Nazi Germany, created by Dodge College students Tara Hernandez and Marissa Moffitt. Moffitt, the film's producer, joined the group for dinner and talked about her experiences in making the film.

After dinner, the group moved to the Wallace All Faiths Chapel where they listened to Conservatory of Music students Laura Lascoe, Daphne Medina, Katena Bovell, Katie Kroko, Scott Kawai, Kelsey Steinke, and Miwa Sugiyama perform works by Sergei Prokofiev, and Holocaust survivor and composer Leon Levitch, who received two standing ovations with the students.

Marilyn Harran, Ph.D., Stern Chair in Holocaust Education and director of the Rodgers Center, said conference attendees praised the content and organization of the conference, saying that Chapman had "reset the bar of excellence" and called the Samueli Library "fabulous, the work amazing, and the students [who performed] superb."

London Calling: Students learn how to build, brand an Olympics

So who designs all of the signs and logos for the Olympic Games and what happens to all of those materials after the games are over? This summer, 14 students from the graphic design program, under the direction of Ron Leland, adjunct professor of communication design, are in London to study the branding and building of the 2012 Summer Olympics. During their three-week visit, students will work with the professional design agencies that are bringing the 2012 Games to life in London. Among some of the agencies:
—AECOM Design & Planning: Designed the master plan for the Olympic site and is currently working on what the site will turn into once the Olympics are over.
—Wolff Olins: The branding agency that created the logo for the London Games and is responsible for developing brand communications.
—Buro Happold: In charge of building the Olympic stadium, which the students will tour. Students will also learn how the construction site will leave a zero-carbon footprint.
   After presentations from the design agencies, students will be assigned a visual communication problem to solve and will present their solutions to the principals of the design firms.
   "The London trip will give the students a sense of the commitment, education and dedication necessary to fulfill the broad demands of the industry they have chosen to enter," Leland said.

Read about it: The students will blog about their experiences at www.ChapmanLondonDesign.com and also at www.RealLifeBranding.com/blog.  

2 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships

Update: Chapman's two Fulbright Scholars (they will be so designated for the rest of their lives) for 2007-08 are still working in their host countries. Kelsea Ballantyne is in India and will probably stay until April, and Zach Bloomfield is in Tunisia.

All the world's a stage!

What's summer without Shakespeare under the stars? Shakespeare Orange County and Chapman University celebrate an 18-year affiliation with this season's performance of the bard's romantic comedy As You Like It, which previews July 9 and runs through July 25 at the Festival Amphitheatre, 12740 Main St., Garden Grove.

Produced by Thomas F. Bradac, associate professor of theatre and founding director of Shakespeare OC, the cast features adjunct faculty members John Frederic Jones as the melancholy Jacques, and Greg Ungar as the foolish Touchstone. Other Chapman students and alumni involved in the production include Daniel Tobin, Nick Robertson, Kyle Cooper, Michael Fountain, Megan Sheets, Stephanie Robinson, Kayla Hanson and Dante Gabiati. Adjunct faculty member Alfred Drake will conduct pre-show discussions about the play July 18 and July 25 at 6:45 p.m. Performances run Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8:15 p.m. For more information, the full schedule and tickets, call the SOC box office at 714-590-1575 or visit their Web site at http://www.shakespeareoc.org/.

Read about it: Find out why playing King Lear was a pivotal point in Tom Bradac's life. Read The Orange County Register's Paul Hodgins interview with him at http://tinyurl.com/npjz2n  

Read Books & Win Prizes This Summer

Community of Readers, the summer reading program for Chapman University sponsored by Leatherby Libraries, is off to a great third year! For the opening month of June, 19 members have read and submitted reviews for 53 books. Visit http://www.readerscommunity.blogspot.com/ to read the book reviews. Interested in joining? There is still plenty of time. The program runs until Aug. 14. Please visit www.chapman.edu/library/community to learn more about the program, find out about our prizes and to submit your first review!

This Week on TV

Dialogue With Doti and Dodge

Tuesday, July 7, 11:30 p.m. Sunday, July 12, 11 a.m.

"Creating Important Health Care Technology" with Joe Kiani, chairman and CEO, Masimo Corp.

Dialogue with Doti and Dodge also airs on the OC Channel:
Monday,Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 7:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.

 Watch episodes of Dialogue With Doti and Dodge and view the show's schedule.

Wednesday, July 8, 8:30 a.m., on KOCE-TV
Nutritionist Erin Macdonald and fourth-grader Laurenz Dodge explore good nutrition choices for children. Georg Eifert, Ph.D., professor of psychology and department chair, discusses managing severe anxiety. Show host Larry Santora, M.D., explains whether or not people should choose bottled drinks with antioxidants.

Sunday, July 12, 8:30 a.m., on OC Channel Howard Conn, M.D., describes cosmetic laser eyelid surgery. George Moro, M.D., discusses colorectal cancer. Show host Larry Santora, M.D., explains the differences between black, green and herbal teas.

Sunday, July 12, 11 a.m., on KOCE-HD Michael Krychman, M.D., discusses sexual medicine. Jeffrey Johnsrud, M.D., explains LapBand surgery, which ties off part of the stomach for weight control. Show host Larry Santora, M.D., dispels the connection between eggs and cholesterol.  

The OC Channel, which is a partnership between KOCE and Chapman University, may be viewed on Channel 50.2 on digital television, Channel 235 on Time Warner, Channel 810 on Cox Communications Cable and Channel 470 on Verizon Fios.

 Watch episodes of Health Matters and view the show's schedule.

Staff & Faculty Notes

John Benitz, assistant professor of theatre, was one of 14 professors from across the country invited to attend The Actor's Center's Teacher Development Program in Manhattan this summer. Participants in this workshop were introduced to some of the most interesting and respected teachers in America and abroad, with the goal of re-enforcing the tenets of the craft of acting. Benitz received a personalized education grant from Chapman University to attend the two-week seminar. Benitz also was busy this spring directing a staged reading of the new play If All the Sky Were Paper at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. He has been developing the project with best-selling author Andrew Carroll over the past year. If All the Sky Were Paper is the first production to feature the best of some 85,000 never-before-seen letters of war, covering the full spectrum of emotions and experiences, from the humorous and profound to the dramatic and inspiring.

Peter DeScioli, Ph.D., a visiting professor at the Economic Science Institute, and Robert Kurzban, Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania, published "Mysteries of Morality" in the June issue of Cognition. This article considers the strategic interactions among actors, victims, and third-parties to help illuminate condemnation. The authors argue that basic differences between the adaptive problems faced by actors and third-parties indicate that actor conscience and third-party condemnation are likely performed by different cognitive mechanisms. For the full article, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/m24fv4

Grigori Erenburg, assistant professor of finance, had his paper "Electronic Limit Order Book and Order Submission Choice Around Macroeconomic News," co-authored with Dennis Lasser, accepted for publication in Review of Financial Economics. His other paper, "The Paradox of Fraud-on-The-Market Theory," co-authored with Richard Smith and Janet Smith, in May was ranked on Social Science Research network's (SSRN) monthly Top 10 "Recent Hits" download lists in the categories "Journal of ESM: Hypothesis Testing (Topic)" and "Economics Departments Research Papers."

Micol Hebron, assistant professor of art, has new artworks in several venues this summer. She was featured in Los Angeles' THE magazine as one of two invited artists for the June issue; had 6 photographs on view in Horazdovice, Czech Republic, during the month of June; and one of her recent video art works titled "Dare You" is featured in an online exhibition at The Moving Index and will also be screened at the Meridian Gallery in San Francisco this month. Hebron also will present a new performance art piece at Artist Curated Projects gallery in Los Angeles on July 11 and will have a new video installation in the Rogue Wave exhibition at LA Louver gallery in Venice, opening July 16. She will present another new performance at the David Salow Gallery on July 25. Finally, one of her video art pieces will be screened later in July at Building Bridges gallery in Tehran, Iran.

Jason Keller, assistant professor of biological sciences, presented a talk titled "The Effects of Plant Removal on Methanogenesis and Iron Reduction in a Tidal Freshwater Marsh" at the Society of Wetland Scientists/International Wetland Biogeochemistry Symposium recently in Madison, Wisc. He also was asked to serve a third term on the student grant committee, which awards research funding to students studying wetland science. This trip was supported by a travel grant from the Schmid College of Science.

Doug Sweet, instructor of English composition, delivered a paper titled "'Social' Learning and the Competitive Problematic," at the Working Class Studies Conference in Pittsburgh on June 3-6.

Shari Young Kuchenbecker, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, and students Bryston Ulrich, Jessica Jablonski and Danny Pugh presented a paper titled "Empathy: A seven question measure — reliability and validity" at the First World Congress on Positive Psychology, hosted by the International Positive Psychology Association in Philadelphia on June 18-21. Also, students Kyle Kermott, Karen Ward, Rennie Frame, Shelby Scott, Sophie Pierce, Natalie Marley and Dalia Auerhahn presented a paper titled "Empathy, positive psychology, health and well being," co-authored by Dr. Kuchenbecker. Senior Kristy Mossberg, also attended the conference and helped answer questions about the group's work on empathy, positive psychology in the classroom and more. 

What are you doing this summer?

We'd love to know what you're up to this summer for Happenings. Great vacation? Pursuing a hobby? Have a new addition to the family? Please send to pr@chapman.edu. (We love photos and videos, so don't be bashful!)

From Russia with love: Rick Christophersen '94, director of the Conservatory of Music, and longtime travel companion, Alexa Benson '94, just returned from a two-week trip to Russia: We visited Moscow, St. Petersburg and Peterhof. Highlights of the trip included a two-day visit to the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of the oldest and largest museums in the world; a performance of the ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre; and a performance of the Beethoven 9th Symphony in St. Petersburg under the baton of Maestro Valery Gergiyev, as part of "The Stars of the White Nights Festival." Our favorite meal was at a traditional Russian restaurant in Moscow of borsch and beef stroganoff, the vodka was quite good, too.

Different strokes: Dennis Arp, public relations editor: I spent a week in the San Juan Islands of Washington state. The highlight was a three-day kayaking trip with my two teen-age sons that included encounters with harbor seals and Dall's porpoises as well as watching bald eagles pluck fish from a secluded bay. We also enjoyed an afternoon of whale ogling (see slideshow below) as a pod of about a dozen orcas traversed the Strait of Georgia. The youngsters in the pod stole the show, lobtailing, spyhopping and breaching with abandon. The trip's biggest challenge came on its last day, when we paddled back to the kayak drop-off point through wind and waves that closed some ferry routes. My arms still hurt. 

Ideas, suggestions?

We're still learning as we put out the online edition of Happenings. Please send feedback and ideas to pr@chapman.edu. Also, don't be shy. Diana McCabe, new editor of Happenings, loves to meet new people. Give her a call at Ext: 2813 and show her around your area of Chapman or just introduce yourself. (You may have seen her wandering around with her digital camera. She loves to walk over to campus!)

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