News for Parents
March 14, 2008
Important Info for Parents
Campus News and Updates
Upcoming Chapman Events
Athletics
Your Support Makes a Difference
Pictures of the Month
Contact Us
Important Info for Parents
Fall On-Campus Housing Deadlines
The spring 2008 semester is now well underway and the question on many parent’s minds is how their student can select an on-campus housing assignment for the 2008-2009 academic year. The answer is Panther Housing Selection. Online applications are currently being accepted for Panther Housing Selection and are due by Friday, April 4, 2008. All information pertaining to Panther Housing Selection 2008-2009, including detailed informational brochures, is currently available online.  Learn More
Host a Table at the Spring 2008 Career Fair (4/8)
If you are an employer, you know the challenges of recruiting quality applicants. The Chapman Career Development Center may be able to help you with recruiting some of the best and the brightest students through participation in our spring 2008 Career Fair on April 8, 3:00-6:30 p.m. The standard registration fee is $300 and the government/non-profit fee is $200 which includes a 6 foot table, table covering, two chairs, and two meals. Register now by contacting Sandra Hague, Career Outreach Manager at (714) 997-6941 or hague@chapman.edu.
Order a Spring Finals Kit for Your Student
The end of the semester will be here before you know it and its not too soon to start thinking about finals! Relieve some of your son or daughter's stress by ordering them a Finals Survival Kit! The cost is $20 each. The kits are delivered to students living on campus, and commuter students may pick up their kits at the Alumni and Parent Relations Office. Order a Finals Kit
Chapman Student Ambassador Applications Due April 3
Chapman Student Ambassadors are highly motivated student leaders who serve as the face of Chapman at numerous high-profile campus events. They provide personal interaction with the Chapman community and friends of the university. Candidates must maintain a 3.0 grade point average and are selected by their leadership history, campus involvement, articulation, dedication, personal standards, time management, knowledge of Chapman, and ability to represent the diversity of Chapman's students. Application forms may be downloaded online and are due by 5:00 p.m. on April 3, 2008. Students may contact Margie King, advisor to the Ambassadors Program, at miking@chapman.edu for more information. Learn More
Be a Chapman Partner in Your own Home
We are looking for family hosts across the country to welcome our new fall 2008 students and their families by hosting informal receptions in their homes. This is a wonderful way to volunteer on behalf of the Chapman Parents Council. Areas of special interest are Chicago, St. Louis, and San Diego. If you would like to host a reception, or would just like to lend a helping hand with welcome efforts in your home city, please contact Paula McCance P ‘03,‘07 at (714) 628-7290 or mccance@chapman.edu.
Commencement: All You'll Need to Know
We encourage students and guests to understand deadlines and requirements thoroughly so that approval to take part in Commencement is not delayed. Check for the latest updates regarding necessities, scheduling and end-of-year events at the Commencement website. As a reminder, please make hotel reservations for your stay as early as possible. Multiple events will also be taking place in the area that weekend and hotel availability is limited! Also, if you are interested in hosting an event to celebrate your student's commencement, view a list of popular restaurants that offer catering as well as a selection of other popular local restaurants. View List (PDF) Calendar and Deadlines
The Panther Newspaper Online
The Panther staff recently started a website www.thepantheronline.com. It is an interactive website that offers more content than our weekly publication. In the coming weeks, we'll be adding polls, comment boxes, blogs, message boards, multimedia tie ins and more.
InsideTrack Program
InsideTrack Success Coaches work one-on-one with a student to build the skills necessary to effectively tackle the challenges a student faces. In 20-minute sessions, either weekly or bi-weekly, coaches help students to improve effectiveness in and out of the classroom, develop time-management strategies, boost self-confidence, and plan goals for the future. The program is of no cost to students during their freshman year. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors who want to continue can do so for a fee. Learn More
In the Life of Your Student
Your student may be experiencing anxiety over mid-terms and/or results. Midterms tend to pile up the week before spring break, and after spring break as well. Plans for spring break may also bring excitement, whereas those students who won't be traveling over spring break may feel left out if their friends are. Seniors may realize that this is the last spring break, the last spring, the last March they will be on campus. For continuing students, anxiety intensifies about roommates and living arrangements for next year. Students will need to start thinking about their plans for summer including summer classes, internships, and summer jobs. From now until the end of the semester, the frenzy grows with each passing week.
It still feels like there is plenty of time left in the semester, so there is not a great urgency to get work done.
Monthly Polling Question: Interactive Online Features
Please participate in our monthly polling question to let us know what kind of interactive online features you would like us to provide for you! Take Survey Now
A Walk through Chapman History
By 1920, Mr. Chapman had raised more than $825,000 for the new college (donating $400,000 himself), which incorporated under the name California Christian College. Mr. Chapman's continued philanthropic efforts with the L.A.-based college through the Great Depression led its Board of Trustees to officially change the institution’s name to Chapman College at the 1934 commencement. Mr. Chapman later wrote: "Every time my eyes fall upon the printed words—Chapman College—or my ears hear the announcement over the radio or I hear the name spoken by anyone, I experience a thrill. At times, this honor seems only a dream."
Links of Interest
The Panther Newspaper
Academic Calendar
Student Events Newsletter
Student Business Services
Career Development Center
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Campus News and Updates
State of the University Address
President Jim Doti presented his annual State of the University address Thursday, Feb. 28
to a large crowd of Chapman faculty, staff, administrators and students. The
information-packed speech looked at the year just past and ahead to the new five year
strategic plan.
Doti announces that Chapman will soon add a distinguished new physics team, build a new “global citizen” plaza, and talk of a new science building that may be located on the site of the Villa Park Orchards
packing plant. You can watch the whole speech via web video to learn more about what is in Chapman's future! Watch Video
Dr. Marilyn Harran Honored with the 2008 Spirit of Anne Frank Award
Dr. Marilyn Harran, Stern Chair in Holocaust Education, director of the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education and professor of religious studies and history, has been honored with the 2008 Spirit of Anne Frank Outstanding Educator Award, which will be formally presented to her June 12 at a ceremony at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Sponsored annually since 1996 by The Anne Frank Center USA, awards individuals in all walks of life who have demonstrated outstanding personal courage and commitment in working to promote tolerance, inclusion and social justice in their communities. Learn More
Independent Film With Strong Campus Issues in Theaters This April
"Dark Matter," the independent film that premiered at Family Weekend 2007 will be opening in theaters this April. The film was produced by American Sterling Communications, owned by Larry and Kristina Dodge of the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. "Dark Matter" delves into the world of a Chinese science student, Liu Xing, pursuing a Ph.D. in the U.S. in the early 1990's. Driven by ambition, yet unable to navigate academic politics, Liu Xing is inorexibly pushed to the margins of american life, until he looses his way. Learn More
The Chapman 7 from the Class of 2011
Join us as we follow the journey of seven students from the class of 2011, who have agreed to share insights throughout their four years, providing a new window to the Chapman undergraduate experience. Through their bi-monthly video blogs, see how the Chapman experience will shape these students lives and prepare them for the future! Learn More
Karin Aaltonen
Shauna Fleming
Cameron Lacy
Jack Litchfield
Akio Lloyd
Katie Maresca
Sarah Van Zanten
Student Spotlight: Caroline Lucas '09
February 25 - 29 was Phenomenal Women's Week at Chapman, where the Chapman community had a chance to recognize women that have had positive impacts in their lives. Caroline Lucas was nominated by her friends, Sophomore David Nungaray, senior Kevin Flynn and senior Thomas Rogers. Lucas is the president of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and served as
its 2007 recruitment chair. She is an Associated Student Senator and
was also one of the 2007 Orientation Coordinators and an Orientation
Assistant in 2006. Additionally, Lucas is a member of University
Honors, Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society and Order of Omega, an
organization of scholarly Greek members. She is also a Chapman
Ambassador, a program that promotes Chapman related activities to the
public.
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Staff Spotlight: Maryam Isles
Chapman Staff member, Maryam Isles, also recieved recognition as a phenomenal woman during the Phenomenal Women awards banquet on February 28th. Seniors Kourtnee Kovacs and Kelley Logan nominated Maryam Isles, whom they work with in the Registrar’s office.
“After working with her for four years I’ve come to believe she is the heart and the soul of the law school because she works so hard to make sure that everything moves smoothly,” said Kovacs.
Kovacs and Logan described how Isles has impacted their lives.
“She has this ability to step into someone else’s shoes and really understand their life and feel what they feel,” said Logan. Learn More
Alumni Spotlight: Samer Alasadi ’99
Samer Alasadi ’99 is president of Kinetic Imageworks Inc., a post-production facility that specializes in multi-format HD and SD online finishing, color correction, editing, HD conversions and duplication. He manages the company and consults with clients such as Lions Gate Films, HBO Films, Overture Films, CBS, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures and Discovery Channel on their projects during the post-production process. Some of the recent projects he has worked on include: Mad Money, Ghost Whisperer, Akeelah and the Bee, Peaceful Warrior, The Devil’s Reject, The Life Aquatic, Suspect Zero, Miracle, Maria Full of Grace, and Real Women Have Curves.
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Important Academic Dates
Mar. 17-21 - Spring break
Apr. 11 - Last day to withdraw from courses or submit Change of Grading System form
May 10 - Last day of Instruction
May 12-17 - Final Examinations
May 17 - Commencement
May 25 - All grades due by 4 p.m.
May 26 - Memorial Day (university closed)
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Upcoming Chapman Events
Sir Salman Rushdie to Speak at Chapman (3/31)
Sir Salman Rushdie, the brilliant British author whose acclaimed novel The Satanic Verses once famously made him the target of a fatwa by the Ayatollah Khomeini, will speak, read from his works and sign books at Chapman University on March 31 as part of Chapman’s 2008 John Fowles Literary Forum. Rushdie will appear at 7 p.m. Monday, March 31 in Chapman’s Memorial Hall – admission will be free, and further ticketing information will be announced as details are finalized. For more information, call (714) 289-2050. Learn More
CoPA presents: School for Scandal by Richard Sheridan (4/11-13 & 16-19)
Love trysts, false values, and a host of gossips create the scene for this exciting journey into a world of intrigue fashioned by a scandal-mongering social set. The comedic plot revolves around wacky characters from a time when prohibition ruled the day, and the "roar" of the social classes gave birth to artistic and cultural dynamism. This production is directed by Professor Tamiko Washington.
Waltmar Theatre, 8pm
(2pm only on April 13 and April 19). The cost is
$15 general admission and
$10 senior citizens and students.
For more information, call 714-744-7087.
Greek Skit Night and Parents Reception (4/17)
Attention parents of Greek Students! You're invited to one of the most anticipated Greek events of the year. Skit Night showcases the talents of all the Chapman social fraternities and sororities. A pre-show reception for parents will be held immediately before the event. Advance purchase of skit night tickets is required to attend the reception. Register Now & Purchase Tickets
Mark Your Calendar
Parents are encouraged to explore the wide variety of academic, arts, cultural and athletic events Chapman offers. Learn More
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Athletics
Live Audio Sports Broadcast on Chapman Radio
Saturday's Chapman University baseball game between the Panthers and Occidental College will be the initial broadcast of the spring by Chapman Radio.com, which has announced its schedule of upcoming athletics broadcasts to take place this semester.
For the second year, Chapman Radio will carry live audio for the Panthers' No. 1-ranked baseball team; six games in all. Chapman Radio will also add Chapman's nationally-ranked women’s softball team to its broadcast schedule, as well as the Panthers' club lacrosse. Learn More and View Broadcast Times
Sports Update
Whether it's a home game or an away game, you'll
find schedules for the following teams along with the dates of upcoming
tournaments: Men's Baseball, Men's Lacrosse, Women’s Softball, and Track and Field. Learn More
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Your Support Makes a Difference
The Panther Line is Back and Phones are Ringing!
Each evening during the fall and spring semesters, Chapman students take over our phone lines to contact a globally expansive network of Chapman alumni and parents to strengthen their ties with the university. The Office of Annual Giving raises funds that are essential to the future quality of education at Chapman University. Gifts to the Annual Fund benefit each and every Chapman student – through scholarships, increased educational opportunities, new state-of-the-art facilities and distinguished faculty and staff.
Learn More (PDF)
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Pictures of the Month
Parents Council Meeting (2/23)
Paula McCance P'03,'07, Manager, Parent and Grandparent Programs, Jerry & Gemma Wolf P'07,'11, Mark & Bonnie Kamp P'08, Mark & Teri Kreyche P'11, Greg & Sharon Jordan P'10, and Rande & Adrienne Shaffer P'08. A special welcome to Mark & Teri Kreyche, who recently joined the Chapman Parents Council!
Grandparents Club (3/6)
Chapman Grandparents Club enjoys hearing from Chapman President Jim Doti about the life of his friend and mentor, Dr. Milton Friedman in the Friedman Reading Room of the Leatherby Libraries.
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Contact Us
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Chapman University
Office of Alumni and Parent Relations
One University Drive
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Phone: (714) 997-6681
Fax: (714) 628-7240
Email:parents@chapman.edu
www.chapman.edu/parents
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