Greetings from the Dean's Office!
May was a festive month for Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences! We celebrated Wilkinson seniors receiving honors in their majors and minors, and our multiple university leadership award winners (read more below). We also enjoyed a wonderful keynote speech at the Wilkinson College graduation ceremony by Daisy Davila, a Sociology major with an emphasis in social work and a Leadership Studies minor. Daisy was the winner of the annual Student Commencement Speaker contest run by the Wilkinson College Student Advisory and Leadership Council. Congratulations to the class of 2023!
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Pictured above: This year's Wilkinson Commencement Speaker, Daisy Davila ('23, Sociology, Leadership Studies minor).
(pictured) Peace Studies students celebrate their achievements at the Annual Henley Awards Ceremony.
Wilkinson College Celebrates Student Achievement
Wilkinson College students were recently recognized with honors in a series of events that constituted this year’s annual Wilkinson award ceremonies and the 15th annual Campus Leadership Awards. Congratulations to all the winners!
(pictured) Mr. John Razzano’s grandfather, Giuseppe Razzano.
Razzano Family Legacy Gift Strengthens the Future of Italian Studies at Chapman University
A gift from Mr. John Razzano, Chair of the Leadership Board of the Ferrucci Institute, will support Wilkinson College's Italian Studies program. Since his retirement in 2021, Mr. Razzano has engaged in Italian Studies at Chapman as a volunteer, patron, and student. In making this gift, Mr. Razzano shared: "It is an honor to support the work of my grandfather Giuseppe to promote an appreciation and understanding of Italian language, history, and culture to future generations.”
Graduate Research: Elizabeth Tran Wins Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
Elizabeth Tran was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award for her paper titled, “Labor-Based and/or Rubric-Based? Examining the Effects of a Hybrid Grading System in the Composition Classroom” at this year’s College English Association (CEA) conference in San Antonio, Texas. This paper came out of an IRB-approved research project in English Professor Morgan Read-Davidson’s Fall 2022 ENG 582: Composition Pedagogy and Research Practicum. Tran discusses the research that led her to write the paper.
How to Negotiate Salary for Your First “Real” Job
Career Manager Erin Berthon discusses tips and tricks for negotiating your salary. Like any other skill, it takes preparation and practice, but when done right, it goes a long way to establish your worth and set your career in the right direction.
Dr. Luke Nichter’s Unexpected White
House Call
The Voice of Wilkinson sat down with Dr. Luke A. Nichter, Professor of History and James H. Cavanaugh Endowed Chair in Presidential Studies, to discuss his time serving on the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation in Washington, DC. After getting an unexpected call from the White House in 2020 notifying him of his appointment, he knew it was an opportunity he could not pass up.
Gift of the Month
As another academic year comes to an end, we wish to thank the philanthropic donors whose gifts support the programming, annual events, and student scholarship for the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education. Through gifts, Holocaust education at Chapman University has grown from a single course into a distinctive multi-faceted program. The Rodgers Center is one of only a very few centers in the United States located in and supported by a private university. Without our outstanding donors the good works of the Rodgers Center would not be possible.
Wilkinson Alumni News
Check out what some of our awesome alumni are doing:
Saba Amid (’21, Peace Studies, Political Science, Religious Studies minor) is a JD Candidate at Loyola Law School.
Kenny Connally ('10, English BA, '12 English MA) has completed his PhD in English at UC Davis, where he now teaches. He recently published the essay "Hedone in Eden: The Queerness of Pleasure in Paradise Lost" in Milton Quarterly 56 (2023).
Joshua Gardner ('03, Graphic Design) started a new job as an Associate Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles on the Toyota.com platform team.
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