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 enjoyed a wonderful keynote speech at the Wilkinson College graduation ceremony by Nicole Saito, a Political Science, History, and Economics triple major with a minor in Mathematics. Nicole was the winner of the first-ever Student Commencement Speaker contest run by the Wilkinson College Student Advisory and Leadership Council, establishing a new tradition of having a student-selected speaker at Commencement annually. Watch the video submission of her amazing speech that won her the contest here!
Look for the mid-summer edition of We are Wilkinson mid-July, and in the meantime enjoy your summer break!
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Pictured Above: World Languages and Cultures faculty and students at the Kugelman Arts & Humanities Awards Ceremony. See below to read more about end-of-year
senior awards.
A Conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Human Rights Activist Nadia Murad
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nadia Murad, a leading advocate for gender equality and survivors of genocide and sexual violence, joined Wilkinson Dean Jennifer Keene for a Q&A and discussion of her book, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State. Murad was also the keynote speaker at the 2022 Chapman University commencement ceremony.
Celebrating the 2022 Student Award Winners
Students in Wilkinson College were recently recognized with honors in a series of events that constituted this year’s annual Wilkinson award ceremonies and the 14th annual Campus Leadership Awards. Congratulations to all the winners!
Feminist Theory is Liberatory in Practice
Graduating seniors from the Women’s & Gender Studies Minor Program recently installed a feminist (theory) pop-up exhibition, Feminist Theory Is Liberatory Practice in Argyros Forum. The wall celebrated a number of feminist theorists whose work as scholar-activists seeks to deepen our understanding of historical and contemporary struggles for social justice, and strengthen our resolve to believe in the possibility of social change and a more feminist future.
Student Honored As Voice of OC’s Inaugural Tracy Wood Fellow
Angelina Hicks (‘23, Strategic and Corporate Communications, Journalism) was selected as the inaugural Tracy A. Wood Fellow for Voice of OC. Hicks discusses Wilkinson College's role in helping her grow an impressive portfolio of published work and preparing her for real-world journalism.
How to Use Informational Interviews to Land your Dream Job
It's hard to land your dream job if you rely on conventional methods. Career Specialist Erin Berthon discusses the advantages of adding informational interviews to your job search process and best practices for planning and conducting informal conversations to gain insights into your industry.
Peace Studies Professor Appointed to the UN
Assistant Professor in Peace Studies Dr. Claudia Fuentes-Julio will be assuming a new role as Chilean Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva. Although she’s moving to Geneva, Fuentes-Julio does plan to stay connected with her Wilkinson College colleagues and looks forward to ongoing collaboration to support students.
Gift of the Month
Engaging the World combines course-work and extra-curricular programming to promote mindful reflection and thoughtful dialogue around critical social issues of our times. We are proud that our donors see fit to promote such amazing programming through their philanthropic efforts. The daughter of Wilkinson College’s namesake, Dr. Karen Wilkinson and her husband Reverend Reginald Lancaster, have renewed their support of the Engaging the World series to make sure our students receive the liberal arts education that makes Wilkinson College the heart and soul of Chapman University.
Congratulations Class of 2022!
Wilkinson Alumni News
Check out what some of our awesome alumni are doing:
Paige Carmichael ('15, English) is a production designer at HAUS Los Angeles to support the Netflix Creative Marketing Production department.
Alexis J. Sutterman ('19, Political Science) is a program manager for the Energy Equity Team at California Environmental Justice Alliance.
Rex Wilde ('11, Sociology) is an LGBTQ+ educator, speaker and consultant specializing in gender diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Rex has worked with over 200 companies including Dropbox, Spectrum/Charter Networks, Roche, Sundance Institute, City of LA, The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, the Western Business Alliance Summit, and the California Workforce Development Board.
We want to know what you've been doing with your degree!
Wilkinson Parent Council
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is excited to announce the formation of its first-ever Parent Council. If you are interested in drawing upon your professional and personal interests to work with Dean Jennifer Keene and support Wilkinson’s strategic interests, or you would like more information, contact Mary Shockey
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