Building Character Articles

Provost

89 - Sep / Oct 18

Dr. Glenn Pfeiffer If you happen to look at the base of Glenn Pfeiffer’s computer monitor, you’d spy a number taped there currently at 5,059 and counting. The figure reminds Chapman University’s Provost his purpose as an educator. “The number, which keeps climbing, indicates how... Read More →

Dr. Glenn Pfeiffer If you happen to look...

Dr. Mark Maier

Director, Leadership Studies Program

88 - Jul / Aug 18

Dr. Mark Maier At times when we’re young, we unknowingly get a glimpse into our futures. Such was the case for Mark Maier, who lived in Cocoa Beach, Florida in the early 1970s as a teen. “From our back doorstep, we’d watch the Apollo launches,... Read More →

Dr. Mark Maier At times when we’re young,...

Jeff Tollaksen, PhD

Director, Institute of Quantum Studies

87 - May / Jun 18

Jeff Tollaksen, PhD At an age when many other kids were pondering questions such as whether they could talk their parents into ice cream for dessert, Jeff Tollaksen contemplated higher-level questions about the inner workings of the universe. As he walked through the forest and... Read More →

Jeff Tollaksen, PhD At an age when many...

Dr. Margaret Grogan

Dean of Attallah College of Educational Studies

86 - Mar / Apr 18

Dr. Margaret Grogan Margaret Grogan learned early on the synergistic, powerful effects of combining characteristics while working on life’s endeavors. “My father was a geneticist and researched hybrid maize in search of an improved corn for cattle feed,” says Grogan, who grew up in Australia.... Read More →

Dr. Margaret Grogan Margaret Grogan learned early on...

Dr. Patrick Fuery

Founding Director of the Center for Creative & Cultural Industries

85 - Jan / Feb 18

Dr. Patrick Fuery If you have a keen ear for accents, you might be a bit baffled when you initially speak with Patrick Fuery. Chapman University’s Dean of Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences sounds British and Australian. There’s a good reason for... Read More →

Dr. Patrick Fuery If you have a keen...

Gregory A. Daddis, PhD

84 - Nov/Dec 17

Gregory A. Daddis, PhD 1989, when Gregory Daddis joined the Army as a lieutenant after graduating from West Point and went through officer training, a centuries old book taught him the integral role history plays when it comes to war. “We were at Fort Knox... Read More →

Gregory A. Daddis, PhD 1989, when Gregory Daddis...

Lisa Sparks, PhD

83 - Sep/Oct 17

Lisa Sparks, PhD Lisa Sparks, PhD Growing up in Woodward, Oklahoma—otherwise known as “Tornado Alley”—Lisa Sparks learned early on the value of effective communication. “With frequent tornadoes, we were always in crisis mode,” says Chapman’s Dean and Endowed Professor of the School of Communication. “We... Read More →

Lisa Sparks, PhD Lisa Sparks, PhD Growing up...

Mary Platt

Director of the Hilbert Museum of California Art

82 - Jul / Aug 17

Mary Platt The way Mary Platt sees it, the world is her toy box. Chapman University’s Director of the Hilbert Museum and former Director of Communications and Media Relations wakes up every morning to a new day buzzing with myriad possibilities. For Platt, there’s no such... Read More →

Mary Platt The way Mary Platt sees it, the...

Ruebén Martinez

Presidential Fellow

81 - May / Jun 17

Ruebén Martinez In 2012, as Katerina Sorrell waited at Chapman University to meet with a dean regarding possibly giving up on her dream to earn her graduate degree, Ruebén Martinez sensed her despair and encouraged her. “Dr. Martinez didn’t know me, but he saw I... Read More →

Ruebén Martinez In 2012, as Katerina Sorrell waited...

Dr. L. Andrew Lyon

Dean of Fowler School of Engineering

80 - Mar / Apr 17

Dr. L. Andrew Lyon Like many young boys, Andrew Lyon reveled in the wonders of science and the time-honored results of cause and effect. “I was a typical kid performing the makeshift science experiments out in the backyard,” says Chapman University’s Dean of the Schmid... Read More →

Dr. L. Andrew Lyon Like many young boys,...