Building Character Articles

Professor, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

79 - Jan / Feb 17

Jim Blaylock When you have the good fortune to read a James P. Blaylock novel and find yourself traveling a serpentine path to meet offbeat, endearing characters and nefarious villains, you’re likely to reach a destination that feels foreign, yet familiar. Even though the award-winning... Read More →

Jim Blaylock When you have the good fortune...

Richard T. Bryant

78 - Nov/Dec 16

Richard T. Bryant If you were to sum up the career of Richard T. Bryant, it would be as a facilitator of the arts. During his illustrious career that spans more than four decades, Chapman University’s Executive Director of the Musco Center for the Arts... Read More →

Richard T. Bryant If you were to sum...

Mike Pelly

77 - Sep / Oct 16

Mike Pelly When Mike Pelly took his first job out of college at Chapman University as an admissions counselor in 1986, he never intended staying long. “I’d planned on staying for a couple of years, and I’ve had other job offers, but every time I... Read More →

Mike Pelly When Mike Pelly took his first...

Randy Burba

76 - Jul/Aug 16

Randy Burba When Randy Burba took over as Chief of Public Safety for Chapman University in August 2005, he soon had an eye-opening experience. Coming from the public safety department at USC, he was puzzled when urged to reassure the community after a robbery occurred... Read More →

Randy Burba When Randy Burba took over as...

Jack Raubolt

75 - May/Jun 16

Jack Raubolt In the 1960s during his high school years, when Jack Raubolt and his friends rode their bikes through what was then the Chapman College campus, he had no idea he’d one day be the Vice President of Community Relations for the university. “Chapman... Read More →

Jack Raubolt In the 1960s during his high...

Dr. Giulio Ongaro

74 - May/Jun 16

Dr. Giulio Ongaro For Giulio Ongaro, his current position as Dean of Chapman University’s College of Performing Arts and the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music essentially brings the musicologist full circle. Born and raised in the culturally rich city of Venice, Italy, Ongaro enjoyed a childhood... Read More →

Dr. Giulio Ongaro For Giulio Ongaro, his current...

Richard Bausch

73 - Jan/Feb 16

Richard Bausch Read Richard Bausch’s work and you almost feel like an eavesdropper. As the characters in his short stories and novels navigate the intensely personal scenarios in which he enmeshes them, you might feel compelled to give them some privacy—yet the well-crafted stories keep... Read More →

Richard Bausch Read Richard Bausch’s work and you...

Andrew Carroll

72 - Nov / Dec 15

Andrew Carroll When Andrew Carroll’s family home burned down a few days before Christmas in 1989, the loss of irreplaceable keepsakes resulted in a cousin, who heard about the fire, sending Carroll a letter that would profoundly change the course of his life. Dated April... Read More →

Andrew Carroll When Andrew Carroll’s family home burned...

Jennifer Keene

Dean of Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

66 - Nov/Dec 14

Dr. Jennifer Keene Jennifer Keene knows that many students envision wordy textbooks when it comes to history lessons. While Chapman University’s professor of history and the History Department chair doesn’t refute the value of the information those books hold, she knows from personal experience that... Read More →

Dr. Jennifer Keene Jennifer Keene knows that many...

Dr. Heshman El-Askary

Associate Professor of Remote Sensing & Earth Systems Sciences

64 - Jul / Aug 14

Dr. Hesham El-Askary While other children gazed upon mobiles over their cribs and children’s artwork taped to the refrigerator, as the child of scientists, the first picture that Hesham El-Askary saw was the periodic table. “Science was the common language spoken in my home,” says... Read More →

Dr. Hesham El-Askary While other children gazed...