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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel last visited Chapman in 2005, when his bust was unveiled.

A MILESTONE MOMENT FOR HOLOCAUST PROGRAM gala titled “An Evening of Humanity

A and Hope” will honor the 10th anniversary of Chapman’s acclaimed Holocaust education programs on April 25. The guest of honor will be Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel, who also spoke at the 2005 opening of the Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library on campus. The April event will salute the first decade of Chapman’s Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education and will recognize Marilyn Harran, Ph.D., Stern Chair in Holocaust Education. Her indefatigable efforts have built a program in which students learn directly from Holocaust survivors as well as through rigorous academic courses and from outstanding visiting professors. The program also engages and inspires middle and high school teachers and students as well as the larger community. Professor Wiesel, who will speak at the gala, is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University and the author of more than 50 books, including Night, which describes his experiences in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for his work in furthering human rights and peace throughout the world. Individual tickets for the gala are sold out, but tables and sponsorships are still available. More information: 714-997-6589 or e-mail events@chapman.edu.

WINTER 2010

UN Experience Will Help Shape Chapman’s Climate Change Conference

espite the chaos that dominated the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, Denmark, a group of Chapman scholars gained practical insights they will apply to the university’s own climate change event, to be held April 21–23. The Chapman conference — called Beyond Copenhagen — will explore not just the challenges but the opportunities available to those who seek to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The event will feature national and international experts in the fields of science, public policy, business and law. In Copenhagen, the Chapman team saw firsthand the difficulties in reaching consensus on how to meet the challenges of climate change. The UN conference was contentious, and there were problems from the start. About 45,000 people were credentialed for a venue that held 15,000. The Chapman team waited for more than two hours each morning in the sub-freezing cold just to get in. During one session, Menas Kafatos, Ph.D., dean of Chapman’s Schmid College of Science and a noted computational science and climate researcher, gave

a presentation as part of the Korea Green Foundation/ Asia Responds to Climate Change event, co-hosted by Korea University and Chapman. Other members of the Chapman group — Schmid College professors Christopher Kim and Susan Yang, law professor Deepa Badrinarayana, social science professor David Shafie, Schmid College staffer Emmanuel Smith, and Mary Platt, Chapman director of communications and media relations — attended as many events as they could. They took in panels by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former Irish President and UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Mary Robinson, President Obama’s science adviser John Holdren and Sen. John Kerry. Members also attended a concurrent shadow conference called Klimaforum ’09, which was staged mainly by activist/advocate groups and NGOs. Through it all, there was the beautiful, snow-covered city of Copenhagen. “People in the city were thrilled to be hosting the world for a couple of weeks, and they were unfailingly gracious and helpful,” Platt said. Chapman team members blogged daily about their scholarly reflections, personal viewpoints and adventures. The blog will be kept active as the Beyond Copenhagen Conference at Chapman approaches.

LINKS: Chapman at COP15 and Beyond Copenhagen Blog: www.chapmanclimate.wordpress.com Beyond Copenhagen Conference at Chapman, April 21-23: www.chapman.edu/beyondcopenhagen

20 YEARS AFTER the

Fall of the Wall

“ W hen you think about it, it’s just a big piece of

concrete,” said Chapman language professor Karen Gallagher, whose office in DeMille Hall is steps from Liberty Plaza and its centerpiece — a relocated chunk of the Berlin Wall. “And yet here the wall is, an enduring symbol, inspiring people to share their wonderfully important stories.” Those stories were at the heart of Freedom Without Walls, a collaborative event that in November brought to the Chapman campus scholars and students, those who lived the history and those who study it, all

gathered to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Dr. Gallagher led the effort as Chapman became one of 30 U.S. colleges and universities selected by the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. to host educational and commemorative events. The mission: “to support a new generation of future leaders in their effort to discover and to share what the fall of the wall means to them.” For more on the Freedom Without Walls event, please turn to the back cover.

A section of the Berlin Wall is at the center of Chapman’s Liberty Plaza.

Economists James L. Doti, left, and Esmael Adibi expect growth to pick up in the second half of 2010.

Local Highlights from the Forecast Jobs: Health care and private education will lead growth in local employment. Business and professional services will see moderate growth. Leisure and hospitality will pick up slightly.

Purchasing power: Orange County personal income will be unchanged after inflation, the third consecutive year consumers’ purchasing power has not improved.

Home prices: The median price of a

CHAPMAN ECONOMIC FORECAST:

Expect a Sluggish Comeback or many people, it’s tough to understand what’s occurring in the economy because of the endless stream of reports and data. Leave it to the experts at the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University to explain it all during their forecast for 2010 in front of 2,000 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center on Dec. 8. The Anderson forecasters were among the first to predict the current recession and are sought out for their data and expertise on California’s economy. The good news out of the 32nd Annual Economic Forecast presented by Chapman President James L. Doti, Ph.D., and Esmael Adibi, Ph.D., director of the Anderson Center: Get ready for the recovery. California and Orange County will start to dig

out of recession this year, but the recovery will

be painfully slow, with only 1,000 new jobs being created in the county, according to the forecast, sponsored by Wells Fargo. The local recovery in 2010 will be stymied by lack of construction growth, an area that has historically pulled the economy out of recessions. This time, Orange County will be dependent on the national economy's recovery, which started after the second quarter of this year as the gross domestic product once again turned positive. Orange County is expected to emerge from recession in the third quarter of 2010, one quarter earlier than the state. “The beginning of the year is going to be weak, but the second half of the year will look decent,” Dr. Adibi said.

single-family house in Orange County should increase 5 percent in 2010. “About the best thing that can be said is that we’ve bottomed out and a slow recovery is underway,” the Chapman forecast says. “This view is supported by a shrinking inventory of new and existing unsold homes, improving credit markets and growing pent-up demand.”

Construction: Builders are expected to add 2,300 dwellings in the county this year vs. 2,028 last year. While new home construction will be up, those gains will be offset by a 20.4 percent decrease in non-residential building. Overall, spending on new construction is expected to decline 5.2 percent in 2010.

Though the economy will be improving, unemployment will continue to rise. “The unemployment rate continued to increase for six quarters after the ’90–91 recession ended,” the forecast notes. “Following the dot-com recession of 2001, unemployment continued increasing for seven quarters — almost two years.” In the three decades since the Chapman forecast went public, those attending have helped generate more than $1.6 million for student scholarships.

Ayn Rand

NEWEST BUST HONORS

he was a novelist, philosopher, playwright and screenwriter. Now Ayn Rand is the 28th notable figure to have a bust dedicated on the campus of Chapman University. On Nov. 5 at a ceremony near the Ambassador George L. Argyros ’59 Global Citizens Plaza, Chapman unveiled the Rand bust, commemorating the establishment of the Rebecca and William Dunn Distinguished Chair in Honor of Vernon L. Smith, the Nobel laureate and Chapman professor of economics and law known worldwide as “the father of experimental economics.” The Dunn Distinguished Chair will enable Chapman to bring a visiting scholar to campus on a three-year, rotating basis in the dynamic field of experimental economics. The strategy is to allow a scientist with great promise to soar under the tutelage of Professor Smith and his colleagues. “The vision for this gift is that the scientists holding this professorship will be the Nobel Prize winners of tomorrow,” said Chapman President James L. Doti. The Dunns’ support is rooted in their deep friendship and admiration for Professor Smith, says William Dunn, founder of Dunn Capital Management Inc., one of the managed futures industry’s most successful firms. “In the meantime, I’ve gotten to know the people at Chapman and some of the programs,” Dunn said. “Besides treating Vernon like he should be treated, the university clearly has a great respect for truth and inquiry, which I like.”

Rebecca and William Dunn pose with Professor Vernon L. and Candace Smith at the dedication of the Ayn Rand bust on campus.

During the week of bust dedication, several events were held at Chapman to honor Rand and her work. She is perhaps best known for her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for her philosophy of objectivism. The Leatherby Libraries hosted a special exhibit that featured material on loan from the Ayn Rand Institute. And Tibor Machan, Ph.D., R.C. Hoiles Chair in Business Ethics and Free Enterprise at the Argyros School of Business and Economics, gave a spirited public lecture titled “Ayn Rand’s Classical View of Selfishness” in the Milton and Rose Friedman Reading Room on the second floor of the library.

CHAPMAN

S p o rt s U p d at e

PANTHERS COURT

National Success

By Chris Watts, Sports Information Assistant

erhaps the best indication of the Chapman University fall and winter sports teams’ success is that there were just too many highlights and accomplishments to fit into a one-page recap. The men’s basketball team earned its first-ever national ranking as an NCAA Division III member. The Panthers debuted at No. 18 and reached as high as No. 12 before winning the Lee Fulmer Tournament, giving head coach Mike Bokosky his 300th win at Chapman. However, their most notable early-season accomplishment came over the holiday break in Hawaii as they toppled NCAA Division II

Two-sport star Linda Ly ’10 was named a volleyball All-American and has surpassed 1,000 points during her Chapman basketball career.

Forward Justin Riley ’11 helped the Panthers win 14 of their first 16 games. No. 18-ranked BYU-Hawaii, 76-70, in overtime. The women’s basketball team tried to keep its string of nine straight NCAA Tournament appearances alive, and although the season got off to a slow start, the Panthers won six of eight games during one stretch. Linda Ly ’10 reached the 1,000-point plateau for her career on Jan. 12 against the University of Redlands. In the fall, men’s soccer coach Eddie Carrillo and women’s volleyball coach Mary Cahill both earned their first All-Independent Coach of the Year honors while leading their respective teams to NCAA playoff berths. In addition to Carrillo being honored, seven soccer players were named to the All-Independent team, highlighted by forward Jeff Shah ’10, who was also selected to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-West Region team. The aforementioned Ly also played a large part in the Panthers’ volleyball success. She was selected to the American Volleyball Coaches Association

(AVCA) All-America team for the second time. Also, five Panthers including Ly were selected to the All-Independent team, led by Eryn Leja ’10 and Lyndsey Cargile ’10. One of the most exciting moments of the fall came on the football field in the Panthers’ 23–20 last-second victory over Pomona-Pitzer in October. The football team won two of its last three games to finish 4-5. The women’s soccer team finished its season 12-7, with Stephanie Lambrakis ’10 and Kate Lilly ’12 both being named to the NSCAA All-West Region team. In the pool, the men’s water polo team also got some big-time exposure as the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) championships were held at the Allred Aquatics Center for the first time. Another first for the water polo team: The Panthers beat top-ranked Pomona-Pitzer, 10-5, for their first-ever win over a No.1-ranked Division III opponent. For the latest Chapman sports news, visit www.chapman.edu/athletics and check out the Chapman University Athletics page on Facebook.

CHAPMAN PUSAN WEST SHOWCASES

the Best in Korean Filmmaking

Director Park Chan-wook was the center of attention ll of the hoopla of a Hollywood premiere marked the opening night of the Chapman Pusan West Film on the red carpet before a screening of Thirst. Festival, a three-day event featuring a dozen of the best contemporary and classic films from Korea. The festival, Nov. 20–22, inaugurated a partnership between Chapman’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts and the Pusan International Film Festival, which is known as the Cannes of the East. “Seeing and experiencing another culture through film is different than learning about it as tourist or even in the classroom,” said Bob Bassett, dean of Dodge College. “We’re excited about adding this bridge to those we have already established between Chapman and the Asian film community.” Chapman Pusan West featured some of Korea's most celebrated film directors, who personally introduced their movies. Included was Park Chan-wook, who directed the stylish vampire film Thirst, the 2009 winner of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Park was at Folino Theater in Marion Knott Studios to introduce his director’s cut of Thirst. Park also was honored to receive the first Pusan West Icon Award — and even more honored to receive the award from director Martha Coolidge, filmmaker in residence at Dodge College. Dodge College Dean Bob Bassett chats with After the screening of Thirst, guests continued to Pusan International Film Festival director celebrate at a reception that included a dance performance Kim Dong-Ho. by the Korean Classical Music and Dance Company. Throughout the weekend, film scholars led Q&A sessions with the audience and the filmmakers. “Dodge College is focused on internationalizing our programs, giving students opportunities to not only experience different cultures by traveling abroad, but also by bringing significant international films and filmmakers here,” Dean Bassett said. “Chapman Pusan West takes this global outreach initiative to another level.” Korean dancers perform at the opening-night reception.

Maybe it was the thousands of donated red roses that adorned the American Celebration party. Or the stage revue’s stellar music and choreography. Perhaps it was the boundless vitality linking 100 student performers with special honoree Mitzi Gaynor. Truth is, it was all this and more that made the 2009 American Celebration the perfect pick-me-up during a year dominated by dour economic news.

Rousing and Rosy ever has a theme — “The Eternal Optimist” —

N seemed a better fit for an elixir of an evening

propelled by the power of youthful artistry. The kicker? The glittering event on Nov. 7 netted $2.2 million to provide scholarship support for Chapman students in need. “Who are you people?” Gaynor asked in jest, drawing laughs from the audience in Memorial Hall and smiles from the performers representing Chapman’s College of Performing Arts as she joined them on stage. Gaynor, recipient of Chapman’s 2009 Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award, then told the student singers and dancers they were good enough to perform on the stage of Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre “right now.”

Vocal soloist Kelly Rogers ’11 (right) and other cast members accept the audience’s applause after performing No Bad News from The Wiz.

Mitzi Gaynor, recipient of Chapman’s Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award, exults with student performers at center stage.

Libby Pankey, a 2009 honoree as Outstanding Corporate Citizen, is surrounded by friends and family at the pre-show reception.

Legendary entertainer Jerry Lewis joins friends and longtime Chapman supporters Marybelle and S. Paul Musco.

Doy Henley, executive vice chairman of Chapman’s Board of Trustees, and wife Dee enjoy the reception on Gala Night.

Board of Trustees Chairman Don Sodaro and wife Deedee are all smiles before joining Libby Pankey in accepting the Outstanding Corporate Citizen Award.

University Trustee Jim Mazzo and wife Kelly, presenters during the American Celebration Gala, attend the reception in the Fish Interfaith Center.

American Celebration Gala Chairs David and Donna Janes share a light moment with student performers on stage in Memorial Hall.

Dancers Janelle Barry ’10 and Chad Van Ramshorst ’10 display their artistry during the show, which lived up to its theme, “The Eternal Optimist.”

“This has been one of the most wonderful evenings of my entire life,” added the star of such classic films as South Pacific and There’s No Business Like Show Business. “I thank you all so much.” There was much to appreciate about Chapman’s 28th annual American Celebration multimedia stage show and black-tie gala. Also honored during the event were Don and Deedee Sodaro and Libby Pankey, longtime friends and Chapman supporters who were selected 2009 Chapman Corporate Citizens of the Year. Meanwhile, visual artist Michael Reafsnyder ’92 was recognized as Alumni Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award winner. Other highlights included Chapman President James L. Doti as one of 25 tap-dancing Santas performing We Need a Little Christmas as well as multitalented student cast members enlivening tunes from Annie, Mame, Hello Dolly, Les Miserables, The Wiz and Momma Mia. It all added up to a memorable event supporting the more than 80 percent of Chapman students who receive financial aid. Over its 28 years, American Celebration has now raised about $17 million for Chapman University scholarships.

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FACULTY NEWS

MAJOR ENDOWMENT NAMES

John C. Eastman has resigned as dean of the Chapman University School of Law to seek the Republican nomination for the post of California attorney general. He will remain a member of the Chapman law school faculty. Chapman criminal law professor Scott Howe, formerly associate dean for academic affairs in the Chapman School of Law, has been appointed interim dean while a national search for a new dean is conducted. Eastman, a noted Constitutional law scholar, joined the Chapman faculty in 1999 and became dean in 2007. During his tenure as dean, the school has seen a significant strengthening in its scholarly output and a steady rise in its national ranking.

Anaida Colon-Muniz, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Educational Studies, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Conference of Puerto Rican Women at the 36th Annual Leadership Convention in Chicago on Nov. 13–15. The organization promotes the equal participation of Latinas in the economic, social and political life of the United States.

Chapman Art Collection

hyllis and Ross Escalette of Newport Beach have given a $2 million gift to Chapman University to endow and name the university’s burgeoning permanent collection of art. The gift

will allow the university to continue acquiring, managing, preserving and displaying major pieces of contemporary art, most by living American artists. Ross Escalette, a longtime member of the Chapman Board of Governors who was recently elected to the Chapman Board of Trustees, and his wife are avid supporters of the arts. “After giving to the Chapman collection for “Art enriches the educational experience, so we are happy to be able to support the collection’s a number of years, we felt that it had achieved continued growth and expansion,” says Ross Escalette, a stature that required more financial support,” who along with wife Phyllis has endowed and said Ross Escalette. “Art enriches the educational named Chapman’s permanent collection of art. experience, so we are happy to be able to support the collection’s continued growth and expansion.” Chapman President James L. Doti said, “The Phyllis and Ross Escalette Permanent Collection of Art will inspire, educate, challenge and enlighten all of us on a daily basis.” The collection includes more than 700 pieces of art and cultural/artistic artifacts. The university regularly utilizes these works for exhibition, classroom and research purposes.

Robert Buranello, Ph.D., Paul & Marybelle Musco Professor in Italian Studies, recently was named a North American jury member of the 2009 Premio Napoli Literary Award through the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles. In its 55th year, the Premio Napoli is a prestigious literary honor based in Naples.

Mark Axelrod, Ph.D., professor of English and director of the John Fowles Center for Creative Writing, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholars Fellowship to teach screenwriting at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. “This is a very special award and opportunity; I’m humbled to receive it.” said Dr. Axelrod, a novelist and screenwriter. His work in Sao Paulo will focus on the fundamentals of storytelling, characters, conflict, dialogue and adaptation.

Sean Heim, Ph.D., associate professor of music, has received one of the most prestigious awards in composition — a 2009 commission award from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University. For the $10,000 commission, he will write a new work for the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet for their 2011 concert season.

Grace Fong, Ph.D., director of keyboard studies in Chapman’s Conservatory of Music, was filmed and recorded in London for a music video for the C Music TV channel by Oscar-nominated film director Mike Figgis. Broadcasting to TV networks in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, C Music seeks to introduce the public to the world’s finest classical, crossover and cinematic music videos.

“We wanted in some way to give back to young people and to support their quest for a fine education,” says Donna Ford Attallah ’61 of her gift creating a teaching academy at Chapman.

$3 MILLION GIFT Creates Teaching Academy

onna Ford Attallah ’61, who taught kindergarten and first grade in Orange County for 40 years, has given a $3 million gift to create a teaching academy at Chapman’s College of Educational Studies. The Donna Ford Attallah Academy for Teaching and Learning will focus on developing future K-12 teachers as well as “studying education in the larger social context – how teaching must adapt to fit the needs of a changing society,” said Don Cardinal, Ph.D., dean of the College of Educational Studies. The academy will exist within the college, Cardinal said, and will include “everything we do in teacher education from now on, from our three master’s programs in special education, elementary education and secondary education, our numerous teaching credential programs, our community literacy program and more.” Some programs will launch this spring semester, but the academy will officially open this fall. A search for an academy director, who will hold the Donna Ford Attallah Professorship (the result of a separate gift from Attallah), may begin this spring. It was as a young teacher in Cypress that Donna met her future husband, Egyptian-born psychologist, poet and scholar Fahmy Attallah, Ph.D. She earlier gave Chapman $1.5 million to create Fahmy Attallah, Ph.D. Piazza, which opened in December 2007.

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'A NIGHT WITH...'

Judas Iscariot

SW history’s important and intriguing figures? With its new hat if you could go back in time and meet some of

Dr. Marvin Meyer will portray Judas Iscariot on April 6 at 7 p.m. in the Wallace All Faiths Chapel.

series “A Night With ...” the Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences offers just such an opportunity. “The idea came from the need to blend intellectual pursuit with entertainment value,” said Patrick Quinn, Ph.D., dean

of Chapman’s Wilkinson College. “This is an attempt to give people an insight into important writers, artists and other historical figures by academics who have spent years researching and really getting to know their subjects and their works.” Faculty members already have portrayed author Joseph Conrad (Richard Ruppel, Ph.D., professor of English) and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Robert Slayton, Ph.D., professor of history). The final presentation in the series — which is free and open to the public — focuses on Judas Iscariot and features Marvin Meyer, Ph.D., director of Chapman’s Schweitzer Institute and Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies, who will step into the sandals of Judas on April 6 at 7 p.m. in the Wallace All Faiths Chapel. Dr. Meyer is planning a multimedia event, incorporating graphic-arts elements as well as music from Jesus Christ Superstar and the songbook of Bob Dylan. Expect an evening that re-examines one of history’s most despised figures. Does Judas Iscariot really deserve to be the historical poster boy for evil and betrayal? Could all that scorn be misdirected? Could Judas actually be a hero? Dr. Meyer isn’t out to provide all the answers and change the minds of audience members. “I have no interest in converting anyone,” he said. “My interest is in promoting critical thinking — to get people to reconsider historical individuals, events and their interpretation. That critical approach is fundamental to what we do and what we are about, and that makes this process exciting.” Who better to face the challenge of rethinking Judas Iscariot? Dr. Meyer played a key role on the international team of scholars that Dr. Richard Ruppel took on the role of Joseph

brought to light one of the most important Conrad in the event that launched Wilkinson College’s “A Night With …” series. documents in the history of biblical archaeology — The Gospel of Judas. His collaboration on a translation of the gospel that became a best-seller and his appearance on a record-setting National Geographic TV special were precursors to talks and participation in symposia all over the globe. Even those without a deep interest in theology and biblical teaching can get caught up in the drama, intrigue and, yes, even humor of this story, Dr. Meyer said. “I hope we will provide something to think about — an opportunity to reflect and consider new possibilities,” he related.

The Fowles Center is hosting its 13th annual Literary Reading Series. The theme this year is devoted to Israeli/Jewish and Arab writers. The free events are held at 7 p.m. in the Doy and Dee Henley Reading Room of the Leatherby Libraries. For more information, visit www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/UpcomingEvents.asp. The upcoming schedule: March 8 March 22

Willis Barnstone (USA), Five A.M. in Beijing, Funny Ways of Staying Alive Micheline Aharonian Marcom (Saudi Arabia), Three Apples Fell From Heaven

April 12

Alex Epstein (Russia), The Dog that Barked About the War, A Story About Nimrodon

April 19

Amir Gutfreund (Israel), The Shoreline Mansions, Our Holocaust, When Heroes Fly

April 26

Elias Khoury (Lebanon), Little Mountain, The Gates of the City, The Kingdom of Strangers

FACULTY NEWS Tibor Machan, Ph.D., R.C. Hoiles Chair in Business Ethics and Free Enterprise at the Argyros School of Business and Economics, gave an invited address to the London, UK, Libertarian Alliance at their annual meeting in October. Dr. Machan also received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Liberty in Theory from the Libertarian Alliance for his extensive scholarship.

Luis Ortiz-Franco, Ph.D., professor of computer science and applied mathematics, was honored with an Apple of Gold award by the Orange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund for excellence in university instruction. “It is especially gratifying to be honored by your own non-academic community for doing what you enjoy: teaching and mentoring students,” he said. Pilar M. Valenzuela, Ph.D., assistant professor of languages, was recently awarded a $90,000 National Science Foundation grant to study two endangered languages from the Peruvian Amazon — Shiwilu and Shawi. Research on Shiwilu is especially urgent, since it is currently spoken by only a few elders.

James Gardner, associate professor and director of television studies, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, has been named a 2009 fellow of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. This prestigious honor is given annually to top television and film professors in the nation. Twenty faculty members are invited to Los Angeles for five days of discussions and presentations with major studios, production companies, networks and their top production and programming people.

Lynne Pierson Doti, Ph.D., the David and Sandra Stone Professor of Economics, is receiving a lot of praise for her recent book American Entrepreneur: The Fascinating Stories of the People Who Defined Business in the United States, co-written with University of Dayton Professor Larry Schweikart. “A history of America told through the lens of our most innovative businessmen, American Entrepreneur is an informative collection of biographies,” wrote The San Francisco Book Review. “Readers will close the book with a better understanding of how American business evolved,” Forbes.com said. And the book blog First Friday Book Synopsis selected it one of the Top 10 business books of 2009.

Liliana Leopardi, Ph.D., assistant professor of art, was among 20 participants accepted by the Medici Archive Project to take part in the first experimental online course in Italian paleography, recently created by this prestigious research institute. The course will examine original archival material such as Medici inventories and Michelangelo’s letters.

Wall panels created by Chapman art students include a national award winner by Anna Timm ’10, depicting falling tears (second from left).

SD to receive a Care Package during the Berlin

r. Karen Gallagher’s mother was the first German

Liberty Plaza, with the wall as a backdrop. Coordinating the program “was one of the most rewarding experiences of my professional life,” Dr. Gallagher said. “People representing every part of the Chapman community contributed their time and perspectives to make this event a success.” Seconding that opinion is Michael Ott of the German consulate in Los Angeles, who attended several events at Chapman and spoke at the closing ceremony. “We couldn’t have found better partners

Airlift in 1948, and she was one of the first post-war German exchange students to arrive in the U.S., where she was greeted by President Truman. As a child, Gallagher herself lived for a time in the shadow of the wall that divided East and West Berlin. “I thought it was normal to have a wall running through your city,” she said. So although she had been a language professor at Chapman for less than three semesters, Dr. Gallagher felt compelled to spearhead Chapman’s bid to host events marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall. Aided by a German Embassy grant, Dr. Gallagher, instruction librarian Doug Dechow, Ph.D., and a host of others at Chapman began planning the commemoration. It would ultimately include a poetry reading, public speaking competition, film screening, academic symposium, design competition involving Chapman art students and a closing ceremony at

“We must speak our stories. We must cross the boundaries that separate us. We must commemorate our shared past as global citizens.” KAREN GALLAGHER, PH.D.

and left Chapman with the feeling of having been with friends,” he said. “We hope that your students as well as the university gained as much as we did.” Dozens of compelling stories and images emerged from the Freedom Without Walls events. Among them:

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Alumni Teresa Hochmuth ’09 and Michael Ballaschk ’09 grew up in Germany and voice vivid memories of a divided nation. Hochmuth recalls being told to be wary of land mines during school outings to the East-West border.

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Anna Wlodarczyk, coach of track and cross country at Chapman, is a former Olympian from Poland whose stories of competing for an Eastern Bloc nation illuminate the political pressures on athletes of the time.

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Chapman student Lorenzo Gonzalez ’10 participated in the Freedom Without Walls public speaking competition, relating his own experiences as the son of immigrants who for years felt walled off from loved ones in Mexico. Stefan Kapelac ’11 and Nik Peter ’13 have parents who emigrated from Yugoslavia and Hungary, respectively, but stories of their previous lives were largely untold. The Freedom Without Walls events inspired the students to coax out their parents’ tales, allowing them to learn more about their own heritage.

were safely back in the arms of their refugee parents, “there wasn’t a dry eye in sight,” he related. “Every time I hear a child cry, I think of that day and where those children might be today.” Reflecting on Freedom Without Walls weeks after the events had ended, Dr. Gallagher said she hopes attendees will continue to share their stories, casting light “on the greater issue of freedom and the walls that continue to exist.” “The German Embassy’s main mission was to educate those born around the time the Wall fell, and I think we accomplished that,” she said. “But I think we went beyond that as well, because it reminded all of us of the trauma the Cold War brought to citizens on both sides of the Wall.”

AW A R D W I N NERS

Two Chapman students earned national honors in Freedo m Without Wal ls competitions. La uraJean Berger ’10 took second place fo r her speech pu tting the Berlin Wall in historical pe rspective. She earned a tr ip to Washingto n, D.C. as a VIP guest of the German Em bassy. In the art compe tition, Anna Tim m ’10 captured fourth place nationally for her wall panel depi cting falling tear s.

PHOTO BY JULIA NEBLICH OF THE GERMAN CONSULATE

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During the closing ceremony, Chapman Trustee David Henley shared a cloak-and-dagger story from 1961, when the wall first went up and he worked as a journalist stationed in Berlin. Because Henley had a press credential, friends enlisted him to help sneak two children across the border. He recalls “shaking like a leaf” as the 10- and 12-year-olds hunkered under blankets and boxes on the car floor while East German police checked his papers at Checkpoint Charlie. But once the youngsters

Participants in the closing ceremony for Freedom Without Walls included (from left) program coordinator Karen Gallagher, Chapman President James L. Doti, German Consul Michael Ott, Chapman student Josefine Borrmann, Chapman Trustee David Henley and Guy Fox, president and CEO of Guy Fox & Associates, the company that transported Chapman’s segment of the wall from Berlin to Orange.