Building Character:

103 - May / Jun 21

Collette Creppell
Vice President of Campus Planning & Design
Collette Creppell As often happens with successful professionals, a thread tends to run through their lives tying all the pieces together. In Collette Creppell’s case, that thread is creating a sense of place within communities.... Read More →

102 - Mar / Apr 21

Thomas Piechota, PhD
Vice President for Research and Professor in Schmid College of Science and Technology
Thomas Piechota, PhD Water and its accessibility are topics of great interest—especially in the western United States.  For that reason, the work of researchers like Tom Piechota is valuable.  Over Piechota’s career, which began in... Read More →

101 - Jan / Feb 21

Stephen Galloway
Dean of Dodge College of Film & Media Arts
Stephen Galloway Stephen Galloway’s love of film started at an early age when he was swept up and carried away watching movies as a child in London theaters.  The first picture he remembers seeing was... Read More →

100 - Nov / Dec 20

Lawrence (LB) Brown, PharmD, PhD
Vice Provost for Academic Administration
Lawrence (LB) Brown, PharmD, PhD When Chapman University’s Vice Provost for Academic Administration, Lawrence (LB) Brown, left the School of Pharmacy to take the administrative position in June 2019, he was somewhat apprehensive about the... Read More →

99 - Aug / Sep 20

Peter Simi, PhD
Associate Professor, Wilkinson College, Department of Sociology
Ask many accomplished individuals at what point they had an epiphany pointing toward life purpose, and they will often describe those moments of clarity in great detail. In some cases, those turning points occur at... Read More →

98 - Mar / Apr 20

Nancy Brink, M.Div.
Director of Church Relations
Nancy Brink, M.Div. The many students and parishioners who have benefited from Rev. Nancy Brink’s counsel over the years can thank a failed acting tryout. Intent on being a Broadway actress, at the beginning of... Read More →

97 - Jan / Feb 20

Amir Raz, PhD
Director, Institute for Interdisiplinary Brain & Behavioral Sciences
Amir Raz, PhD Multi-talented people often experience a conundrum. With a wide variety of skills and interests, they may find it difficult to narrow down their choices in professions. While in middle school in his... Read More →

96 - Nov / Dec 19

Carol Jue
Women’s Head Basketball Coach
Coach Carol Jue When coworkers heard Andrea Villanueva speaking about the coaching she receives from Carol Jue, Chapman University’s Women’s Head Basketball Coach, they asked if Jue was her life coach. “I laughed so hard,... Read More →

95 - Sep / Oct 19

Matt Parlow
Dean of Fowler School of Law
Matt Parlow As a kid growing up in Los Angeles, Matt Parlow considered being a teacher or going into law. Chapman University’s Dean of Fowler School of Law and Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Law... Read More →

94 - Jul / Aug 19

Helen Norris
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Helen Norris In the mid-1970s as a high school student in her native Ireland, Helen Norris had an experience that shaped her worldview and directed her future career. A nun discouraged Chapman University’s Vice President... Read More →