Town & Gown
TALK President’s Message This year we plan to highlight - and celebrate Chapman students, particularly at Town & Gown’s - Lunch at the Forum. After all, if there were no students there would be no need for this extraordinary University. At each of the luncheons, you will meet one of the three recipients of our 2014-15 scholarship awards. You will be proud to know that these three women scholars have focused individually on Peace Studies, Psychology and Religious Studies, and that each aspires to make the world a better place. Thank goodness they are an important part of our future! Please do not forget that our T&G Scholarships help some of the nearly 80% of Chapman’s high caliber students who count on scholarships to secure their educational goals. As I visit the campus I sense a palpable excitement for T&G as we look forward to yet another spectacular season of Lunch at the Forum. Our luncheons provide unique opportunities to greet old friends and meet new ones, to hear from students who are young and full of hope for their own lives – and that of this world – and to stimulate the intellectual side of our brains! We so appreciate all of your support,
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Lunch at the Forum 21st Season opens on Oct. 2nd with World War I: Triumph or Tragedy? On Nov. 6th we will be learning what Your Advocate, the Pharmacist, can do for you. Whether you want to learn something about the past or something about the future, you will not want to miss the 2014-2015 Lunch at the Forum Season. This year’s programs will leave you wondering whether World War I was a triumph or a tragedy and questioning whether your pharmacist will do more than just fill your medication containers. In the second half of our series you will be examining how the new improvisational theatre tools will apply to your work and life and you will also learn about excavations in Ancient Israel which will perhaps change your understanding of daily life in biblical times. The year 2014 marks the 100th Anniversary of the beginning of World War I. At the October 2nd Lunch at the Forum, Dr. Jennifer Keene, Professor and Chair of the History Department, will take us on a look-back at World War I. What would our grandfathers and great-grandfathers want us to know or remember about this War? Was World War I a triumph or a tragedy? Dr. Keene’s presentation will focus on how ordinary men and women of different nationalities, races and ethnicities experienced the Great War which meant separation, combat, and loss for millions around the globe. Yet for others, the War proved a positive experience—giving rise to colonial independence movements, possibilities for adventure, and victory. At the November 6th Lunch at the Forum, Chapman’s new School of Pharmacy Assistant Dean, Dr. Nancy Alvarez, will be our featured guest speaker. Dr. Alvarez firmly believes that in today’s world, pharmacists are uniquely positioned to be part of the solution in the delivery of direct care patient services. Dr. Alvarez will share commonly held consumer perceptions of the role of pharmacists, efforts in California to leverage the knowledge and skills of pharmacists, and suggestions for the audience to optimize care delivered by their own pharmacist. Chapman University will open its new School of Pharmacy at the Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus in Irvine. Dr. Alvarez will describe Chapman’s role in improving health and wellness through its developing School of Pharmacy. Linda Ruth 1st VP, Programs
Penni McRoberts President
Series will NOT be held in Argyros, as in the past. The series will be in Beckman Hall, Rm. #404. For ticket information, please call Nicole Shay, 714.628.2874 or visit the Town & Gown website www.chapman.edu/tg.