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Department of Art Moving to Wilkinson
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he Department of Art is moving to the Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences — “a natural fit,” said Wilkinson Dean Patrick Quinn. “There’s a leap of faith you have to make,” Dean Quinn said after the Faculty Senate voted unanimously in April to move art from the College of Performing Arts (CoPA) to Wilkinson, effective June 1. “As far as I can see, art belongs in Wilkinson.” Ever since CoPA was launched in 2007, the fit of art with the college’s other programs — Department of Theatre, Department of Dance and Conservatory of Music — was a subject of debate. Many thought art had a more historical and appropriate connection with the humanities. Now that connection is reflected by its incorporation into Wilkinson College. As the Graphic Arts program transfers to Wilkinson, the BFA Studio Art program will be suspended for a year. However, classes in painting, drawing and sculpting will still be available for those pursuing a BA in art. In addition, the Photography program will move to the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. Chapman Chancellor Daniele Struppa said the current budget of the Department of Art will transfer intact to Wilkinson. Individual faculty members may change, but the size of the faculty will remain the same, he added. Some other specifics of the plan to transfer programs, faculty and other resources still remain to be worked out, but Dean Quinn expects a smooth transition. Seniors earning degrees in spring 2010 from the Department of Art were set to graduate as planned from CoPA.
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Attending the unveiling of the George P. Shultz bust at Chapman are, from left, Ginny and Peter Ueberroth, Charlotte and George Shultz and Donald and Brigitte Bren.
Bust Honors George Shultz
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bust of George P. Shultz was unveiled April 14 at Chapman, where the former secretary of state also heard students deliver papers about his career as a statesman during a special panel discussion. The bust of Shultz was installed on the promenade near the Ambassador George L. Argyros ’59 Global Citizens Plaza, about 20 yards from that of Ronald Reagan, the president Shultz served. The bust was created in honor of the Donald Bren Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics, which is held by Chapman President James L. Doti. Bren and his wife, Brigitte, attended the unveiling and ceremony honoring Shultz, as did Ginny and Peter Ueberroth, the benefactors of the bust. Shultz, 90, served Presidents Reagan and Richard Nixon in three different cabinet posts during his distinguished career. In addition, he was a professor of economics at MIT and the University of Chicago, and currently is a distinguished fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank. In 1989, he was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor. “As current and future generations of our students stroll through this promenade and read on the pedestal of George Shultz’s bust the words he wrote on the final page of his monumental book Turmoil and Triumph, I hope they will begin to understand not only what led to the free world’s victory in the Cold War but what will lead to the preservation and advancement of freedom in the future,” President Doti said at the ceremony. The words: “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and a willingness to act in its defense.” Charlotte Shultz plants a kiss on the bust of her husband as the former secretary of state looks on.