Chapman's Service Projects

This school year marks an important milestone for the Chapman community. During 2011 Chapman University will celebrate our 150th anniversary in education. In honor of this memorable moment in Chapman’s long history we have embarked on a campus-wide initiative to dedicate 150,000 hours of service to our communities. Chapman students, staff, faculty, alumni, and families have already logged almost 40,000 hours since the “Give a Little Bit” campaign started! Here in admissions, we realize that our community extends far beyond the streets of Orange, and we have planned out some exciting events to give back to those neighborhoods that have welcomed us during our regional travels.

October 16th marks our first day of service during which we will be paying a visit to the NELA’s Seattle Center for Student Success. NELA stands for the Northwest Education Loan Association, and their Centers for Students Success are dedicated to providing assistance for students who are exploring their college and career opportunities. Our admission counselors have volunteered to assist students with their scholarship application essays in a one-on-one environment to give them the best chances at financing their education.

From Road Warriors

Our next stop takes us to Portland Oregon where we will be stopping by Alternative Pathways, a local program for high school students in the Multnomah Education Service District. Specifically, AP is designed to help alternative high school students who are economically disadvantaged homes or are the first in their family to attend college. On October 18th we will be working with students in the program to help them with application essays and scholarship applications in another workshop format.

The last leg of our journey takes us to the San Francisco Bay area where we will be holding yet another scholarship and application essay workshop for high school students on October 20th. This time we’ve teamed up with First Graduate, a San Francisco-based organization dedicated to helping students finish high school and be the first in their families to graduate from college. The following Saturday, October 23rd, we will be spending the day with kids from the ROCK program hosting a volleyball tournament. ROCK stands for Real Options for City Kids and is an organization dedicated to providing opportunities that aide in the healthy development of children that live in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley. My colleagues and I are extremely excited about these events and are looking forward to discovering even more ways to give back to the communities that have given us so much!


Nicky Wilks
Admission Counselor