Connecting with God: Growing with Centering Prayer 

Wednesdays 12 to 1 PT on Zoom

People of faith are taught that they should talk to God. But what about listening for God? Rev. Nancy Brink will be teaching centering prayer, a meditation practice that is particularly relevant today. Each week will include a very brief teaching, a group practice of centering prayer, and then time for sharing, questions, and community building.
Join the Meeting Here

Please watch this brief intro to Centering Prayer before joining your first session!

 

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION WITH SOUND HEALING

Free Mindfulness Meditations available below, led by Dr. Gail Stearns, Dean of the Wallace All Faiths Chapel and Mindfulness Teacher;
Sound by Jody Theissen, Sound Alchemist and Yoga Instructor

Additional meditations by Gail Stearns along with the Mindfulness Meditation with Sound Healing are available on Chapman's own ITunes U app. Download it, try it, and feel calm!

 Intro To Mindfulness

Body Mindfulness

Emotions Mindfulness

Thoughts Mindfulness

For a guided virtual session for your group, department, or staff on tools to stay calm, centered, and connected, or for mindfulness, contact us:

Dr. Jay Kumar, Director of Contemplative Practices & Wellbeing, at kumar@chapman.edu

Dr. Gail Stearns, Dean, Wallace All Faiths Chapel, stearns@chapman.edu

Connect with Fish Interfaith Chaplains to chat about any concerns you have. We are here to listen and offer support in a safe, judgement and guilt free space.

Visit the Chat with a Chaplain Booking Page to sign up.

For more information, please contact interfaith@chapman.edu
Connect with Fish Interfaith Chaplains just to chat about any concerns you have!

For more information or to book a time with a Chaplain outside of the ones listed, please contact us at interfaith@chapman.edu

Open to Chapman Students, Staff and Faculty

Wellness Wednesday 

Wednesdays 12 - 1 p.m. PT (starting September 1)
Peterson Conference Room

Wellness Wednesdays are a way to take a break from your week and recharge until Shabbat. We encourage you to stop by between classes to hang out and connect with your community. 

Shabbat Schmooze

Fridays 5:30 p.m. PT (starting September 10)
Wilkinson Founders Chapel

Welcome in Shabbat together as we reflect on the past week and look towards refreshing our souls for the coming week. 

Jumu'ah Prayers

Every Friday at 12:30 p.m. 
Wilkinson Founders Chapel, Fish Interfaith Center

Jumu'ah prayer is a special prayer that Muslims pray every Friday. it consists of a sermon followed by a prayer. It is held in the Wilkinson Founders Chapel at 12:30 p.m. and usually concludes around 2:00 p.m.. All are welcome. 

Open to Chapman Students
For questions or more information email Shaykh Jibreel at jspeight@chapman.edu 

 

 

For regular emails or support from a Chaplain, contact Shaykh Jibreel Speight, jspeight@chapman.edu

Catholic Mass

Wednesdays at noon (starting Fall 2021)
Wallace All Faiths Chapel
Open to Chapman Students, Staff and Faculty

Email ecimino@chapman.edu for any questions

For Chaplain support, contact Fr. Rafael Luevano, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, contact luevano@chapman.edu

Latter-day Luncheon

Thursdays at noon
Peterson Conference Room, Fish Interfaith Center

Led by Dr. Jacob Rennaker, John A. Widtsoe Fellow.  Each week, folks from the Latter-day Saint community (and anyone else who's interested) get together for an informal discussion about an online article, video, or something else that makes us think about what it means to be both spiritual and religious in this wild new world we find ourselves in. 

Open to Chapman Students
For questions email Dr. Jacob Rennaker at rennaker@chapman.edu 

Dean of Students  

(714) 997-6721, dos@chapman.edu 

Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm  

• We are continuing to provide student support and advocacy virtually or via phone call. 
• Concerned about a student? For any questions on reporting, you may contact the Dean of Students office.
• For emergencies, please call 911 or the Department of Public Safety (DPS) at (714) 997-6763. 
• If a student needs assistance currently with access to a laptop; any personal, financial, academic, or medical challenges; and/or with access to basic needs that interfere with their academic experience, please contact us.

Student Psychological Services Center (SPCS) 

(714) 997-6778 (24/7 crisis and consultation line),  spcs@chapman.edu 

Monday-Friday, 10 am - 4 pm Phone Calls to Main Office  

For emergencies, please call 911 or the Department of Public Safety (DPS) at (714) 997-6763. 

• Therapists will continue to work with those students that were already receiving services with SPCS via tele-medicine and will offer consultations via tele-medicine with new students.  You may call SPCS call for an appointment. SPCS will also be providing crisis management strategies for people. 
• LGBTQIA+ Students Text “Start” to 678678
• Students of Color Text “Steve” to 741741
• Orange County WarmLine call or text (714) 997-6412
• Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800) 273-8255
• Trevor Lifeline (866) 488-7386

Student Health Services 

(714) 997-6851 

Monday-Friday, 10 am – 4 pm  

For emergencies, please call 911 or the Department of Public Safety (DPS) at (714) 997-6763. 

• Health care services include: first aid (cuts, abrasions, and burns), acute illness (fever, sore throat, sudden pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, doctor's hours (physician and gyn nurse practitioner visits available by appt), health maintenance (immunizations, TB skin testing and tetanus boosters), Health screening (pregnancy, PAP, STD's, blood pressure, & diabetes screening)
• As of now, Student Health Services continue operating as usual.

Please call if you have any questions. 

Disability Services 

(714) 516-4520, ds@chapman.edu  

Monday-Friday, 10 am - 4pm  

• Disability Services is legally mandated to continue providing accommodations for students with disabilities in the virtual environment. 
• We are providing intake appointments/accommodation advising appointments virtually (via Zoom or Microsoft Teams) or via phone; we are not providing in person intake appointments, accommodation advising appointments, or testing reservations in the Testing Center while the campus is in closure.

Residence Life & First Year Experience 

(714) 997-6603, reslife@chapman.edu  

• All dining services and restaurants on campus will closed effectively from March 17^thuntil the remainder of the semester. Students using dining services will receive pre-packaged meals. 
• The Randall Dining Commons will be open for food pick up during the following hours:
  • Breakfast from 7:30?a.m.?to 9:30 a.m.? 
  • Lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.? 
  • Dinner from 5:00?p.m.?to 7:00 p.m.
• If students pack up their room and check out, they will be refunded prorated room and board charges. If students leave their belongings and plan to return, they will be refunded prorated board (resident meal plans) charges, as applicable, but not room. 
• For more information, please review the RLFYE COVID-19 FAQ's)

Morlan Food Pantry- The pantry will continue to be stocked and accessible to students during this time (until further notice). Students who need access to the pantry can fill out this form. 

***Currently, grocery stores have a limited amount of inventory on many of the items we previously had available in the pantry. We want to remind students that they should be mindful to only take food intended to last for one week at a time.  

Fish Interfaith Center 

(714) 628-7260 (further contact info on website) 

• In our collective commitment to provide you with support and guidance during these challenging and uncertain times, the Fish Interfaith Center will be offering a weekly online meditation class—led by Dean Gail Stearns and staff—for the entire Chapman community every Tues., 12-12:45pm PT. The first one starts Mar. 24th. 
• The Fish Interfaith Center is launching an online resource platform "Chapman Hope" to provide calm, care, and compassion to our Chapman community. Learn more
• In the meantime, please enjoy our most recent blog on "Tips for Calmness & Compassion in Times of Crisis" 

Fitness and Recreation 

(714) 997-6761  

(follow @LifeatCU on Instagram!) 

• Chapman’s two fitness centers may be closed, but you can still find creative ways to stay healthy and fit! Regular exercise along with a healthy diet, drinking water, and sleep are proven to build a strong immune system. 
• Chapman Fitness & Recreation will continue to update the Rec Portal with more information each week. In the meantime, check out the Rec Portal to find on-demand workout Apps, fitness tips and online videos.
• We strongly encourage our students to continue taking care of themselves and hope you will use At Home Workout Resources as a great temporary option. Go to Rec Portal here. 

Virtual Activities and Programming:

Break a sweat!

Want high quality on-demand fitness classes streamed to your phone? Looking for ideas for beginner workouts you can do with limited equipment? Check out Rec Portal “At Home Workout Resources” today! Fitness & Recreation will continue updating new information weekly. Go to Rec Portal today (https://recportal.chapman.edu)!

Cross-Cultural Center Virtual Stop-in Hour

Keep the conversations going and stay connected with the Cross-Cultural Center team in a casual, online setting via Google Hang Out starting:

• Monday March 23^rd 12pm-1pm PST,
• Tuesday, March 24^th 1pm -2pm (PST)
• Wednesday, March 25th 2pm-3pm (PST)
• Thursday March 26th, 3pm-4pm (PST)
• Friday, March 27^th 12pm-1pm (PST)

 

Keep Civically Engaged

Stay updated on the election and voter registration deadlines via Instagram and TikTok. The Civic Engagement team will stream virtual tabling on Wednesday, March 25^th at 10am PST, March 26^th 4pm PST and March 27^th 10am PST

Global Citizens Wall is being made available to you virtually. Leave your thoughts on the Engage discussion section or on @lifeatcu’s Instagram story. Last week’s responses are posted on Engage.

Together, in the Union

Global Citizen and the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched a virtual concert series to promote unity amid the COVID-19 pandemic’s social distancing protocols called Together, at Home. View concerts here: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/

Netflix Party

Every Thursday Nights the Student Union will host a digital movie night via Netflix Party Follow us on @lifeatcu for the movie of the week

Other ideas and resources?

Museum from Home

https://blogs.chapman.edu/collections/2020/03/17/museum-from-home/

Financial Aid: 

For the Undergraduate Financial aid office: 

• The best form of communication is currently email, finaid@chapman.edu.  We should be able to receive phone calls starting next week at our main office line of (714) 997-6741.
• If a student is a graduating senior, check out our Graduating Seniors webpage for detailed financial aid information.  Students can also email finaid@chapman.edu with any loan questions. 
• If a student needs to submit documents to our office, the documents can be mailed, emailed or faxed.  We will still be processing mail.

Interfaith Council 

Starting Friday, September 3rd, 2021

Join us Fridays at 11am PST. 

Join us as we engage in interfaith dialogue, interview guests from different faith traditions and learn about each other's faith traditions and worldviews!

Open to students, faculty and staff

Email interfaith@chapman.edu for more information.