Chapman University President Matt Parlow said his first month on the job has been “everything I could hope for and more,” as the private university in the heart of Orange marked his formal investiture Friday, Oct. 10.

The ceremony, held at Chapman’s Musco Center for the Arts, drew two former university presidents, dozens of delegates from sister institutions, and a packed crowd of faculty, students, alumni and community leaders.

Under former presidents Jim Doti and Daniele Struppa , “the university has grown in reputation, impact and scope,” Chapman Board of Trustees Chair James Burra told the audience. “And now, Matt, the torch is passing to you.”

Parlow took over the presidency on Sept. 2 after Struppa stepped down to return to the faculty. He used his inaugural address to delive

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