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Runner-up American Idol Season 7 contestant Archuleta will be singing and speaking at the baccalaureate service May 20 in the Musco Center for the Arts at 4 p.m as a part of the spiritual ceremony for graduating seniors.“We are hearing a lot of excitement,” said Gail Stearns, dean of the Wallace All Faiths Chapel. “People want to come and tickets are going really fast so people seem really excited about having him.”
A baccalaureate is an inspirational and a traditionally religious service for graduates. As Chapman is an interfaith campus, the service will be about the students following their own journeys, whether they’re religious or not, Stearns said.
Archuleta was chosen because of his connection to Mormonism and passion for the Latter Day Saints, Stearns said. Although Archuleta will be singing some of his music, he is being paid a fraction of the cost of a regular concert, Stearns said.
“What we do is we look for people that are really motivated by either their faith or spiritual traditions or in some way can talk about what it means to do their art as a form of service,” Stearns said.
The Fish Interfaith Center Advisory Council, which is made up of students, faculty and members of the Orange County community that are involved in interfaith work, select the speakers each year, Stearns said.Valarie Kaur, a member of the Sikh religion and an inspirational social justice speaker, will join Archuleta onstage, Stearns said.
“I think what I’m really excited about is we have these two people, David Archuleta and Valarie Kaur, both of whom are both really inspirational people because they come from a very deep place within themselves and consider their work really a service,” Stearns said.
Rachael Cohen, president of Chapman Hillel and a past member of the advisory council, is volunteering her time to help out with the event.
“I think people are surprised by it because David Archuleta sort of flew under the radar for a couple of years, but I think people are generally excited about him coming for baccalaureate,” the junior strategic and corporate communication major said. “I am excited to actually see what baccalaureate is. I’ve been hearing about it for three years and I’ve never actually seen what it is.”
The event is co-sponsored by the Argyros School of Business and Economics, the College of Educational Studies, the Huntington Lectureship in the Department of Religious Studies, the Newman Catholic Fellowship and the Student Government Association.
Krista Hengesh, a senior public relations and advertising major, said she is not able to attend the event as she has her graduation party.
“Honestly, I’m really disappointed I can’t go,” Hengesh said. “I think it would be awesome to hear him speak and sing.”
Stearns said she thinks the event will be meaningful.
“I think it also really demonstrates Chapman’s commitment to interfaith and two different viewpoints, so that’s one of the things we really want to showcase and just really give the graduates a very meaningful send off,” she said.
The Voice David Archuleta 
djafan said
Hello all! It’s today! Will see how this all works out!
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tawna21 said
Good luck Dja!! It will be so good to hear your report. Hopefully there will be a way to record it – or something to preserve it! This write-up they’ve done regarding David is so beautiful. They’ve described him to a ‘T’.
I’m putting you in charge of holding yourself together, and remembering what is said and done, so you can relay it to us. THEN… you can come un-glued and get all fan-girly!! 🙂 D 😀
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bluesky4home said
Life and its vagaries!!
Quiz: What is the one thing DA NEVER thought he would be?
Answer: A public speaker in demand. ^_^
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bluesky4home said
Deafen!! Was that you? I thought the “I am going” was from the writer of the article. *_*
Wow!! Talk about opportunity! You. Are. The. Girl. !!!
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bluesky4home said
“Deafen” : what you get when you are spelling Djafan and the computer keeps auto correcting.
OR
“Deafen” : what happens when you can’t hear any music but DA’s. (so…. my ears like it the way it is ^_^)
Take your pick! ^_^
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tawna21 said
Dja — my heart is pounding for you and my palms are sweaty — I’ve got that taken care of for you, so you can relax and enjoy the speaker and his music!
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jans11 said
Thanks for the post Dja, you lucky dog! I know you will get something for us…we can always depend on you. Have fun!!
Bluesky…”deafen, so funny! I prefer the 2nd meaning! 🙂
That is a beautiful theater that will have beautiful music to match!
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djafan said
I’m home!
It was great! Sorry no video, it wasn’t the place for it. I was pretty close by the graduates. He sounded great!
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Abrra said
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFqCukskDJf/?taken-by=amandeelee
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fenfan said
He was in fine voice!
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fenfan said
That pullover is really too big for him. I think he looked better in the outfit he wore at rehearsal
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fenfan said
And his hair looks like a comb-over.
Okay, I’ll stop now before I get stoned. LOL
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djafan said
haha fenfan. I saw that sweater in person and actually not to shabby lol As for the hair it did get kind of plastered, he was sweating I mean glistening 🙂
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djafan said
Getting ready to change thread. I did a little recap 🙂
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