Pepperdine students express mixed feelings on the importance of course evaluations, but faculty say their feedback is crucial. The University considers evaluations when professors are up for tenure review or promotions, but aside from their technical value, many professors use student feedback to shape their syllabus and classroom experience.
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Are All Opinions Equal? Students, Faculty Weigh the Costs of Sharing Their Beliefs
Freedom Wall, Twitter, Yik Yak, classrooms, students and faculty — a deep dive in to the culture and history of opinions at Pepperdine.
YECA Members Take on the Climate Crisis, Advocate for More Action at Pepp
Pepperdine’s five Young Evangelicals for Climate Action fellowship members advocate for change and preservation of God’s creation through individual projects based around sustainability. Each student — all women — work with the University’s administration and other students on a faith-based mission to create a healthier planet.
Students and Faculty React to Cancellation of New Zealand Program
Pepperdine’s Sustainability program faced successes and challenges with the opening and subsequent closure of the New Zealand Sustainability International Program. Students and faculty are hard at work to find spaces for sustainability in their four-year plan and new ways to travel abroad.
Could Beef Be Good For People and The Planet? Regenerative, Grass-Fed Beef May Offer A Solution To Our Health, Climate Crisis
Industrialized meat production in the United States has led to a multitude of health and environmental effects ranging from heart disease to increased greenhouse gas emissions. The alternative, fake meat such as Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, may not be much better.
Regenerative Agriculture: Rethinking Beef for People & The Planet
A solutions journalism investigation into the beef industry.
Visualizer: What Makes you Feel Close to God?
Pepperdine community members share when they feel closest to God.
Pepperdine Hunts for a New Provost
Provost Rick Marrs will be finishing his time as provost on July 31, 2021, and Pepperdine administrators look to fill the hole he leaves behind. Six candidates announced as finalists interacted with faculty in town halls hosted via Zoom on March 24-31.
Dimmer Lights, Better Sky: Pepperdine Continues Role in Dark Sky Project
Six years into the Malibu Dark Sky project, Pepperdine replaced a third of the ecologically harmful globe lights on campus with outdoor lighting that reflects the ordinance set by the City of Malibu. Once completed, the University will have significantly decreased its sky glow.
More Than a Relationship: How Love and Trust in Relationships Shape the Self
Eleven individuals share their experiences and thoughts on being in committed relationships. Among each of them, the importance of love, trust and sense of self holds true.