The 2022 spring abroad session is in full swing and attending students are immersing themselves in PE classes unique to their program. If not in PE, students are hiking, attending games and even horseback riding.
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Pepperdine Alters Florence Summer Program Due to COVID Regulations
Pepperdine altered the summer 2022 Florence program due to new COVID-19 regulations in Italy. Participants of the program will no longer study abroad for eight weeks, but instead will be in Florence for four weeks.
Art Department Creates Ways to Connect with and View Art
Art is a subject deeply personal to both the viewer and the creator. To keep this deep connection, Pepperdine’s Art Department is thinking outside the box in terms of events and exhibitions.
IP Director Update: Elizabeth Whatley Misses Students A Lot in Florence
Florence IP Director Elizabeth Whatley shares her experience— sending students home early for the first time in 22 years and how she’s stayed connected to Pepperdine remotely during COVID-19.
International Programs Moves Forward with Changes
After Pepperdine shut down its study abroad offerings for fall 2020, many students had to change their plans. The directors of each international program, however, are doing the same.
Early Return — IP Students Make the Rough Transition Home
Students from Pepperdine’s seven International Programs share their stories about returning home and transitioning back after being affected by COVID-19 abroad.
Early Return: Florence
Florence students share their reaction to going home, watching the virus spread globally and what it felt like to be the first abroad program to go remote.
Florence’s Suspension Leads to a Late Night in the Graphic Newsroom
On Wednesday, as the Graphic newsroom prepared to put together the pages for the Thursday paper, news broke that the Florence program was suspended for the remainder of the spring semester.
Graphic Print Edition: Feb. 27, 2020
‘I’m Not Ready to Go Home’: Students Forced to Say Goodbye to Florence
As the coronavirus hits 44 countries, students in the Florence international program must return home.
