Photos Courtesy of Claire Fagin Jason Garofolo, filmmaker and Pepperdine senior, understands hard work from his past as an aspiring Olympian. Garofolo, who will be graduating this spring, just completed production for his directorial debut, “The Road is All.” He describes it as an art-house adventure film, which follows the story of three friends and […]
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Making Waves: Grace Kruse
Photo courtesy of Grace Kruse Junior Grace Kruse, founder of Pepperdine’s first Digital Arts Club, said she wants to provide a creative space for inter-disciplinary collaboration between students from all majors. “By mixing art with media production, engineering, computer science, etc., there’s an endless possibility of the creative products that can be made,” she said. […]
Making Waves: Christian Treon
Photos Courtesy of Christian Treon Senior Christian Treon’s passion for music uncovered Pepperdine’s need for a space on campus where artists and art lovers can gather to share their talents and meet others with similar interests. Treon has worked for Pepperdine’s Radio Station since his sophomore year. He’s moved his way up from a DJ […]
Making Waves: Tara Jenkins
Photos courtesy of Tara Jenkins Senior Tara Jenkins is putting her Theatre and Media Production major into action by taking on her own documentary project about Pepperdine students’ different experiences and how their identities tie into their school life. “I am filming a documentary about identity at Pepperdine,” Jenkins said. “It explores how people separate […]
Making Waves: Amelia Hemsley
Photos Courtesy of Amelia Hemsley Junior Amelia Hemsley found her calling to serve and connect people with non-profit organizations during her time in Jinja, Uganda. She started the East Africa Connection Club after spending four weeks there. Now partnered with 10 organizations, EACC is making waves on campus. “EACC is a program that connects those […]
Making Waves: Kelsey Anderson
Photo by Kelsey Anderson Kelsey Anderson is a Pepperdine senior with a natural instinct to help others. She is a mentor for incoming transfer students every semester at Pepperdine and continues to help others through devoted service to her church. Anderson said she fulfilled her passion to help others through their teenage transitions of life […]
Making Waves: Pearce Quesenberry
Photos Courtesy of Pearce Quesenberry Every day 46 kids are diagnosed with cancer and seven lose their lives from it according to Kids Beating Cancer Foundation. Meet junior Pearce Quesenberry — the student behind Pearce Q. Foundation, which is dedicated to helping families and children who are affected by cancer. Diagnosed with medulloblastoma — a […]
Making Waves: Jacob Wolfe
Photo courtesy of Jacob Wolfe Junior Jacob Wolfe founded Pepperdine’s first poetry club — Poetry Society —during his freshman year. “Growing up, I’ve always felt misunderstood, and writing was an outlet for me to express myself,” Wolfe said. “I fell in love with poetry when I was in 11th grade. Although my writings looked nothing […]