"Happy New Year" is not a rallying cry that is typically heard at New Student Orientation, but it should be. While these words may make orientation leaders seem seasonally challenged, they promote a beneficial attitude toward the return of school. All Pepperdine students should approach the start of the school year in the same way that they would Jan. 1. They should take … [Read more...] about Start the School Year Intentionally
New Student Orientation
Upperclassmen Welcome New Students with Words of Advice
Photos by Haidyn HarveyDuring this year's New Student Orientation week, a new wave of students hit campus, ready to call Pepperdine home. NSO is a time for meeting new friends, frosh folly-ing and hoarding free T-shirts. During the excitement, upperclassmen offer advice for incoming students.Junior Audrey Whiting reminds incoming students to take their time when getting … [Read more...] about Upperclassmen Welcome New Students with Words of Advice
NSO Helps Build Community
Most Pepperdine students can remember arriving on campus for orientation: being surrounded by cheering students in orange, receiving a welcome from the President of the university, gathering as a resident hall to meet the Residential Advisors and Spiritual Life Advisors and many other exciting activities. Undoubtedly, a new Wave’s first time on campus is filled with many … [Read more...] about NSO Helps Build Community
Show RAs and SLAs Some Appreciation
Art by Caitlin Roark In the excitement of New Student Orientation every August, over a hundred returning students give up a part of their summer to help welcome new first-year and transfer students. Throughout the week, new students become connected with their halls, meet a countless number of people, and become Waves — all through the help of the returning students … [Read more...] about Show RAs and SLAs Some Appreciation
Seaside Residence Hall Scheduled for Late-August Opening
Photo Courtesy of Pepperdine UniversityThe newest addition to Pepperdine’s facilities, Seaside Residence Hall, is on schedule for completion just prior to the start of the fall 2018 semester. Director of Housing Operations Robin Gore said until a few days leading up to New Student Orientation on August 20, 2018, no student will be allowed to occupy their Seaside dorm. … [Read more...] about Seaside Residence Hall Scheduled for Late-August Opening