Stauffer Chapel on Malibu campus hosts many convocation events over the years. The Convocation Office and the Convocation program faced changes in the coming months. Photo by Ashley Mowreader Pepperdine let go of the Convocation Office’s full-time staff members, Convocation Director Gus Peterson and Administrative Coordinator Anneleise Graf, on Feb. 6, days before the start … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Lays Off Convocation Staff Before Start of Spring Semester
Introducing ‘Good News’: A Sliver of Hope from the Graphic
Graphic critics have told us — or at least have commented on our Instagram — that we need to publish more good news. I completely agree. It's not easy to find good news nowadays, but the Graphic News team has always been up for a challenge. In pitching this Good News column, my half-baked idea was for my team to find news outside of ourselves — looking for stories of cute … [Read more...] about Introducing ‘Good News’: A Sliver of Hope from the Graphic
Pepperdine Community Reacts to COVID-19 Vaccine News, Students and Faculty Share Vaccine Experiences
Graphic by Ashley Mowreader Editor’s note: *Name has been changed to protect the individual's privacy. Over a year since the world first encountered COVID-19, several vaccines are available to the American public, with vaccine rollouts beginning in each state. As California opens its first mass vaccination sites, Pepperdine community members look to the future mass … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Community Reacts to COVID-19 Vaccine News, Students and Faculty Share Vaccine Experiences
Spending a Pepper-dime — How COVID-19 Impacted Pepperdine’s Financials
Graphic by Ashley Mowreader Sixty million dollars is a big deficit, even for a university with $1.4 billion in assets. When the school year began, the University faced a $60 million to $80 million budgetary shortfall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, President Jim Gash told the Pepperdine community during the Aug. 11, President's Briefing. During the pandemic, students have … [Read more...] about Spending a Pepper-dime — How COVID-19 Impacted Pepperdine’s Financials
President’s Speaker Series Kicks off With Cornel West and Robert George
Photo courtesy of Pepperdine UniversityPepperdine hosted its first President’s Speaker Series event Jan. 12 titled "Honesty and Courage, Humility and Hope: Robert George and Cornel West in Dialogue," in which the Rev. Cornel West and Robert George discussed their friendship, civil discourse, free speech and the devaluation of truth-seeking in the United States. The title … [Read more...] about President’s Speaker Series Kicks off With Cornel West and Robert George
