With the goal of bringing the community together to celebrate art and music, Pepperdine’s Student Programming Board held the annual Pacific Sounds Music and Arts Festival. The PSMA concert featured student musicians and guest musicians, showcased a student art exhibition and hosted food trucks and activities for attendees March 23, at Alumni Park.PSMA is one of the main … [Read more...] about Pacific Sounds Music and Arts Festival Celebrates Art, Music, Community
Pepperdine Honors the Life of Board of Regents Member
Edwin L. Biggers was a man of ambition, generosity and love, his colleagues, friends and family said. The former chair of the Pepperdine Board of Regents for fifteen years, Biggers died after a sudden heart attack during an afternoon walk March 1, according to the Obituary of Edwin L. Biggers. “Throughout his decades of service to and support of Pepperdine, Ed and his family … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Honors the Life of Board of Regents Member
Deslyn’s 5K Honors ‘Our Girls’
The Pepperdine community came together to celebrate the lives of Deslyn Williams, Asha Weir, Peyton Stewart and Niamh Rolston during the Deslyn's 5K event. Throughout the morning, upbeat music played as runners and walkers exercised together, participating in one of Deslyn’s greatest passions.The Iota Alpha chapter of the Alpha Phi Sorority put on Deslyn’s 5K event … [Read more...] about Deslyn’s 5K Honors ‘Our Girls’
Distinguished Panel Discusses America’s Shared Inheritance of Liberty, Slavery
The conflicting themes of liberty and slavery in America's complex history stimulated a lively dialogue between a panel of experts and interested students. This thought-provoking event took place Feb. 7, in the Surfboard Room as part of the W. David Baird Distinguished Lecture Series.Pulitzer Prize winner Dr. Edward J. Larson — also a history professor at Pepperdine and … [Read more...] about Distinguished Panel Discusses America’s Shared Inheritance of Liberty, Slavery
Pepperdine Climbing Club Petitions Against ‘Bolt Ban’
The National Park Service and National Forest Service are attempting to pass a policy that would render fixed anchors in the wilderness for outdoor climbing illegal, according to the Climbing Magazine. If anchors and bolts are reclassified as “installations” — which are explicitly banned from wilderness areas under the 1964 Wilderness Act — climbers … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Climbing Club Petitions Against ‘Bolt Ban’
