When junior Chris Grotz went to Thailand last year his plan was to shoot a toothpaste commercial not create a nonprofit organization. Spending time with a group of Burmese children in a village on the border of Thailand and Burma however prompted him to start the organization AMEN Missionary a Christian nonprofit.While spending four days at a migrant school in the village of … [Read more...] about 'AMEN' project aids refugees
Image gallery: Clothesline Project
To raise awareness of sexual violence and assault Pepperdine students symbolically hang their "dirty laundry" in the sunked garden outside the Caf. This is the first year Pepperdine has participated in the Clothesline Project a nationwide initiative.Click the images to the right to scroll through them. … [Read more...] about Image gallery: Clothesline Project
L.A. Marathon
Pepperdine students and professors were among the 25000 participants in the 2010 L.A. Marathon on Sunday. Click the thumbnails at right to scroll through scenes from the race. The full story is under "related articles" below. … [Read more...] about L.A. Marathon
Bost appointed interim law dean
School of Law Professor Tom Bost described by students and colleagues as a caring accessible and experienced teacher has been chosen to lead the School of Law in the coming year as interim dean during the search for Dean Kenneth Starr's permanent replacement.President Andrew K. Benton who made the decision said he holds Dean Bost … [Read more...] about Bost appointed interim law dean
Auschwitz experience encourages reflection
Burdened by the weight of its history Auschwitz concentration camp is not the destination that International Programs (IP) students usually visit on their long weekends. But at the end of February a group of five London sophomores traveled to snowy Katowice Poland to tour Auschwitz notorious for being one of the largest death camps of Hitler's Third Reich.The impetus for the … [Read more...] about Auschwitz experience encourages reflection