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SAMANTHA BLONSStaff Writer The Pepperdine Natural Science Division has a language all its own – one with which its students are quite familiar. Homework does not mean a quick worksheet, like in a communication course, but rather a 14-page calculus assignment that will take several hours. A paper does not mean an essay on a political issue or a Shakespearean play, but instead … [Read more...] about The Natural Science Division

RYAN HAGENStaff Writer Leaning away from blinds concealing the Santa Monica Mountains, Distinguished Professor of Biology Stephen Davis studies his monitor from a chair that occupies half the free space in his office. Research books, periodicals and student assignments are stacked on a desk and bookshelves along two walls, and the only open space is the seat of a sturdy chair … [Read more...] about Natural Science Division: Professor Davis

JESSICA ROTTERStaff Writer Dr. Donna Nofziger Plank, associate professor of biology, has quite an unusual combination of passions: family, community in God, teaching and science. She has been a professor since 1998 after receiving her Ph. D. from UCLA and her B.A. in biology from Baylor.  Since she was a child, she always knew that science was her thing. “When I was a little … [Read more...] about Natural Science Division: Professor Plank

BLAKE FRANKSStaff Writer Dr. Jay Brewster, associate professor of biology at Pepperdine University’s Seaver College, teaches his students more than genetics or biology. He teaches them how to be reliable people inside the classroom as well as in the real world. And his colleagues and students have taken notice. Brewster grew up in the Midwest. He was born and raised in York, … [Read more...] about Natural Science Division: Professor Brewster

TAYLOR OLANDTStaff Writer If mathematics is the poetry of logical ideas, and great teachers teach from the heart, not the book, then Don Hancock must be one heck of a poet. This year marks Don Hancock’s 27th year teaching mathematics at Pepperdine University. He is a native Southern Californian, and has two sons who both attend Pepperdine. Among the many reasons for choosing to … [Read more...] about Natural Science Division: Professor Hancock