Photo by Kayiu Wong A little over a week after Pepperdine announced its move to online classes due to coronavirus concerns, administrators are thinning down the number of students allowed on campus. On Friday afternoon, the Pepperdine Public Relations Office sent an email to students, faculty and staff outlining changes to the university's campus policies, including the … [Read more...] about Administration Makes Moves After Statewide ‘Stay at Home’ Order
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The Last to Leave — Buenos Aires Program Suspended
Students and the faculty family from Pepperdine's Buenos Aires abroad program smile for a photograph. Photos by Ashley Mowreader Though the news was shocking, the announcement was not a surprise. “In the beginning of the semester, I thought for sure we were going to get sent home,” said sophomore Bryce Crane. “But in seeing how Argentina's coronavirus [cases weren’t] … [Read more...] about The Last to Leave — Buenos Aires Program Suspended
A Look Inside Pepperdine’s Emergency Operations Committee
Students pack up their dorms and head home indefinitely as Pepperdine announces remote classes due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Photo by Milan Loiacono Pepperdine’s decision March 11 to cancel in-person instruction and move students off campus came in an email from University President Jim Gash. Although the email bears his name, Gash said it was a team of university leaders … [Read more...] about A Look Inside Pepperdine’s Emergency Operations Committee
Students Remember Constance Fulmer
Constance Fulmer smiles at the George Eliot Fellowship in England, where she gave a lecture on George Eliot's "The Spanish Gypsy."Photo Courtesy of the George Eliot Fellowship.The university mourns the death of Constance Marie Fulmer, who died of pancreatic cancer March 17.Students of Fulmer, who taught English literature, reminisced on their favorite memories of her. Senior … [Read more...] about Students Remember Constance Fulmer
Social Media Fuels Movement in Support of Non-Returning Professor
Last week an anonymous student hung a QR code link to a petition alongside various testimonies from Jeffrey Schultz's students on the Freedom Wall. Photos by Vernie Covarrubias When alumnus George Kovalenko heard that Creative Writing Professor Jeffrey Schultz would no longer be working at Pepperdine University next fall, Kovalenko said he knew he had to do … [Read more...] about Social Media Fuels Movement in Support of Non-Returning Professor