Photo courtesy of the Body ProjectThe Body Project is back for its third year to combat societal pressures and empowering young women at Pepperdine. The peer-led program aims to deconstruct the “thin ideal” and promote body acceptance in small group settings. Each group meets for two, two-hour sessions that began Wednesday, Nov. 1 and continue through Monday, Nov. … [Read more...] about The Body Project Promotes Positivity
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Farmers Market Comes to Pepp
Photos by Chad Jimenez Local vendors set up booths with a wide variety of dried goods, fresh produce, honey, tamales and kettle corn in Mullin Town Square on Tuesday afternoon. They will continue to come every two weeks on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., for the next five years, Coordinator for Center for Sustainability Emily Mead said. “My main goal is just education … [Read more...] about Farmers Market Comes to Pepp
Pepp Receives Medieval Manuscripts from Organization
Images courtesy of Melissa Nykanen Payson Library Special Collections received 21 original Medieval manuscripts from organization Les Enluminures as part of the pilot program "Manuscripts in the Curriculum." Les Enluminures is an organization that specializes in manuscripts from the Medieval and Renaissance eras. "We are very happy to have it," Melissa Nykanen said, … [Read more...] about Pepp Receives Medieval Manuscripts from Organization
New Digital Humanities Minor at Seaver
An information session and informal pizza dinner about the new Digital Humanities minor at Pepperdine was held Oct. 11 at the Kresge Reading Room in Payson Library. Program coordinator Jennifer Smith and other professors in the program were there to introduce the minor to students and answer questions. Digital Humanities is a field of study that integrates technology and … [Read more...] about New Digital Humanities Minor at Seaver
Pepperdine Encourages Students to be Smart With Cyber
Graphics by Kelly Rodriguez Pepperdine is ramping up its cybersecurity defenses as the issue of cyber attacks continues to hit close to home. “Some of the [community] members may think, ‘Pepperdine is small, who would want to target us anyway?’” Pepperdine Chief Information Officer Jonathan See said. “Our data tells us otherwise.” Pepperdine logged more than 2.3 … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Encourages Students to be Smart With Cyber