Story updated May 22 to include Seaver College Updates. President Gash shared the Pepperdine Restoration Plan with the Pepperdine community May 15, detailing plans for the 2020–21 academic year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The seven-page email announced Pepperdine will hold in-person classes for fall 2020 and gave the most recent strategies and policies the University … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Restoration Plan Brings Changes to Campus for Fall 2020 Semester
Going Back to the ’Bu: Pepperdine Shares Plans for In-Person Instruction
Pepperdine's main campus is completely empty after classes switched to online classes in March. Photo by Kayiu Wong Story updated May 22 to include Seaver College updates. President Gash announced this afternoon that Pepperdine plans to resume in-person instruction early August on Malibu campus and international campuses. The announcement came a little after 2 p.m., … [Read more...] about Going Back to the ’Bu: Pepperdine Shares Plans for In-Person Instruction
‘Scary but Doable’: Pepperdine Student Shares About Life With COVID-19
Cameron Zohary in his bedroom in the Pepperdine London House. Zohary said it was an adjustment moving from a shared six-person bedroom to self-isolation in his childhood home. Photos courtesy of Cameron Zohary. When Cameron Zohary sets his mind on something, he’s going to see it through, whether that’s school, going abroad or fighting COVID-19. Zohary is a sophomore … [Read more...] about ‘Scary but Doable’: Pepperdine Student Shares About Life With COVID-19
Early Return — IP Students Make the Rough Transition Home
Art by Ally Armstrong Editor's Note: The reporter is a member of the Buenos Aires 2019–2020 cohort and served as the Graphic's abroad correspondent in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the academic year. Weeks before Malibu campus went remote, dozens of Pepperdine students found themselves at home, the unexpected move jarring as they adapted to their new reality. … [Read more...] about Early Return — IP Students Make the Rough Transition Home
Early Return: Shanghai
Art by Ally Armstrong While the Shanghai program was the first to be suspended, its participants were the last of IP students to return home with the Malibu campus. The program spent two weeks in Shanghai, followed by a two-week travel break for Chinese New Year. On Jan 29, while on their travel break, students received word from the university that they would not be … [Read more...] about Early Return: Shanghai
