Photo by Kayiu Wong Pepperdine announced Wednesday morning that the university will cancel in-person classes in favor of online courses for the remainder of the semester due to the spread of COVID-19. The email from President Jim Gash requested that residential students move out of their on-campus housing by 3 p.m., on March 15. The email also stated that the University … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Moves to Online Classes, Students Required to Leave Campus
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Lausanne and Heidelberg Join List of IP Programs Suspended Amid Coronavirus Concerns
Pepperdine students studying abroad in Heidelberg, Germany, will return to their permanent residences, according to a Pepperdine announcement Sunday morning. While in Heidelberg, Pepperdine students live in the Moore Haus (pictured above). Photos courtesy of International Programs Students of the Lausanne and Heidelberg programs return to the States later this week, … [Read more...] about Lausanne and Heidelberg Join List of IP Programs Suspended Amid Coronavirus Concerns
Pepperdine Stores Dirt on Campus
A mound of dirt sits silhouetted agains the night sky on the edge of Drescher Graduate Campus. The dirt pile is the product of post-Woolsey Fire runoff, one of several 'debris basins' on campus.Photos by Milan LoiaconoPerched atop the Drescher hill sits a recent addition to the graduate campus: a pile of dirt. Students can see this display of modern engineering from most … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Stores Dirt on Campus
‘I’m Not Ready to Go Home’: Students Forced to Say Goodbye to Florence
The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, more commonly referred to as the Duomo, stands in the center of Florence. Photo by Milan Loiacono Pepperdine students abroad in Florence, Italy, must promptly return home to the United States as the university suspends the international program for the remainder of the semester. Pepperdine sent a university-wide email Feb. … [Read more...] about ‘I’m Not Ready to Go Home’: Students Forced to Say Goodbye to Florence
Coronavirus: How an International Disease Hits Home
Composite by Natalie Rulon The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention escalated fears stateside Tuesday when it warned that a United States outbreak of the coronavirus (officially known as COVID-19) is inevitable. “It’s not so much a question of if this will happen anymore,” Nancy Messonnier, director for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: How an International Disease Hits Home
