Arnold Steinburg lectures on the political process
Arnold Steinburg, political strategist, will present a lecture on “Politics, Polls, Pundits: What Do the Numbers Really Mean?” Friday at 11 a.m. in Mendenhall Courtroom of the Pepperdine School of Law. The School of Public Policy will host the event.
Steinburg serves on the board of directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences and on the California Coastal Commission. He regularly gives political advice on Fox 11.
His experience includes working on campaigns for political leaders such as former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, and contributing to the passage of Measure One to renew the city charter for Los Angeles.
Steinburg graduated from the Graziadio School of Business and Management.
Former NBC president continues lecture series tonight
Former NBC West Coast President Don Ohlmeyer continues his lecture series with “The Future of Network Television in the Multi-Channel Environment” tonight at 7:30 in the new Center for Communication and Business, room 100.
The final lecture, “The Communications Industries and Government,” will be Nov. 7. The development of “ER,” “Homicide,” “Friends” and “Will and Grace” took place during Ohlmeyer’s presidency. He also created and produced Monday Night Football. In all, his programs have won 16 Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards.
New associate provost appointed
Pepperdine’s administration recently expanded with the creation of a new associate provost position.
Longtime Pepperdine Law School professor Dr. Tim Perrin will step in this January as the first faculty member to hold the two-year appointment.
“The office of the provost is one of the most complex and far-reaching of all the university’s offices, overseeing the countless academic programs in five different schools (Seaver College and four graduate programs),” Provost Dr. Darryl Tippens said in an e-mail interview.
“The provost works with the deans and more than 300 faculty. The number of tasks assigned to the provost has grown considerably in recent years. Many major universities have one or more associate provosts to share these many duties,” he continued.
According to Tippens, the new associate provost will concentrate on a wide variety of subjects, ranging anywhere from problem solving in a particular school to assisting in planning the opening of the Drescher Graduate Campus.
“I’m very excited to have the opportunity to work with Provost Tippens,” Perrin said. “I hope that I will be able to make a positive difference in the university.”
Tippens also said that there will be many gains that will result from the associate provost position.
“I see several benefits, both to the new associate provost and to the university,” Tippens said. “The new provost is given an opportunity to exercise his leadership talent and to learn the complex operations of a major university. The university, in turn, benefits by cultivating new administrative talent.”
Perrin’s term is expected to run until the spring of 2005, when another faculty member will be chosen to fill the position. Since duties and responsibilities for the associate provost are still in the formative phases, it is unclear whether the program will be continued in its current form or modified in some way.
Perrin will continue teaching at the School of Law during his tenure as associate provost, teaching one class per semester.
Perrin, originally from Corpus Christi, Texas, has been a professor at the School of Law for 11 years. During that time he has been honored as both a Luckman Distinguished Teaching Fellow and a Rick Caruso Research Fellow.
October 31, 2002
