FORMER UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT APPOINTED AS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
President Dr. Andrew K. Benton announced earlier this week that Dr. David Davenport will return to Pepperdine this fall as a distinguished professor of public policy and law. His appointment begins Aug. 1.
Davenport, who served as Pepperdine’s sixth president from 1985 to 2000, will continue his appointment as a research fellow at the Hoover Institution upon his return to the university.
Benton expressed pride at Davenport’s return.
“David’s return to Pepperdine is a natural outflow of long-standing and valued relationships, and he will make a significant contribution to our professional schools of public policy and law,” he said in a news release.
Davenport was instrumental in the founding of Pepperdine’s School of Public Policy, and the Davenport Institute within the school is named in his honor.
UNIVERSITY VICE PRESIDENT DELIVERS STATEMENT ON EMERGENCY PREPARATIONS
At last week’s President’s Briefing, Vice President and General Counsel Gary Hanson presented his plan for Pepperdine’s emergency preparedness.
He said the Department of Public Safety remains in regular contact with local, state and federal law enforcement and government agencies, while closely following news reports regarding possible terrorist attacks.
Because of the unpredictable nature of these attacks, certain additional security measures have been instituted, possibly affecting university tours, events, parking and access to facilities, he said. Anything out of the ordinary should be reported to Public Safety immediately at ext. 4111.
He added that the Emergency Operations Committee has a professional staff trained to deal with serious issues and problems affecting the welfare of the Pepperdine community.
SEAVER COLLEGE SUMMER SCHOOL OFFERS SLAVE CULTURE IMMERSION COURSE
Professor Joi Carr will teach “From Slavery to Freedom: An Immersion Travel Course,” an innovative travel course offered during the first block of summer school this year.
The course is designed to combine learning in the classroom with travel. It will examine African American slave culture, combining subject related media and literature with visiting key historical sites such as Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. It is classified as a general studies course and can count toward a variety of majors and minors, with permission of the appropriate division chair.
The four-unit course costs $500 for tuition, not including a travel fee and food on the trip. The first three weeks of the course will take place on the Malibu campus, and students will travel during the final week.
Students must submit applications and recommendation forms by March 28 to be considered for placement in the class. These forms are available in the Humanities Division office in CAC 125. For more information, contact Carr at ext. 7610.
WOMEN’S STUDIES PROGRAM CELEBRATES WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Women’s Studies Program will present a special event every Wednesday in March.
Women from the Multicultural Theatre Project joined professors Dr. Lorie Goodman, Dr. Robert Williams and Joi Carr on Tuesday for “The History of Women in Writing, Rhetoric, Social Sciences and Performance.”
The program will present two more events this month, including “Women in Science and Literature,” featuring professors Dr. Dinora Cardoso, Dr. Julie Smith and Dr. Donna Nofziger-Plank, and a student panel discussing women’s issues on campus. Feminist Forum President Morgan Fink, Shannon Griswold, Anna Jacobson, Robyn Shores and Black Student Union President Katrina Scott will serve as panelists.
All events take place in CAC 316 from 1-2 p.m.
March 13, 2003