Correction: This article incorrectly listed the number of required GE courses under the new GE curriculum. Students under the new curriculum requirements will take between 15 and 19 GE courses. Pepperdine’s new General Education (GE) program is officially set to roll out this semester, and this includes big changes for the Humanities Division. The General Education … [Read more...] about Pepperdine’s New GE Curriculum Cuts Humanities Requirement
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Pepperdine Women’s Tennis Player Receives Conference Honors
Winning seems to run through the veins of members of the Pepperdine Women's Tennis Team. For Nikki Redelijk, Pepperdine women's tennis alumna (‘24), winning was common on the court and in the classroom. In May, Redelijk was in Stillwater, Oklahoma playing in the 2024 NCAA Tennis Championship tournament when she found out she was the 2023-24 West Coast Conference's Mike … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Women’s Tennis Player Receives Conference Honors
DunnCensored: Dominionism vs. Stewardship Part 1
In this episode of DunnCensored, host Hunter Dunn covers Pepperdine’s current environmental curriculum and interviews Sustainability professor Dr. Christopher Doran about Christian environmentalism before making a discovery. "Those involved in the Creation Care movement are trying to broaden that to mean not just a theological affirmation of what God cares about and … [Read more...] about DunnCensored: Dominionism vs. Stewardship Part 1
A ‘Magical’ Experience: Faculty Children Grow up Abroad
Scaling Mount Vesuvius, gazing at the Duomo, witnessing penguins in Patagonia, delighting in “Harry Potter” in Heidelberg — where the Heidelberg Castle looks like Hogwarts — and soaking in the summer in Fiji and Kenya. These are just a few of the experiences of some faculty children. Briana Plank, daughter of Biology Professor Donna Nofzinger Plank, … [Read more...] about A ‘Magical’ Experience: Faculty Children Grow up Abroad
Joe Rickabaugh: Rippin’ the Waves of Life
Joe Rickabaugh lives and breathes surfing. Rickabaugh, Pepperdine’s club surf team coach, said he’s been shredding since his parents sent him to surf camp in eighth grade — and hasn’t stopped since. Once he started surfing, he quit everything else and made it his livelihood. “My whole life revolves around surfing,” Rickabaugh said. “I … [Read more...] about Joe Rickabaugh: Rippin’ the Waves of Life