Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via Spotify | Via Stitcher On Wednesday, as the Graphic newsroom prepared to put together the pages for the Thursday paper, news broke that the Florence program was suspended for the remainder of the spring semester. In This Week’s Episode: Behind-the-scenes coverage of how … [Read more...] about Florence’s Suspension Leads to a Late Night in the Graphic Newsroom
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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
Pepperdine Suspends Shanghai Program’s Spring Semester as Coronavirus Spreads
File photo of Shanghai, China | Photo by Kelly Rodriguez Students studying abroad with Pepperdine's Shanghai international program will return home this week amid growing concerns of Wuhan coronavirus. Shanghai participants received an email from Executive Director of International Programs Beth M. Laux at 6:14 a.m. Wednesday morning (Shanghai time) informing them of the … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Suspends Shanghai Program’s Spring Semester as Coronavirus Spreads
Coming Back from Abroad
Photos by Hadley BiggsWhen the Borderline Shooting and Woolsey Fire happened, I was studying abroad in Florence, Italy. I was in Morocco for my travel break, a time of fun and relaxation. But when the shooting and fire happened, our vacation fell apart.When the news of the shooting broke, it was 2 a.m. in California and 10 a.m. in Morocco. I remember being unsure and scared … [Read more...] about Coming Back from Abroad
