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COVID-19

Reflections on Spring 2020 and Plans for the Fall

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Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via SoundCloud | Via Spotify In this episode, President Jim Gash reflects on the unique challenges brought on by COVID-19, and how the crisis and subsequent health mandates have affected university decision-making since January. With a plan to return to campus in August, Gash talks working … [Read more...] about Reflections on Spring 2020 and Plans for the Fall

Disappointment, Loss & COVID-19

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Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via SoundCloud | Via Spotify In this episode we talk to Pepperdine senior Grace Wilson about the new reality we are living in and how we have been coping. We discuss the idea of grieving the loss of our "normal" day-to-day lives and dissect what it means to be disappointed from a theological … [Read more...] about Disappointment, Loss & COVID-19

Give Students an Online Option for Fall 2020

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Art by Madeline DuvallUncertainty is the word on everyone’s lips, pens and keyboards lately. No one can definitively say how the coronavirus will affect the world in the coming months — regardless of how much planning, praying or predicting takes place.Pepperdine recently announced its plan to resume in-person instruction in the fall, provided that LA moves into … [Read more...] about Give Students an Online Option for Fall 2020

New Kind of NSO: Pepperdine Releases Plans for Virtual Orientation Events

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Pepperdine Orientation leaders greet students as they move onto campus. Photo courtesy of Pepperdine Student ActivitiesComing back to campus in the fall means several big changes for campus life and events, and New Student Orientation is the first Pepperdine event to officially take place online. In an email sent to orientation presenters and campus partners, Director of … [Read more...] about New Kind of NSO: Pepperdine Releases Plans for Virtual Orientation Events