Graphic Courtesy of Pepperdine Office of Institutional Effectiveness Seaver faculty and students are considering a recommendation for a diversity general education course focused on cultural competency. Students first formally voiced concerns and presented requests for this course during a campus protest against racial discrimination Nov. 13, 2015, according to a Graphic … [Read more...] about Seaver Committee Collaborates on Diversity General Education Course
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Let’s Fund Time Machines
Art by Peau PorotesanoIf there's one thing that nearly two years of "Make America Great Again" hats have taught me, it's that the only way to go forward is to go back. All of the current problems are too complicated, too nuanced to be solved, so we should drop all of that and focus on one thing: time machines. The country is facing a lot of issues right now, so let's just go … [Read more...] about Let’s Fund Time Machines
Overcome Divisions Through Free Speech
Art by Sybil ZhangThe fact is not lost on most people that this is a time of great national division. The year has seen the election of a controversial president, the creation of movements both resisting and supporting him and a renewed debate over the importance of free speech in America. While some view free speech as enabling divisive and hateful rhetoric, free speech, which … [Read more...] about Overcome Divisions Through Free Speech
Why Can’t We Have Cultural Statues, Too?
Image courtesy of the BSAThe new school year is in full swing, and so is the Black Student Association (BSA) here at Pepperdine. BSA is continuing to promote diversity, inclusion and cultural competency, as some occupants of our university are lacking in education on these issues. On a larger scale, the nation has entered a new era, yet liberty and justice for all has still … [Read more...] about Why Can’t We Have Cultural Statues, Too?
Cultivating the SEED of Diversity
Settled in for its second year, SEED has doubled in faculty participation since Pepperdine implemented the diversity training program last year. This year, 59 staff and faculty will participate in the program. Members of the Pepperdine staff and faculty have voluntarily undergone diversity and inclusion training. Diversity training was part of a list of demands made by … [Read more...] about Cultivating the SEED of Diversity
