Photo Courtesy of Jere Yates Founder of the Business Division Jere Yates joined the ranks of Pepperdine University in the same year as the moon landing and “I have a dream.” In the past 44 years, he held several positions including chairman, assistant dean, associate dean, professor and fundraiser. Yates started work at Pepperdine in 1969 before the Malibu campus … [Read more...] about Founder begins 45th year
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Meet the new SGA representatives
Hesslen and Rodriguez join existing sophomore and senior class presidents Hope Hesslen Freshman class President Why did you want to run for president? I really wanted to run for SGA because I see the importance in helping out my peers and being connected with them, and I don’t know a better way to be more involved and just have a say and a voice and be able to … [Read more...] about Meet the new SGA representatives
Dean Weber of GSEP announces retirement after 13 years
Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Psychology Margaret Weber announced Tuesday that she would retire at the end of this academic year. “My husband and I have been talking about it for a number of years,” she said. “As Ecclesiastes says, there’s a time for everything, and now is that time.” President Andrew K. Benton wrote in an email that he and Provost Darryl … [Read more...] about Dean Weber of GSEP announces retirement after 13 years
Type A’s can live without calendars
Classes are red, work is purple, obligatory weekly events are yellow, optional weekly events are brown, obligatory one-time events are orange, optional one-time events are blue and my to-do list is green. My calendar could easily be mistaken for an explosion of a Skittles factory by an unsuspecting Type B personality. I’ve never been tardy to class, every text message I … [Read more...] about Type A’s can live without calendars
Breaking down barriers
SGA representative tackles cultural differences in freshman dorms Housing and Residence Life addresses sex, drugs and alcohol head-on to freshmen in the first months of college. But one of the most important changes that happens in college — interacting and living with people of different cultures — is not discussed at all, according to Nancy Kannampuzha, Student … [Read more...] about Breaking down barriers
