A Pepperdine students' living room at the Malibu Villas welcomes them home after a day of classes. Pepperdine students living in Malibu typically live at Malibu Canyon Village, Malibu Gardens or Malibu Villas. Photo courtesy of Lauren Drake Each spring, Pepperdine students make the important choice of where they want to call home for the upcoming academic … [Read more...] about Finding Home at Pepperdine — Upper-level Students Choose On or Off-Campus Housing
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Staff Editorial: Fall Festivities Are Lacking
There are horrors in Payson. Mullin Town Square has become a ghost town. No, it's not Halloween thrills making campus spooky — it’s midterm season. Exams bring more fear and fright instead of the ominous presence of the fall months. Pepperdine becomes a winter wonderland for Christmas, but the only indication of fall on campus is the arrival of pumpkin spice lattes at … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Fall Festivities Are Lacking
On-Campus Living at Full Capacity for Fall 2021
Pepperdine's first-year housing as seen from Tari Frahm Rokus Field during fall 2020. Housing and Residence Life faces capacity issues with first-year houses for the fall 2021 semester, falling 150 to 250 beds short for first-year students. Photo by Ali Levens For the first time since the construction of Seaside, Pepperdine has a waitlist for housing. Due to a large incoming … [Read more...] about On-Campus Living at Full Capacity for Fall 2021
HRL Rehouses Students Following COVID-19 Outbreaks on Campus
Mullin Town square stands empty of students April 7. Pepperdine's Malibu campus experienced three COVID-19 outbreaks, two of which administration linked to on-campus residence halls. Photo by Ali Levens Pepperdine moved 65 students receiving hardship housing in Drescher Campus Apartments on Sunday, April 11 following three COVID-19 outbreaks on campus. Drescher has housed … [Read more...] about HRL Rehouses Students Following COVID-19 Outbreaks on Campus
HRL Prepares for a Fully Reopened Fall
The sun shines on Malibu campus during a bright August day, with no students in sight. On-campus residential living remained mostly closed to students for the 2021 academic year, with the exception of students with hardship accommodations. Photo by Ali Levens As COVID-19 cases drop in LA County and more University employees receive vaccinations. Pepperdine Housing and … [Read more...] about HRL Prepares for a Fully Reopened Fall
