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Creative Senior Helps Promote Sustainability Through Her Jewelry Business

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Senior Liberal Arts major Kara Tyler smiles while modeling one of her handmade Gucci button necklaces in July in Nashville, Tenn. Tyler said she started her business over quarantine and hopes to continue it after college. Photos courtesy of Kara Tyler Senior Liberal Arts major Kara Tyler said she realized she could make her own vintage and sustainable necklaces after shopping … [Read more...] about Creative Senior Helps Promote Sustainability Through Her Jewelry Business

Fresh Faces: Service-Driven Student Shares Her Journey To Pepperdine

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First-year Megan Elias poses in the middle of the street in Midtown Manhattan, N.Y., in February 2020. Elias said she loved growing up in New York, but is excited to live in Malibu whenever housing reopens. Photos courtesy of Megan EliasWhen first-year Megan Elias boarded a plane from Long Island, N.Y., to O'ahu, Hawai'i, in summer 2019 to participate in a service trip for 10 … [Read more...] about Fresh Faces: Service-Driven Student Shares Her Journey To Pepperdine

Entrepreneurial Student Saeed Djalilov Creates a Media Startup During COVID-19

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Junior Saeed Djalilov and his videographer/business partner, junior CJ Ladas, show off their new uniforms for their business BizVim in Malibu in March. Djalilov said the color orange is meant to capture people’s attention as well as to signify a brighter future for the businesses they cover.Photos courtesy of Saeed DjalilovThe statistic that "53% of all small restaurants … [Read more...] about Entrepreneurial Student Saeed Djalilov Creates a Media Startup During COVID-19

Fresh Faces: Business-Driven Student Pursues Dreams of Working in the Fashion Industry

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First-year Ray Morris rocks a Pepperdine T-shirt in Mount Laurel, Ala., after enrolling as a student in April. Morris said she visited and fell in love with the Malibu campus during her first year of high school when her dad took her family on a trip to Los Angeles and San Diego. Photos courtesy of Ray Morris First-year Ray Morris moved to Los Angeles in September and … [Read more...] about Fresh Faces: Business-Driven Student Pursues Dreams of Working in the Fashion Industry

Pepperdine Graduate Student Publishes Book,’The Bird From the Kingdom of Heaven’ in Iran

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  Author Parsa Peykar poses in December in Turkey. Peykar said he fulfilled his dream to have his work published in Iran because it is his home country. Photos courtesy of Parsa Peykar After volunteering at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles, and connecting with the inmates, graduate student Parsa Peykar said he was a changed man. His time … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Graduate Student Publishes Book,’The Bird From the Kingdom of Heaven’ in Iran