Now home to the Counseling Center, the Student Assistance Center (SAC) sits on the hill between the Center for Communication and Business (CCB) and the Caruso School of Law. This new location has allowed the Counseling Center to serve its greatest number of students to date from all Pepperdine schools. File photo After its recent move to the Student Assistance Center (SAC) in … [Read more...] about Counseling Center Experiences Increase in Attendance
Mental health awareness
A Year into Alaina’s Voice with Father and Co-Founder, Arik Housley
“Kindness. We know it’s a simple message, but sometimes simple is elegant, or better in that sense.” Arik Housley, father of Alaina Housley, created the Alaina’s Voice Foundation with his wife, Hannah, shortly after their daughter’s death. Alaina was one of the 12 victims in the Borderline Bar and Grill shooting on the night of Nov. 7, 2018. When Arik, Hannah and Alaina’s … [Read more...] about A Year into Alaina’s Voice with Father and Co-Founder, Arik Housley
Resilience Program Aims to Spread Message of Hope through Health
Photos by Claire Copeland The focus of the Student Wellness Advisory Board's first Healthy Happy Hour and Convocation was simple: hope. Pepperdine’s Student Wellness Advisory Board presented its first wellness event this semester, Healthy Happy Hour and Convocation on Thursday, Sept. 19 in Mullin Town Square. The special event was for the Board’s Resilience Program … [Read more...] about Resilience Program Aims to Spread Message of Hope through Health
Active Minds Club Returns to Pepp
Photos Courtesy of Pepperdine Active MindsSenior and Pepperdine Active Minds President Danielle LaForce restarted Pepperdine's chapter of Active Minds in June. While it now has more than 450 chapters at various high schools and colleges across the world, the club began in 2003 to educate students about mental health and give them a safe space."Because of the stigma surrounding … [Read more...] about Active Minds Club Returns to Pepp
Pepperdine Psi Chi Works to Increase On-Campus Presence
Photo courtesy of Pepperdine UniversityPepperdine Psychology Honors Society, Psi Chi, is participating in and planning events that advocate for mental health awareness to increase their presence on campus. Senior Daisy Jauregui, Psi Chi’s president, said she noticed the club’s lack of on-campus involvement and decided to take on the role of changing that, using her … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Psi Chi Works to Increase On-Campus Presence