Students are eating lunch Tuesday at Waves Cafe . Pepperdine will welcome Bon Appètit to manage dining services after four decades with Sodexo. Photo by Ashley Mowreader Beginning August 2022, Pepperdine will start a new contract with Bon Appètit Management Company — an on-site restaurant company which offers full food-service management for universities. Bon Appètit will … [Read more...] about Goodbye Sodexo, Hello Bon Appétit: Pepperdine Welcomes New Dining Service
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Pepperdine Reinforces COVID Policies In Face of Omicron
Students and family members mingle on main campus Oct. 8 during Waves Weekend 2021. Pepperdine is reinforcing its COVID protocols before students and parents can return to campus for spring 2022. Photo by Ashley Mowreader The article has been updated to reflect the most recent LA County Department of Public Health guidance regarding face-coverings for institutions of higher … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Reinforces COVID Policies In Face of Omicron
Opinion: Pepp Needs Stronger COVID-19 Response Plan to Stop Virus Transmission
Art by Vivian Hsia On the surface, Pepperdine has an impressive array of tools to battle the spread of COVID-19 on campus. Within this arsenal of masking, testing and quarantine protocols, there are still fine print loopholes and issues with mask compliance and vaccine hesitancy among students that can fuel the virus' spread.Pepperdine administration announced Sept. 10, that … [Read more...] about Opinion: Pepp Needs Stronger COVID-19 Response Plan to Stop Virus Transmission
Pepperdine Validates Vaccination Numbers — Seaver Holds Lowest Numbers
On Sept. 10, Pepperdine communicated a data export error that resulted in miscommunication of the community's COVID-19 vaccination status. Now, two weeks later, Pepperdine has validated all data and can confirm its vaccination breakdown across five schools, according to a Sept. 24 Public Relations email. Seaver College holds the lowest vaccination rate at 84.3%, followed by the … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Validates Vaccination Numbers — Seaver Holds Lowest Numbers
What’s in a Mandate: Breaking Down the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement
Graphic by Ashley MowreaderPepperdine issued a COVID-19 vaccine mandate July 9, notifying faculty, students and staff they need to be vaccinated before returning to campus for the fall, with a deadline to provide vaccination status by July 31.The mandate comes after months of deliberation and feedback from community members and allows for medical, philosophical and religious … [Read more...] about What’s in a Mandate: Breaking Down the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement