In the spring, senior Rakel Ang will walk across the stage and receive a bachelor’s in both Chemistry and Biology. Ang, like all students who attend Seaver College, will have completed course requirements in her respective majors, along with Pepperdine’s general education requirements. In spite of this, Ang said she could not recall what class she took that … [Read more...] about “What is it and when did I take it?”: The value of the Cultural Competency and Diverse Perspectives GE requirements
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Let the Light In: Finding Hope Amid Darkness
Imagine a bingo card filled with every possible challenge one can face in life. Now, imagine someone marking each square with a chip. For junior Kyra Hatton, this was her first two years at Pepperdine. “I [was] kind of at a point where I was like, ‘I'm just gonna go into my room and I'm gonna just hide, and I'll just be sad and hopeless alone in my bedroom … [Read more...] about Let the Light In: Finding Hope Amid Darkness
SAAJ inspires decade of students
Photo Courtesy of Pepperdine University Up to this point, thousands of undergraduate students have funneled through the 11-year-old child brain colloquium of the three people. Then-professors Cynthia Novak and Lee Ann Carroll and professor Jeff Banks founded the Social Action and Justice program in the fall of 2002. “We wanted to establish more personal relations with … [Read more...] about SAAJ inspires decade of students