Jumpstart team member and Pepperdine Graphic social media assistant Christian Parham greets children and hands out Lakeshore bags at the Jumpstart for a Day Event at Reseda Park March 26. After interacting with over a dozen interactive learning tables, the children had plenty of crafts and art creations to bring home. Photos by Christina Buravtsova The Pepperdine Jumpstart … [Read more...] about Jumpstart Brings the Pepperdine and Los Angeles Communities Together for a Day of Fun and Learning
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Malibu and Santa Monica Schools Flirt with Breaking Up
A Mission School Transportation bus drives in front of the SMMUSD Administrative Building on its way to Crossroads Elementary School. The Santa Monica school district would be disconnected from Malibu should the district split. Photo by Karl Winter. News package ran live March 15 on NewsWaves32. Package by Karl Winter The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and the … [Read more...] about Malibu and Santa Monica Schools Flirt with Breaking Up
‘I Felt Disposable’ — Student Affairs Layoffs Impact Operations, Trust and Community at Pepp
The front desk for the Hub for Spiritual Life sits vacant in the TCC fall 2021. The Hub remodeled the second floor of the TCC for its office suites and student study spaces. Photo by Ashley Mowreader It started with a Facebook post. Convocation Director Gus Peterson announced Feb. 10, 2021 via his personal Facebook page that Pepperdine laid him off. Then, it was … [Read more...] about ‘I Felt Disposable’ — Student Affairs Layoffs Impact Operations, Trust and Community at Pepp
The Pepperdine Volunteer Center Focuses on Education
The Pepperdine Volunteer Center utilizes their social media to advertise Active Global Citizenship week from Feb. 22-26. PVC Director Peter Thompson said these campaigns are used to educate and encourage students. Graphic courtesy of Pepperdine Volunteer Center InstagramAfter the move to virtual volunteering, the Pepperdine Volunteer Center found new ways to both serve the … [Read more...] about The Pepperdine Volunteer Center Focuses on Education
More Than a Relationship: How Love and Trust in Relationships Shape the Self
Photo courtesy of Steve Rouse When Stacy Rouse, site manager of the Pepperdine Volunteer Center, attended college in Texas, she and her roommate collected and saved all the Dr. Pepper cans they drank and displayed them on a wall in their dorm room. Psychology Professor Steve Rouse, who also went to school in Texas, had bought the then Stacy Johnson a drink on a … [Read more...] about More Than a Relationship: How Love and Trust in Relationships Shape the Self