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Spring Admits Overcome Their Tough Transitions

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Photo Courtesy of Lynn Gilmour, Ashley Shelton and Jennifer Ipe For students admitted to Pepperdine in the spring semester including transfer students, it can be challenging to find the common comfort of integration when everyone is already a semester ahead. This spring, 100 first-year students enrolled, and 56 students transferred to Pepperdine. There are 156 new students … [Read more...] about Spring Admits Overcome Their Tough Transitions

Transfer Students Weigh in on Experience

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Infograph by Falon Opsahl Scanning the Waves baseball stadium looking for the student section, junior transfer student Zellie Short said she was quite surprised. Coming from the SEC school Ole Miss where uproarious tailgates and loud cheering were common, Short said she was struck by the lack of student body coming to support the games. "It was just a completely different … [Read more...] about Transfer Students Weigh in on Experience

I am a Transfer Transplant

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Art by Sacha Irick I remember feeling like one of those seedling plants that you could pick up at a hardware or grocery store and take home with you in the hopes that it will take root and flourish in your backyard. I felt new and green and full of life, but also vulnerable and highly sensitive to the environment around me. I grew up in a little planter-pot called Hawaii, on … [Read more...] about I am a Transfer Transplant