Pepperdine students gather in Mullin Town Square at sunset for dinner and a Starbucks break. Some students faced social anxiety when coming back to school this fall. Photo by Gabrielle Salgado Pepperdine students’ main cause of stress is not academics, but how to start a conversation and make friends, students said. After a year and a half of online learning and virtual … [Read more...] about Students Grapple with Social Anxiety
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Compassion in Action Club Brings Peace and Meditation to Pepperdine
Art by Madeline Duvall Photos Courtesy of Lillian AnnanThe new Compassion in Action club tackles the challenge of nurturing tranquility, peace and student unity during an online semester. The club takes a different approach to mental health as students meditate on Zoom and foster connections. Junior Club President Lillian Annan and junior Isabella Yeager said they founded … [Read more...] about Compassion in Action Club Brings Peace and Meditation to Pepperdine
Student Teachers Persevere Through Virtual Instruction
Senior Kasey Loucks poses at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., in January. Loucks said she teaches English to 11th graders at Ánimo Inglewood Charter High School. Photo Courtesy of Kasey LoucksOver a year into COVID-19, seniors in Pepperdine’s Teacher Education program prepare to lead their future classrooms by gaining their clinical teaching hours … [Read more...] about Student Teachers Persevere Through Virtual Instruction
Opinion: Online Learning — What’s Worked and What Hasn’t
Art By Ally Armstrong It can be equally as challenging for professors to keep students engaged over Zoom as much as it is for students to engage with the professor. With a semester of online school already in the books, it's time to change how teachers approach online classes. Student feedback at the end of the semester is vital for all professors to understand the … [Read more...] about Opinion: Online Learning — What’s Worked and What Hasn’t
The Show Must Go On: Students and Staff Reimagine Songfest Virtually
Graphic courtesy of @pepperdinesongfest Instagram For Songfest participants, the show will go on this year — not in Smothers Theatre, but virtually. Rehearsals began over Zoom the second week of February following the Feb. 15 kickoff event, with 25 students in attendance in addition to student group leaders. The two Songfest groups — Gamma Ghkkkkket Sigma and Eta Theta … [Read more...] about The Show Must Go On: Students and Staff Reimagine Songfest Virtually