Center for Faith and Learning
Student Programs and Applications
Please contact Stephanie Cupp for any questions regarding these programs and applications.
Service and Social Action Grant Program
2009-10 Deadlines: November 6, 2009 and February 12, 2010!
Application and Guidelines for Service and Social Action Grants
Most students come to Pepperdine with a strong record of participation in volunteer efforts while in high school. Still, they may not make the connection between their various acts of service and a response to the call of God for their lives. The Center for Faith and Learning hopes to move these students from their point of entry—whatever that point may be—to a full realization that a life of service is their Christian vocation.
No existing Pepperdine structure has been more crucial to the realization of this objective than the Pepperdine Volunteer Center (PVC), which already sponsors multiple points of entry into the Pepperdine culture of service and volunteer work. Students find other service opportunities in service-learning courses, American Humanics, Step Forward Day, Project Serve and many other programs.
Through the Center for Faith and Learning, the University offers direction and financial support for a variety of student-led initiatives. Examples include:
* projects that address and/or seek to alleviate poverty and hunger
* projects that address and or seek to promote peace and justice
* projects that serve the community in a variety of ways
The Center for Faith and Learning and Interclub Council (ICC) announce the availability of funds for service and social action projects. Groups applying for these funds must be able to demonstrate how their project relates to Christian vocation and how it involves the larger Pepperdine community. For further information and instructions for applying, please follow the link below. The deadline for the fall semester is November 6, 2009. Deadline for the spring 2010 semester is February 12, 2010.
Application and Guidelines for Service and Social Action Grants
Professional School Student Service Internships
Deadline: February 19, 2010!
Application and Guidelines for Professional School Internships
The Center for Faith and Learning provides opportunitiies for professional school students to undertake approved summer internships with faith-based, service-oriented organizations. The students receive stipends which allow them the opportunity for service and for exploring their own vocation in very practical ways. Students work with faculty mentors and produce papers reflecting their experiences in the internship and its implications for their vocations.
There is funding for six students with grants up to $2,500 each. The deadline to apply for funding for the 2009-10 year is February 19, 2010
The Professional School Student Service announcement and application may be used as a guideline in applying for these funds.
Ministry Internships
The Center for Faith and Learning partners with the Religion Division to offer funding for summer ministry internships to Religion majors, minors and graduate students. This program allows Religion students to test their vocational wings by participating in a ministry of the church under the direct supervision of a professional who works full-time in a church-based ministry. Students use this opportunity to work with churches, missionary groups, NPOs, chaplains and other church-based groups throughout California, the United States, and the world. Religion professor Stuart Love coordinates all aspects of the intern program.
Freshman Seminar Reading Assignment
The Pepperdine Center for Faith and Learning provides a reading and journal assignment to all incoming freshman students to help them focus on the question of vocation. By vocation, we do not mean "career." Rather, we mean "calling." Click here to view the Freshman Reading Assignment.
