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Pepperdine School of Law Vice Dean Tim Perrin Appointed President of Lubbock Christian University
Perrin will become the sixth former Pepperdine employee currently serving as a university president. more
Graziadio School of Business and Management Establishes Research Partnership with Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.
Pepperdine's Graziadio School of Business and Management and Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. will collaborate on research regarding access to capital for private businesses and national economic forecasts. more
Parkening International Guitar Competition Announces Judges for 2012 Competition
The judges for the third triennial Parkening International Guitar Competition, to be presented by Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, from Wednesday, May 30, to Saturday, June 2, have been announced. more
Waves Men's Volleyball Opens 2012 Season
Waves men's volleyball opened the 2012 season last weekend with a pair of matches versus Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association rival and the #13-ranked Lewis University Flyers on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 7 and 8. more
Former Heidelberg Program Director and Professor Emeritus Herbert Luft Passes
The Pepperdine community was saddened to learn that Herbert Luft, who held several key positions with the University over 26 years, passed away this week. He was 69 years old. more
The Season of Giving: Pepperdine Hosts Holiday Service Projects
The spirit of the holidays stirs in the hearts of the Pepperdine community as faculty, students, and alumni unite for the season of giving. This year, service initiatives continued the scope of service to avenues of generosity, and purpose-filled members of Pepperdine's five schools served familiar organizations to express their instinct to give. more
Life Regent Rosemary Kraemer Lokey Raitt Passes
The Pepperdine community was saddened to learn that Rosemary Kraemer Lokey Raitt, a 29-year member of the Board of Regents, passed away on December 16. She was 91 years-old. more
Davenport Institute Launches "Golden Governance" Blog
The Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership at the School of Public Policy recently launched a new blog, Golden Governance, which focuses on government and citizen collaboration to provide services in California communities. more
John Paglia Awarded Inaugural Tom Hopkins Award
John Paglia, associate professor of finance at the Graziadio School and director of the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project, was presented with the first annual Tom Hopkins Award for Excellence in Mergers and Acquisitions by Chapter 101 of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG). more
Robert Jackson, Life Regent, Passes
The Pepperdine community was saddened to learn of the passing on November 21 of Robert Jackson, a 25-year member of the Board of Regents. He was 80 years old. more
Professor Emeritus Glenn Webb Conferred Order of the Rising Sun
Glenn Webb, Professor Emeritus at Pepperdine and former director of the Institute for the Study of Asian Cultures, was conferred the Order of the Rising Sun by His Imperial Majesty the Emperor Akihito of Japan November 15 in Los Angeles, Calif. more
Waves Student-Athletes Top NCAA Graduation Success Rate Data
Pepperdine University continues to do an outstanding job of graduating its student-athletes, according to Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data released by the NCAA on October 25. Thirteen of the Waves' 14 programs had averages better than the national rate for their sports and seven teams received perfect scores. more
The Davenport Institute at Pepperdine Releases "Golden Governance" Report Encouraging a Collaborative Approach to Government
A report issued October 27 by Pepperdine University's Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership finds that California's tough economy is causing cities, towns and counties across the state to rethink how they tackle some of their toughest challenges. A new collaborative approach to governance, it notes, is key. more
Law School Hosts Legal Scholars for a Conversation "From the Left and the Right"
The School of Law hosted two authors and legal scholars from across the political divides, Mark Lane and Robert K. Tanenbaum, on October 27 for a discussion about their careers and the search for truth following President Kennedy's assassination. The discussion, titled "From the Left and the Right," took place with a crowded audience in the Mendenhall Appellate Courtroom of the law school, Malibu. more
Pepperdine Hosts Delegate of Rwandan Officials
The School of Law and School of Public Policy (SPP) joined forces last week to host a delegate of Rwandan leaders, including the Attorney General and Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama. The four-day visit served to strengthen ties between Pepperdine and the Rwandan government, which is served every summer by internships from students at the law school and SPP. more
Daphne Green Awarded Inaugural Faculty/Staff Waves of Service Award
Daphne Green, laboratory manager for Pepperdine University's Natural Science Division, was awarded the inaugural Faculty/Staff Waves of Service Award at the annual Pepperdine Honors event held Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Mullin Town Square on the Malibu campus. more
President Benton Named to National Higher Education Commission
President Andrew K. Benton has been named one of three inaugural vice chairs at the creation and first convening of a national Commission on Higher Education Attainment. Its goal is to chart a course for greatly improving college retention and attainment and, in turn, restore the nation's higher education preeminence. more
Pepperdine Hosts Step Up Women's Network College Connections Conference
Over 120 participants flocked to Pepperdine's Malibu campus Saturday, Oct. 8, to attend the third annual Step Up Women's Network College Connections Conference hosted by Seaver Admission. The day was filled with college access programming and mentorship between professional women mentors and high school girls from underserved, under-resourced communities in Los Angeles. more
Two On-Campus Greek Organizations Earn National Distinctions
Two Greek organizations at Pepperdine University were recently recognized nationally for their exemplary accomplishments within the university community and beyond. more
Pepperdine University Announces Changes in Bible Lectures and Church Relations
Pepperdine University religion professor Jerry Rushford is concluding 30 years of distinctive service as director of Church Relations and director of Pepperdine's acclaimed Bible Lectures effective May 4, 2012. Following a year of teaching in Pepperdine's international program in London, England, he will return to Pepperdine to be director of the Churches of Christ Heritage Center. more
Standout Pepperdine Athletes Join Waves 2011 Hall of Fame
Three All-Americans, a coaching legend, and one national championship team make up the newest group inducted into the Pepperdine University Athletics Hall of Fame. The inductees, Mike Fetters (baseball), Maureen Formico (women's basketball), Jim Harrick (men's basketball), Troy Tanner (men's volleyball), and the 2006 NCAA champion men's tennis team, were announced Sunday, Oct. 9, at the Department of Athletics' 2011 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills, Calif. more
Ten Faculty Members Honored with 2011 Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence
The 2011 recipients of the Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence were announced Friday, Oct. 7, during the University Faculty Conference. The award, named in honor of Pepperdine's fifth president who served the University as teacher and administrator for almost 30 years, is given to full-time faculty members each year in recognition of their distinguished record of teaching excellence. more
Khalil Jahshan Visits Malibu to Discuss Pepperdine's Washington D.C. Program
Khalil Jahshan, executive director of the Seaver College Washington D.C. Internship Program, will be on the Malibu campus Monday, Oct. 3, to Wednesday, Oct. 5, to host a series of events where he will discuss the DC program and its internships with students. more
Pepperdine University Releases Findings from Secret Syrian Survey
Eight out of ten Syrians surveyed want to see regime change and won't be satisfied with mere reform, according to analysis by Angela Hawken, associate professor of economics and policy analysis at the School of Public Policy (SPP), of interviews done for the Democracy Council of California. more
Pepperdine School of Law Receives Generous Gift for New Endowed Chair
School of Law alumna Laure Sudreau-Rippe has provided Pepperdine with a generous gift to establish the Laure Sudreau-Rippe Endowed Chair at the School of Law. The endowed chair-the first to be given to the school by a female alumna-was announced at a private dinner at which professor Janet Kerr, the first occupant of the endowed chair, was also honored. more
"Graziadio Business Review" Debuts New Issue
The latest issue of the Graziadio Business Review, the scholarly online journal of the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, is now live at GBR.pepperdine.edu. This issue features a mix of articles, a video interview, and book reviews by Graziadio faculty and authors new to the GBR. more
The Graziadio School of Business and Management Welcomes Visiting Faculty from Poland
The Graziadio School of Business & Management will host three visiting faculty from the Warsaw School of Economics-SGH in Poland between Aug. 2011 and Feb. 2012. The hosting of visiting professors provides a unique opportunity for the Graziadio School to establish professional networks to enable future thought leadership, research work, publications, and long-term relationships. more
Pepperdine Adds Sand Volleyball to its List of Sponsored NCAA Sports
Pepperdine University's Department of Athletics will add women's sand volleyball as an intercollegiate sport under the direction of indoor volleyball coach Nina Matthies, one of the best beach volleyball players in the history of the sport. more
School of Public Policy Becomes Educational Partner With Millennium Momentum Foundation
Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy has recently become an educational partner with the Millennium Momentum Foundation, Inc. (MMF) to act as an academic resource for its state-of-the-art Leadership Development Institute. The program provides practical leadership development and employment skills training, mentoring, and professional development support services for students pursuing higher education and careers in public policy. more
Sigma Delta Pi Named "Honor Chapter" by National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society
Pepperdine's chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, has been named an "Honor Chapter" for its outstanding activities in 2010-11. This is the third consecutive year that Pepperdine has received the same award, which was awarded to only 11 of 581 chapters nationwide this year. more
