Poet Michael Collings Finds Inspiratin in Unlikely Places

In addition to his many roles at Pepperdine, including professor of literature, director of the creative writing program, and faculty advisor to the student-run Expressionist magazine, Collings has served as Seaver's poet-in-residence since 1997...... [more]

Swartzendruber's Goal: Excellence

Pepperdine's Natural Science Division chair, Douglas Swartzendruber, wanted to do more than peer through a microscope all of his life.  Swartzendruber currently wears three hats--chair of the division, director of laboratories, and on top of his other duties, he still enjoys teaching... [more]