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Engagement Impact and Opportunities

Impact

  2024
  • 100 unique employers participated in on-campus recruitment events, i.e. career fairs, information sessions, information tables to date
  • AmaWaterways Company Tour, located in Calabasas, for 35 first-generation students in the Summer Bridge Program
  • 3 fall industry career fairs + 1 spring career fair promoting internship, full-time job, and graduate school opportunities
  • 12 coaches in the Career Coaching Program (Pepperdine partners mostly local to the Greater Los Angeles Area)
  • 35+ hosts in the Job Shadow Program (many of which are in the Greater Los Angeles Area)
  • Careers in Sports Alumni Panel - partnership with Graziadio Career Development Center: Panelists include representatives from Los Angeles Rams, LA Dodgers, AEG, NFL, Apple, US Soccer Federation
  • 4 Ask An Alum events featuring alumni from the Greater Los Angeles Area - Apple, WME, JPMorgan, United Talent Agency
  • Ministry & Non-Profit Internship Fair - partnership with Religion Division
  • 200+ positions posted in Handshake by companies (10-mile radius) of Malibu (2023-2024)
    • Highlights include Malibu Vet Clinic, HRL Laboratories, Malibu Elementary, City of Malibu, Oaks Christian School, Los Angeles Rams, Passages
  • 2000+ positions posted in Handshake by companies (25-mile radius) of Los Angeles County (2023-2024)
    • Highlights include Los Angeles Unified School District, The Walt Disney Company, The City of Los Angeles, Sherwin-Williams Company, City of Beverly Hills, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Neiman Marcus, SpaceX, Kaiser Permanente, City of Hope, USDA Forest Service, NBCUniversal, Amazon, Wells Fargo, Mattel, Inc., JP Morgan Chase & Co., Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, California Department of Parks and Recreation
  • Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts (CFA)
    • 40,000 attendees at CFA's performances, museum exhibitions, master classes, and ARTSReach events.
    • The Weisman Museum of Art is free and open to the public
    • 150 professional and student performances and community events each year
    • One free family art day each semester and many student performances are also free
    • We bus in about 5,000 K-12 school children from Los Angeles and Ventura counties for the free ARTSReach performances
  • 150 employees that serve
  2023
  • 127 unique employers participated in on-campus recruitment events, i.e. career fairs, information sessions, information tables
  • Golden Hippo Company Tour, located in Calabasas, for 27 first-generation students in the Summer Bridge Program
  • 3 fall industry career fairs + 1 spring career fair promoting internship, full-time job, and graduate school opportunities
  • 10 coaches in the Career Coaching Program (Pepperdine partners local to the Greater Los Angeles Area)
  • 4 Ask An Alum events featuring alumni from the Greater Los Angeles Area - Fox, Red Bull, MGMT Entertainment, Boney Group
  • 50+ hosts in the Job Shadow Program (many of which are in the Greater Los Angeles Area) 

 

Opportunities

  Self-Enrichment
  • Audit a class
    • Auditing a class at Pepperdine University allows you to attend regular class sessions and participate in discussions without the pressure of grades, assignments, or exams. This process involves obtaining instructor permission and registering through the appropriate academic department. Whether for professional development or personal enrichment, auditing provides access to Pepperdine's world-class instruction and distinguished academic reputation. For questions or more information about auditing classes, please contact OneStop at 310.506.7999 or Onestop@Pepperdine.edu .
  • Waves Church
  Professional Services and Mentorship
  • Professional / Marketing Connections

  • Mentorship

    • LinkedInconnect with other Pepperdine alunmi, students, faculty and staff 

  Community Service