Every Gift Has a Story
When you make a gift to Pepperdine, you play a critical role in accelerating our students' progress toward achieving their life dreams as well as enabling them to become the kind of purpose-driven servant leaders who can change the world for the better. Without a doubt, scholarships grant opportunities and impact lives. Read the stories of success that donor philanthropy makes possible every day throughout our campus community.
Law School Student's Mission is to be an Agent of Change
Jennifer Chor, a first-generation law student, knew she wanted to be in a profession in which she could profoundly help others. She concluded that becoming a trial lawyer would enable her to achieve that goal, and she’s never looked back. She chose to attend the Caruso School of Law through an endowed scholarship which has helped her focus more on serving the community and not on school finances.
Graduate With Three Pepperdine Degrees Gives the Gift of Education to Future Students
Dr. Shreyas Gandhi (‘98, ‘09, ‘20) adjunct professor and alumn with multiple Pepperdine degrees, feels very strongly about giving back to the school that has done so much for him and believes that the gift of education will open many doors for future students. He and his wife established the Drs. Shreyas and Swati Gandhi Leadership Fund.
SPP Grad Student Heeded The Lord's Will to Change Her Life's Mission
A generous scholarship helped Renee Jackson change the course of her life as a pre-med student to study public policy instead. She aspires to pursue her juris doctorate and specialize in international and comparative law focusing on human rights.
SPP Student with MS Plans to Use her Advanced Education to Advocate for the Disabled
Alaya McKinney hopes to change the stigma of what Multiple Sclerosis (MS) looks like and let the world know that there is no limit to what an MS patient can achieve. Her scholarship enables her to pursue her dreams without debt stress to obtain her juris doctorate, MBA, become a disability rights attorney and, one day, a California senator.