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.
Professor-Student Partnership Engage in Study to Change the Way We Treat Obesity
For Akin Akinwumi, an athletic scholarship recipient and sports medicine major, his participation in a physiology study has been invaluable to his future career goals. He plans to become an orthopedic doctor heavily involved in research.
Loving Parents Leave a Lasting Legacy in Honor of Their Son
Every year, the Mark Colombano Memorial Scholarship fund supports two students who have a love of learning and leadership, a passion for the University's extracurricular activities, and are devoted to education and athletics as Mark was.