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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.

 

 

Renee Jackson

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.

Alaya McKinney

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.