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Seaver College Hosts 2013 Commencement

Seaver College will host its 2013 commencement ceremony Saturday, Apr. 27, at 10:30 a.m. at Alumni Park, Malibu. more


Author and TV Comedy Writer David Misch Discusses "Comedy and Morality"

David Misch, former Saturday Night Live writer and author of Funny: The Book / Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Comedy, will present a lecture titled, "Comedy and Morality," on Monday, Apr. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Surfboard Room of Payson Library, Malibu. more


Chamber Choir and Collegium Musicum Novum Perform "America Quaint and Curious"

The chamber choir and collegium musicum novum will perform a concert on Tuesday, Mar. 26, from 7:30 p.m. Titled "America Quaint and Curious," the concert will take place at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu. more


Pepperdine Named to the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

Pepperdine University was recently named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for 2013 by the Corporation for National and Community Service. more


Karla Holloway Talks Bioethics at W. David Baird Distinguished Lecture

Karla Holloway, James B. Duke Professor of English and professor of law at Duke University, will discuss "How Private Bodies Become Public Texts (and How the Law Makes This Happen)" Wednesday, Feb. 13th, at 7 p.m. at Elkins Auditorium, Malibu. more


Professors Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper Discuss Their New Book Confucianism, Democratization, and Human Rights in Taiwan

Professors Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper will discuss their new book, Confucianism, Democratization, and Human Rights in Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m. in Payson Library's Surfboard Room in Malibu. more


Pepperdine Mourns the Passing of Loyd Frashier

Loyd Frashier, a Pepperdine Faculty Emeritus member, passed away on December 26 at the age of 96. He taught originally in the Natural Sciences Division of George Pepperdine College in Los Angeles before joining the Seaver College faculty in Malibu. more


Courier 12 and the MFA Program Presents Fall Literary Arts Festival

The MFA program in Screen and Television Writing, and its official screenwriting club Courier 12, will host its annual fall Literary Arts Festival on Thursday, Dec. 6, showcasing works by student writers and filmmakers. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Hahn Fireside Room, Malibu, and will include free pizza. more


Pepperdine Libraries Hosts Bestselling Young Adult Paranormalcy Novelist Kiersten White

Kiersten White, author of the New York Times bestselling young adult novel Paranormalcy, will visit the Pepperdine Libraries on Tuesday, Dec. 4, to present a reading of her work and a discussion of writing strong female characters in young adult literature. The event will begin at 12 noon in the Surfboard Room of Payson Library, Malibu, where author Cynthia Struloeff will engage White in the post-reading Q&A. more


A Capella Group Take 6 Brings Christmas Cheer to Smothers Theatre

A capella vocal group Take 6 will perform Christmas and holiday tunes Friday, Nov. 30, at 8 p.m. at Smothers Theatre, Malibu. more


Tree Lighting, Christmas Dinner, and Concert Open the Holiday Season

With Thanksgiving now over and December 25 just around the corner, Pepperdine will celebrate the "most wonderful time of the year" with an evening of festivities on Thursday, Nov. 29, including a Christmas dinner, a tree lighting ceremony, and a Christmas concert performed by Pepperdine's choir and orchestra. more


Professor Phillip Thomason and Son Discuss Spain Pilgrimage

Pepperdine professor Phillip Thomason and his son, Brian, will share stories from their 500-mile pilgrimage through Spain at Payson Library, Malibu, on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 4 p.m. They will recount in words and photographs their journey, which was both physically demanding and spiritually enriching. more


"Pop Culture" Exhibition of Pop Art Classics Closes December 2 at the Weisman Museum

The three-month exhibition, "Pop Culture: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation," will come to the end of its run at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, Sunday, Dec. 2. more


Alumnus and Former Assistant Coach Michael Beard Returns to Pepperdine as New Men's Golf Head Coach

After spending the past season and a half at Arizona State, former Pepperdine All-American Michael Beard ('02) is returning as the Waves' new men's golf head coach on December 1. Beard's first tournament in charge will be in the spring season when the Waves take part in the Arizona Intercollegiate on January 28 to 29. more


Pepperdine Launches Craig Detweiler's Book on Pop Culture and Religion

The Center for Entertainment, Media, and Culture (EMC) will host a launch party Tuesday, Nov. 27. for the new book, Don't Stop Believin': Pop Culture and Religion from Ben-Hur to Zombies, which was coedited by EMC director Craig Detweiler. The launch will begin at 4 p.m. in the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, in connection with the museum's Pop Culture exhibition. more