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'Pepperdine University' is a private institution of higher learning affiliated with the Church of Christ. The university's location overlooks the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, California.
In February 1937, against the backdrop of despair and pessimism of the Great Depression, George Pepperdine founded the University as a Christian liberal arts college in the city of Los Angeles. On September 21, 1937, 167 new students from 22 different states and two other countries entered classes on a newly built campus on 34 acres at West 78th Street and South Vermont Avenue in the Vermont Knolls neighorbood of South Central, Los Angeles (),Aldore Collier, FaithDome: "A grand-slam homer for Jesus.", ''Ebony'', December 1989. referred to later as the Vermont Avenue campus.[1]Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002 By April 6, 1938, George Pepperdine College was fully accredited by the Northwest Association.
Mr. Pepperdine had built a fortune founding and developing the Western Auto Supply Company which he started with a $5 investment, but his prosperity led to his greater ambition to discover "how humanity can be helped most with the means entrusted to my care. I consider it wrong to build up a great fortune and use it selfishly." Mr. Pepperdine voiced his two-fold objective for the college that bore his name, "First, we want to provide first-class, fully accredited academic training in the liberal arts . . . . Secondly, we are especially dedicated to a greater goal—that of building in the student a Christ-like life, a love for the church, and a passion for the souls of mankind."
By the 1960s, the young college faced serious problems. The area around the Vermont Avenue campus developed issues with crime and urban decay; tensions also arose due to the Civil Rights Movement and attempts to circumvent it such as California Proposition 14, which challenged federal fair housing laws.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002 The situation exploded in the 1965 Watts Riots.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002 In 1969 activists in the Watts area threatened to burn down the campus, however were talked out of it after all-night negotiations by then-President M. Norvel Young.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002 In addition, the Vermont Avenue campus was running out of room to expand.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002
In 1967, the school put forth a multi-campus idea that would move the undergraduate campus to an alternative location; a committee formed and looked at numerous locations, including sites in Valencia, Orange County, Ventura County and Westlake Village.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002 Pepperdine favored the Westlake Village location until the Adamson-Rindge family, who owned hundreds of acres in Malibu, offered 138 acres of Malibu land; despite concerns over building costs on the mountainous site, the school decided to move forward based on its prime location and potential for raising donation.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002 On April 13, 1971, the university broke ground to commence construction and in September 1972 the Malibu campus opened for student enrollment.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002
As the young college grew over the decades it caught the attention of entrepreneur, lawyer, and inventor Frank R. Seaver, who mentioned Pepperdine in his will. However, it was his widow, Blanche E. Seaver who gave large donations which enabled the school to expand into Malibu in 1971. In 1975, the Malibu campus was named the Frank R. Seaver College, and it has become the flagship undergraduate school of the University. In 1981, the Vermont Avenue campus was sold to the Crenshaw Christian Center and turned into a large religious facility.Aldore Collier, FaithDome: "A grand-slam homer for Jesus.", ''Ebony'', December 1989.
Pepperdine gained university status in 1971 when the School of Law was added and the business and education departments became separate schools. In 1975, the undergraduate program was named Seaver College in honor of the Seavers. In the 1980s, Pepperdine rose to prominence as one of the United States' leading centers of conservative politics, attracting many conservative-leaning professors from nearby UCLA and USC. Prominent conservatives on the Pepperdine faculty have included Ben Stein, Kenneth Starr, Arthur Laffer, Douglas W. Kmiec, and, currently, Daniel Pipes. In 1993 and 1996, massive brushfires threatened the campus with destruction, but firefighters succeeded in protecting almost all structures.
The main campus is nestled among several ridges that overlook the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Coast Highway, just outside the Malibu city limits (although its mailing address is "Malibu"). Driving up the main campus entrance road is a memorable experience, as it ascends a steep well-groomed grassy slope past a huge stylized cross, known as the Phillips Theme Tower, symbolizing the university's dedication to its original Christian mission. Most buildings were constructed in a typical 1980s-style reinterpretation of classic Californian and Mediterranean architecture (red tile roofs, white stuccoed walls, large tinted windows). Pepperdine University was voted as having the most beautiful campus by Princeton Review and having the best dorms of any campus in the nation. However, the methodology of the survey asked students how satisfied they were with the dorms, rather than objectively ranking dorms against each other. This has resulted in many students questioning how the so-called "best dorms in the country" lack air-conditioning in an area that often reaches 90 degrees during the summer months. There are views of the Pacific Ocean, Catalina Island, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Long Beach and the westside of Los Angeles from numerous points.
Graduations take place at Alumni Park, a broad expanse of lawn overlooking Pacific Coast Highway and the Pacific Ocean. The main academic plaza for undergraduate programs of Seaver College lies just above Alumni Park and includes Stauffer Chapel, Tyler Campus Center, Payson Library, and the Ahmanson Fine Arts Center. Undergraduate housing and athletic facilities sit to the north/northwest of the academic complex. The Law School exists even higher above these areas. The central campus is surrounded by a loop road consisting of Seaver Drive, Huntsinger Circle, and John Tyler Drive. Banowsky Boulevard separates Alumni Park from the main academic complex and is named in honor of William S. Banowsky, the 4th president of Pepperdine.
Spur roads to the east of the central part of campus lead to faculty housing. To the northwest, Via Pacifica winds uphill to the 'Drescher Graduate Campus', completed in 2003 and home to the School of Public Policy, the Villa Graziadio conference center, as well as the fulltime programs of the Graziadio School of Business and Management and the Graduate School of Education and Psychology. Housing for graduate students, undergraduate honors students, and faculty are also located here.
The Graziadio School of Business and Management and the Graduate School of Education and Psychology are headquartered in West Los Angeles at the Howard Hughes Center next to Interstate 405. These two schools also offer programs at graduate campuses in Encino, Irvine, Long Beach, Pasadena, Santa Clara, and Westlake Village. International programs of the University's various schools take place in London, Heidelberg, Florence, Buenos Aires, Paris, Madrid, Lausanne, Johannesburg, Tegucigalpa, Brisbane, Chiang Mai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.
Seaver College (named for Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Seaver, the largest single benefactors of Pepperdine) educates undergraduates in a liberal-arts environment. Seaver College is comprised of 8 divisions and 40 majors:
Business Division:
Accounting,
Business Administration, &
International Business
Communication Division:
Advertising,
Communication,
Integrated Marketing Communication,
Journalism,
Public Relations,
Speech Communication, &
Telecommunications
Fine Arts Division:
Art,
Art History,
Music,
Theatre Arts, &
Theatre and Television
Humanities and Teacher Education Division:
Creative Writing,
English,
Film Studies,
History,
Humanities,
Liberal Arts, &
Philosophy
International Studies and Languages Division:
French,
German,
International Studies, &
Spanish
Natural Science Division:
Biology,
Chemistry,
3/2 Engineering,
Computer Science/Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Mathematics Education,
Natural Science,
Nutritional Science,
Physics, &
Sports Medicine
Religion Division:
Religion
Social Science Division:
Economics,
Political Science,
Psychology, &
Sociology
The college also offers master's degrees in History, Communications, American Studies, and Religion, in addition to teaching credentials. David Baird is the current dean.
Pepperdine's Graziadio School of Business and Management enrolls approximately 2,400 students in its programs, which are offered as both full-time and part-time classes. It is the fifth largest graduate business school in the country, and was founded in 1969. The school was named after its benefactor, George L. Graziadio. Linda Livingstone is the current Dean.
Degrees granted by the school include:
★ Master of Business Administration (MBA)
★ International Master of Business Administration (IMBA)
★ Master of Science in Organization Development (MSOD)
★ Undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Management (BSM)
The Pepperdine University School of Law is located adjacent to the Seaver College Campus, and enrolls about 670 students who come from all parts of the country. It is fully approved by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Pepperdine's Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution is consistently ranked as the number one dispute resolution program in the country, offering LL.M., master's and certificate programs. Some of its other newer degree offerings include the juris doctor/master of divinity in conjunction with Pepperdine's Seaver College. Other joint degree programs include the JD/MBA, JD/MPP, and JD/MDR. The school offers both a summer session and a fall semester in London, England. Kenneth Starr is the current dean.
Primarily serving working professionals, the Graduate School of Education and Psychology offers both masters and doctorate programs in education, education administration, psychology, and clinical psychology. Margaret Weber is the current dean.
Approximately 120 graduate students are enrolled in the School of Public Policy, which offers a two-year masters of public policy degree. Not simply the study of government, public policy is the study of how governments, non-profits, and even individuals and businesses address problems of public concern. Students specialize in economics, international relations, American politics, or local/regional policy in addition to their core studies and are required to complete a policy-related internship. James Wilburn is the current dean.
★ Batsell Baxter (1937–1939)
★ Hugh M. Tiner (1939–1957)
★ M. Norvel Young (1957–1971)
★ William S. Banowsky (1971–1978)
★ Howard A. White (1978–1985)
★ David Davenport (1985–2000)
★ Andrew K. Benton (2000-Present)
Pepperdine University participates in the West Coast Conference, a conference made up exclusively of religiously affiliated schools in which it is the only member that is not Catholic. Appropriate for its location adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, well known for its waves, Pepperdine's teams are known as the Waves.
Pepperdine University was recently ranked by the Sears Cup as having the most successful athletic program for non-football Division I schools. UCLA was ranked the most successful Division I athletic program with football. Pepperdine University sponsors 14 NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics teams-baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, tennis, volleyball and water polo teams for men, while women compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis and volleyball. There are also a number of intercollegiate sports clubs such as Men's Soccer, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Ultimate Frisbee and Ice Hockey.
NCAA Division I Team Championships:
★ Baseball (1992)
★ Men's Golf (1997)
★ Men's Tennis (2006)
★ Men's Volleyball (1978, 1985, 1986, 1992, 2005)
★ Water Polo (1997)
NCAA Division I Individual Titles:
★ Robbie Weiss (1988 Tennis - Singles)
★ Carlos DiLaura & Kelly Jones (1985 Tennis - Doubles)
★ Jerome Jones & Kelly Jones (1984 Tennis - Doubles)
★ Christopher Chetsanga (1965), Professor at University of Zimbabwe that discovered two DNA repair enzymes
★ Robert Landeros (1978) - Professor of Management at Western Michigan University
★ Robert Warrior (Ph. D., 1985) - Professor of English at Stanford University
★ Laura Skandera Trombley (M.A., 1983) - President of Pitzer College
★ Dwayne Simmons (B.S., 1980) - Research Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at Washington University
★ Janet Kerr (J.D., 1975; S.L., 1978) - Professor of Law at Pepperdine University
★ Steven Dimse (B.S., 1980) - Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Miami
★ James M. McGoldrick, Jr. (B.A., 1966) - Professor of Law at Pepperdine University[2]
★ Robert E. Dudley (Ph. D., 1975) - President and CEO, Anagen, Inc
★ James Edinski (1983) President of Salt on Demand, Inc.
★ Adam Firestone (J.D., 1993) - CEO, Firestone Vineyard
★ Kim Fields Freeman (1990) - President, Victory Entertainment
★ Carl Lambert (1978) - President, Lambert Investments [1]
★ John Lewis (business) (1983) - President, Eugene Lewis & Assoc.
★ Robert S. Moore (1984) - Executive Vice President and CFO, Walt Disney Studios
★ Joe Rokus (1976) - Chairman, Reid Plastics
★ John R. Hall (B.A. 1997; MBA, 2002) - CEO, Greenwood & Hall
★ Teri Rokus (J.D., 1976) - Vice President, Reid Plastics
★ Linda Ruffin (1987) - President, Opportunities Plus
★ Rick J. Caruso (J.D., 1983) - CEO of Caruso Affiliated, former President of the Los Angeles Police Commission
★ Kim Fields (1995) - actress, U.S. TV sitcoms ''The Facts of Life'' and ''Living Single''
★ Adam Housley - Fox News Channel Los Angeles correspondent, former Milwaukee Brewers and Detroit Tigers player
★ Montell Jordan - R&B recording artist famous for his hit '90s single, "This is How We Do It."
★ Tia Mowry - Television actress best known for her role on ABC's ''Sister, Sister''
★ Tamera Mowry - Television actress best known for her role on ABC's ''Sister, Sister'' and Lifetime Television's ''Strong Medicine''
★ Tahj Mowry - Television actor best known for his role on the Disney Channel's ''Smart Guy''.
★ Bill Weir - Host of the ABC News ''Good Morning America Weekend Edition''
★ Kimberly Forsyth - Miss Arkansas USA 2006
★ Eric Christian Olsen - American actor
★ Clayton Snyder - American actor, best known for his role of Ethan Craft on Lizzie Mcguire. Clayton plays water polo for Pepperdine.
★ Ashley Jones - American actress
★ Porntip Nakhirunkanok - Miss Universe 1988
★ Casey Reinhardt- reality star in MTV's second season of
★ Brandy Norwood- R&B artist and actress.
★ Matt "Money" Smith- Southern California sports radio personality
★ Brittany Brannon - Miss Teen America 2007
★ Cami Edwards - reality star in MTV's third season of
★ Steven Baldwin (1979) - Executive Director of the Council for National Policy
★ James Hahn (J.D., 1975) - Los Angeles mayor, 2001–2005
★ Janice Hahn - Los Angeles City Councilwoman, 15th District
★ Bernard C. Parks - Los Angeles City Councilman, 8th District
★ Jami Miscik (1980) - Director of the Office of International Affairs, CIA
★ Rod Blagojevich (J.D., 1983) - Governor of Illinois, 2003—
★ Todd Russell Platts - (J.D., 1991) U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, (2001- )
★ Theodore Kanavas - Wisconsin State Senate, 33rd District
★ Michelle Park Steel - California Board of Equalization
★ Pierre-Richard Prosper (J.D., 1989) U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
★ Andre Birotte Jr. - (J.D., 1991) Inspector General for the Los Angeles Police Commission[3]
★ Gregory D. Totten - (J.D., 1982) District Attorney of Ventura County[4]
★ Hon. Eileen C. Moore - (J.D., 1978) Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District[5]
★ Colleen P. Graffy - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy[6]
★ Alex Acker (2005) - Former professional basketball player (2005-2006; Detroit Pistons)
★ Brandon Armstrong (2001) - Former professional basketball player (2001-2004; New Jersey Nets)
★ Dain Blanton (1994) - 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist in Beach Volleyball
★ Doug Christie (1992) - Former professional basketball player (1992-2007; Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings, Orlando Magic, Dallas Mavericks & Los Angeles Clippers)
★ Bob Ctvrtlik (1985) - 1988 Olympic Gold Medal Volleyball Team Member, Member of International Olympic Committie
★ Yakhouba Diawara (2005) - Power Forward for the Denver Nuggets
★ Jim Everett, Former NFL QB. Received his MBA from Pepperdine.
★ Mike Fetters - Former professional baseball player (1989-2004; California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks & Minnesota Twins)
★ Brad Gilbert (1982) - Professional tennis player, Andre Agassi's coach
★ Jason Gore (2000) - Professional golfer
★ Dan Haller (2001) - National Player of the Year; shot opening round 77 at Franklin Invitational & took 4th. Also a world renowned architect.
★ Danny Haren - Professional baseball player; 2007 A.L. All Star Starting Pitcher (Oakland Athletics)
★ Dennis Johnson (1976) - Former professional basketball player (1977-1990; Seattle Supersonics, Phoenix Suns & Boston Celtics)
★ Chad Kreuter - Former professional baseball player (1988-2003; Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, Anaheim Angels, Kansas City Royals & Los Angeles Dodgers)
★ Marcos "Marquinhos" Antônio Abdalla Leite - Basketball player; FIBA World Championship: 1970 runner-up & 1978 bronze; Olympian 1972, 1980 & 1984; Former teams: Fluminense Football Club, Synudyne, Bradesco, Emerson Color, and EC Sírio
★ Noah Lowry - Professional baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
★ David Newhan - Professional baseball player (New York Mets)
★ Will Ohman - Professional baseball player (Chicago Cubs)
★ Rob Picciolo - Former professional baseball player (1977-1985; Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers & California Angels) [7]
★ Terry Schroeder (D.C., 1981) - Olympian 1988, 1992 & 1996
★ Mike Scott - Former professional baseball player (1979-1991; New York Mets & Houston Astros) & winner of the 1986 NL Cy Young Award
★ Andy Stankiewicz - Former professional baseball player (1992-1998; New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos & Arizona Diamondbacks)
★ Andrew Sznajder - Professional tennis player
★ Derek Wallace - Former professional baseball player (1996-1999; New York Mets & Kansas City Royals)
★ Matt Wise - Professional baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers)
★ Randy Wolf - Professional baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers)
The ''Princeton Review'' ranked Pepperdine on the list of colleges with "Dorms Like Palaces" in 2004 and 2007 and #1 under "Most Beautiful Campus" in 2006 and 2007. Pepperdine also appeared on other lists including "Students Pray on a Regular Basis," and "High Quality of Life." Because of its Christian affiliation, many contend that the student body breeds a religious and politically conservative atmosphere.[8] Princeton Review also ranked Pepperdine University #13 in its list "Alternative Lifestyles not an Alternative".[9] In 2007 Pepperdine was named as "One of the Top Producing Colleges and Universities" by the Peace Corps of America. The 2005 edition of the ''Fiske Guide to Colleges'' has also noted Pepperdine as being one of the nation's largest conservative colleges. ''US News & World Reports'' (see “Pepperdine at Glance” in the external links section) has ranked Pepperdine as the 54th best national university for undergraduate education, its law school is rated as 66th among the top 100 law schools in the country by U.S. News and World Reports, and the Straus Institute has appeared as #1 in the field of dispute resolution.[10] The Graziadio School of Business & Management has been consistently ranked by BusinessWeek as having one of the world's Top 25 Executive MBA programs, and ''US News & World Report'' has ranked the Graziadio School's Fully-Employed MBA program in the world's Top 30 and its Full-Time MBA program in the world's Top 100. Financial Times magazine has ranked the Graziadio School's EMBA in the world's Top 65.
''Zoey 101'', the Nickelodeon series featuring Jamie Lynn Spears, was filmed at the Malibu campus.
1. Vanessa Jahn, GSEP 35th Anniversary: A Celebratory Evening to Remember, ''Colleague Alumni Magazine'', Spring 2006.
2. http://law.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/mcgoldrick.html
3. http://www.lapdonline.org/may_2003/news_view/21305
4. http://da.countyofventura.org/bio.htm
5. http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/4thDistrictDiv3/justices/moore.htm
6. http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/or/57713.htm
7. Baseballreference.com
8. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeSAdams/2006/12/11/colleges_to_attend,_part_i
9. http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?CategoryID=2&TopicID=25
10. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php
★ Official website
★ Official athletics website
★ Pepperdine Review – US News, “Pepperdine at Glance”
★ Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business and Management – Business Week Review
'Pepperdine University' is a private institution of higher learning affiliated with the Church of Christ. The university's location overlooks the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, California.
History
Early years
In February 1937, against the backdrop of despair and pessimism of the Great Depression, George Pepperdine founded the University as a Christian liberal arts college in the city of Los Angeles. On September 21, 1937, 167 new students from 22 different states and two other countries entered classes on a newly built campus on 34 acres at West 78th Street and South Vermont Avenue in the Vermont Knolls neighorbood of South Central, Los Angeles (),Aldore Collier, FaithDome: "A grand-slam homer for Jesus.", ''Ebony'', December 1989. referred to later as the Vermont Avenue campus.[1]Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002 By April 6, 1938, George Pepperdine College was fully accredited by the Northwest Association.
Mr. Pepperdine had built a fortune founding and developing the Western Auto Supply Company which he started with a $5 investment, but his prosperity led to his greater ambition to discover "how humanity can be helped most with the means entrusted to my care. I consider it wrong to build up a great fortune and use it selfishly." Mr. Pepperdine voiced his two-fold objective for the college that bore his name, "First, we want to provide first-class, fully accredited academic training in the liberal arts . . . . Secondly, we are especially dedicated to a greater goal—that of building in the student a Christ-like life, a love for the church, and a passion for the souls of mankind."
Move to Malibu
By the 1960s, the young college faced serious problems. The area around the Vermont Avenue campus developed issues with crime and urban decay; tensions also arose due to the Civil Rights Movement and attempts to circumvent it such as California Proposition 14, which challenged federal fair housing laws.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002 The situation exploded in the 1965 Watts Riots.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002 In 1969 activists in the Watts area threatened to burn down the campus, however were talked out of it after all-night negotiations by then-President M. Norvel Young.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002 In addition, the Vermont Avenue campus was running out of room to expand.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002
In 1967, the school put forth a multi-campus idea that would move the undergraduate campus to an alternative location; a committee formed and looked at numerous locations, including sites in Valencia, Orange County, Ventura County and Westlake Village.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002 Pepperdine favored the Westlake Village location until the Adamson-Rindge family, who owned hundreds of acres in Malibu, offered 138 acres of Malibu land; despite concerns over building costs on the mountainous site, the school decided to move forward based on its prime location and potential for raising donation.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002 On April 13, 1971, the university broke ground to commence construction and in September 1972 the Malibu campus opened for student enrollment.Tracy Domingo, Miracle at Malibu Materialized, ''Graphic'', November 14, 2002
As the young college grew over the decades it caught the attention of entrepreneur, lawyer, and inventor Frank R. Seaver, who mentioned Pepperdine in his will. However, it was his widow, Blanche E. Seaver who gave large donations which enabled the school to expand into Malibu in 1971. In 1975, the Malibu campus was named the Frank R. Seaver College, and it has become the flagship undergraduate school of the University. In 1981, the Vermont Avenue campus was sold to the Crenshaw Christian Center and turned into a large religious facility.Aldore Collier, FaithDome: "A grand-slam homer for Jesus.", ''Ebony'', December 1989.
Pepperdine gained university status in 1971 when the School of Law was added and the business and education departments became separate schools. In 1975, the undergraduate program was named Seaver College in honor of the Seavers. In the 1980s, Pepperdine rose to prominence as one of the United States' leading centers of conservative politics, attracting many conservative-leaning professors from nearby UCLA and USC. Prominent conservatives on the Pepperdine faculty have included Ben Stein, Kenneth Starr, Arthur Laffer, Douglas W. Kmiec, and, currently, Daniel Pipes. In 1993 and 1996, massive brushfires threatened the campus with destruction, but firefighters succeeded in protecting almost all structures.
Campus
The main campus is nestled among several ridges that overlook the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Coast Highway, just outside the Malibu city limits (although its mailing address is "Malibu"). Driving up the main campus entrance road is a memorable experience, as it ascends a steep well-groomed grassy slope past a huge stylized cross, known as the Phillips Theme Tower, symbolizing the university's dedication to its original Christian mission. Most buildings were constructed in a typical 1980s-style reinterpretation of classic Californian and Mediterranean architecture (red tile roofs, white stuccoed walls, large tinted windows). Pepperdine University was voted as having the most beautiful campus by Princeton Review and having the best dorms of any campus in the nation. However, the methodology of the survey asked students how satisfied they were with the dorms, rather than objectively ranking dorms against each other. This has resulted in many students questioning how the so-called "best dorms in the country" lack air-conditioning in an area that often reaches 90 degrees during the summer months. There are views of the Pacific Ocean, Catalina Island, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Long Beach and the westside of Los Angeles from numerous points.
Graduations take place at Alumni Park, a broad expanse of lawn overlooking Pacific Coast Highway and the Pacific Ocean. The main academic plaza for undergraduate programs of Seaver College lies just above Alumni Park and includes Stauffer Chapel, Tyler Campus Center, Payson Library, and the Ahmanson Fine Arts Center. Undergraduate housing and athletic facilities sit to the north/northwest of the academic complex. The Law School exists even higher above these areas. The central campus is surrounded by a loop road consisting of Seaver Drive, Huntsinger Circle, and John Tyler Drive. Banowsky Boulevard separates Alumni Park from the main academic complex and is named in honor of William S. Banowsky, the 4th president of Pepperdine.
Spur roads to the east of the central part of campus lead to faculty housing. To the northwest, Via Pacifica winds uphill to the 'Drescher Graduate Campus', completed in 2003 and home to the School of Public Policy, the Villa Graziadio conference center, as well as the fulltime programs of the Graziadio School of Business and Management and the Graduate School of Education and Psychology. Housing for graduate students, undergraduate honors students, and faculty are also located here.
Graduate Campuses
The Graziadio School of Business and Management and the Graduate School of Education and Psychology are headquartered in West Los Angeles at the Howard Hughes Center next to Interstate 405. These two schools also offer programs at graduate campuses in Encino, Irvine, Long Beach, Pasadena, Santa Clara, and Westlake Village. International programs of the University's various schools take place in London, Heidelberg, Florence, Buenos Aires, Paris, Madrid, Lausanne, Johannesburg, Tegucigalpa, Brisbane, Chiang Mai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.
Academics
Houses adjacent to the Malibu campus.
Seaver College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Seaver College (named for Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Seaver, the largest single benefactors of Pepperdine) educates undergraduates in a liberal-arts environment. Seaver College is comprised of 8 divisions and 40 majors:
Business Division:
Accounting,
Business Administration, &
International Business
Communication Division:
Advertising,
Communication,
Integrated Marketing Communication,
Journalism,
Public Relations,
Speech Communication, &
Telecommunications
Fine Arts Division:
Art,
Art History,
Music,
Theatre Arts, &
Theatre and Television
Humanities and Teacher Education Division:
Creative Writing,
English,
Film Studies,
History,
Humanities,
Liberal Arts, &
Philosophy
International Studies and Languages Division:
French,
German,
International Studies, &
Spanish
Natural Science Division:
Biology,
Chemistry,
3/2 Engineering,
Computer Science/Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Mathematics Education,
Natural Science,
Nutritional Science,
Physics, &
Sports Medicine
Religion Division:
Religion
Social Science Division:
Economics,
Political Science,
Psychology, &
Sociology
The college also offers master's degrees in History, Communications, American Studies, and Religion, in addition to teaching credentials. David Baird is the current dean.
Graziadio School of Business and Management
Pepperdine's Graziadio School of Business and Management enrolls approximately 2,400 students in its programs, which are offered as both full-time and part-time classes. It is the fifth largest graduate business school in the country, and was founded in 1969. The school was named after its benefactor, George L. Graziadio. Linda Livingstone is the current Dean.
Degrees granted by the school include:
★ Master of Business Administration (MBA)
★ International Master of Business Administration (IMBA)
★ Master of Science in Organization Development (MSOD)
★ Undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Management (BSM)
School of Law
The Pepperdine University School of Law is located adjacent to the Seaver College Campus, and enrolls about 670 students who come from all parts of the country. It is fully approved by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Pepperdine's Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution is consistently ranked as the number one dispute resolution program in the country, offering LL.M., master's and certificate programs. Some of its other newer degree offerings include the juris doctor/master of divinity in conjunction with Pepperdine's Seaver College. Other joint degree programs include the JD/MBA, JD/MPP, and JD/MDR. The school offers both a summer session and a fall semester in London, England. Kenneth Starr is the current dean.
Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Primarily serving working professionals, the Graduate School of Education and Psychology offers both masters and doctorate programs in education, education administration, psychology, and clinical psychology. Margaret Weber is the current dean.
School of Public Policy
Approximately 120 graduate students are enrolled in the School of Public Policy, which offers a two-year masters of public policy degree. Not simply the study of government, public policy is the study of how governments, non-profits, and even individuals and businesses address problems of public concern. Students specialize in economics, international relations, American politics, or local/regional policy in addition to their core studies and are required to complete a policy-related internship. James Wilburn is the current dean.
Presidents
★ Batsell Baxter (1937–1939)
★ Hugh M. Tiner (1939–1957)
★ M. Norvel Young (1957–1971)
★ William S. Banowsky (1971–1978)
★ Howard A. White (1978–1985)
★ David Davenport (1985–2000)
★ Andrew K. Benton (2000-Present)
Athletics
Pepperdine Waves Logo
Pepperdine University participates in the West Coast Conference, a conference made up exclusively of religiously affiliated schools in which it is the only member that is not Catholic. Appropriate for its location adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, well known for its waves, Pepperdine's teams are known as the Waves.
Pepperdine University was recently ranked by the Sears Cup as having the most successful athletic program for non-football Division I schools. UCLA was ranked the most successful Division I athletic program with football. Pepperdine University sponsors 14 NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics teams-baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, tennis, volleyball and water polo teams for men, while women compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis and volleyball. There are also a number of intercollegiate sports clubs such as Men's Soccer, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Ultimate Frisbee and Ice Hockey.
NCAA Division I Team Championships:
★ Baseball (1992)
★ Men's Golf (1997)
★ Men's Tennis (2006)
★ Men's Volleyball (1978, 1985, 1986, 1992, 2005)
★ Water Polo (1997)
NCAA Division I Individual Titles:
★ Robbie Weiss (1988 Tennis - Singles)
★ Carlos DiLaura & Kelly Jones (1985 Tennis - Doubles)
★ Jerome Jones & Kelly Jones (1984 Tennis - Doubles)
Notable alumni
Academia
★ Christopher Chetsanga (1965), Professor at University of Zimbabwe that discovered two DNA repair enzymes
★ Robert Landeros (1978) - Professor of Management at Western Michigan University
★ Robert Warrior (Ph. D., 1985) - Professor of English at Stanford University
★ Laura Skandera Trombley (M.A., 1983) - President of Pitzer College
★ Dwayne Simmons (B.S., 1980) - Research Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at Washington University
★ Janet Kerr (J.D., 1975; S.L., 1978) - Professor of Law at Pepperdine University
★ Steven Dimse (B.S., 1980) - Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Miami
★ James M. McGoldrick, Jr. (B.A., 1966) - Professor of Law at Pepperdine University[2]
Business
★ Robert E. Dudley (Ph. D., 1975) - President and CEO, Anagen, Inc
★ James Edinski (1983) President of Salt on Demand, Inc.
★ Adam Firestone (J.D., 1993) - CEO, Firestone Vineyard
★ Kim Fields Freeman (1990) - President, Victory Entertainment
★ Carl Lambert (1978) - President, Lambert Investments [1]
★ John Lewis (business) (1983) - President, Eugene Lewis & Assoc.
★ Robert S. Moore (1984) - Executive Vice President and CFO, Walt Disney Studios
★ Joe Rokus (1976) - Chairman, Reid Plastics
★ John R. Hall (B.A. 1997; MBA, 2002) - CEO, Greenwood & Hall
★ Teri Rokus (J.D., 1976) - Vice President, Reid Plastics
★ Linda Ruffin (1987) - President, Opportunities Plus
★ Rick J. Caruso (J.D., 1983) - CEO of Caruso Affiliated, former President of the Los Angeles Police Commission
Entertainment
★ Kim Fields (1995) - actress, U.S. TV sitcoms ''The Facts of Life'' and ''Living Single''
★ Adam Housley - Fox News Channel Los Angeles correspondent, former Milwaukee Brewers and Detroit Tigers player
★ Montell Jordan - R&B recording artist famous for his hit '90s single, "This is How We Do It."
★ Tia Mowry - Television actress best known for her role on ABC's ''Sister, Sister''
★ Tamera Mowry - Television actress best known for her role on ABC's ''Sister, Sister'' and Lifetime Television's ''Strong Medicine''
★ Tahj Mowry - Television actor best known for his role on the Disney Channel's ''Smart Guy''.
★ Bill Weir - Host of the ABC News ''Good Morning America Weekend Edition''
★ Kimberly Forsyth - Miss Arkansas USA 2006
★ Eric Christian Olsen - American actor
★ Clayton Snyder - American actor, best known for his role of Ethan Craft on Lizzie Mcguire. Clayton plays water polo for Pepperdine.
★ Ashley Jones - American actress
★ Porntip Nakhirunkanok - Miss Universe 1988
★ Casey Reinhardt- reality star in MTV's second season of
★ Brandy Norwood- R&B artist and actress.
★ Matt "Money" Smith- Southern California sports radio personality
★ Brittany Brannon - Miss Teen America 2007
★ Cami Edwards - reality star in MTV's third season of
Politics and government
★ Steven Baldwin (1979) - Executive Director of the Council for National Policy
★ James Hahn (J.D., 1975) - Los Angeles mayor, 2001–2005
★ Janice Hahn - Los Angeles City Councilwoman, 15th District
★ Bernard C. Parks - Los Angeles City Councilman, 8th District
★ Jami Miscik (1980) - Director of the Office of International Affairs, CIA
★ Rod Blagojevich (J.D., 1983) - Governor of Illinois, 2003—
★ Todd Russell Platts - (J.D., 1991) U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, (2001- )
★ Theodore Kanavas - Wisconsin State Senate, 33rd District
★ Michelle Park Steel - California Board of Equalization
★ Pierre-Richard Prosper (J.D., 1989) U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
★ Andre Birotte Jr. - (J.D., 1991) Inspector General for the Los Angeles Police Commission[3]
★ Gregory D. Totten - (J.D., 1982) District Attorney of Ventura County[4]
★ Hon. Eileen C. Moore - (J.D., 1978) Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District[5]
★ Colleen P. Graffy - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy[6]
Sports
★ Alex Acker (2005) - Former professional basketball player (2005-2006; Detroit Pistons)
★ Brandon Armstrong (2001) - Former professional basketball player (2001-2004; New Jersey Nets)
★ Dain Blanton (1994) - 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist in Beach Volleyball
★ Doug Christie (1992) - Former professional basketball player (1992-2007; Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings, Orlando Magic, Dallas Mavericks & Los Angeles Clippers)
★ Bob Ctvrtlik (1985) - 1988 Olympic Gold Medal Volleyball Team Member, Member of International Olympic Committie
★ Yakhouba Diawara (2005) - Power Forward for the Denver Nuggets
★ Jim Everett, Former NFL QB. Received his MBA from Pepperdine.
★ Mike Fetters - Former professional baseball player (1989-2004; California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks & Minnesota Twins)
★ Brad Gilbert (1982) - Professional tennis player, Andre Agassi's coach
★ Jason Gore (2000) - Professional golfer
★ Dan Haller (2001) - National Player of the Year; shot opening round 77 at Franklin Invitational & took 4th. Also a world renowned architect.
★ Danny Haren - Professional baseball player; 2007 A.L. All Star Starting Pitcher (Oakland Athletics)
★ Dennis Johnson (1976) - Former professional basketball player (1977-1990; Seattle Supersonics, Phoenix Suns & Boston Celtics)
★ Chad Kreuter - Former professional baseball player (1988-2003; Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, Anaheim Angels, Kansas City Royals & Los Angeles Dodgers)
★ Marcos "Marquinhos" Antônio Abdalla Leite - Basketball player; FIBA World Championship: 1970 runner-up & 1978 bronze; Olympian 1972, 1980 & 1984; Former teams: Fluminense Football Club, Synudyne, Bradesco, Emerson Color, and EC Sírio
★ Noah Lowry - Professional baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
★ David Newhan - Professional baseball player (New York Mets)
★ Will Ohman - Professional baseball player (Chicago Cubs)
★ Rob Picciolo - Former professional baseball player (1977-1985; Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers & California Angels) [7]
★ Terry Schroeder (D.C., 1981) - Olympian 1988, 1992 & 1996
★ Mike Scott - Former professional baseball player (1979-1991; New York Mets & Houston Astros) & winner of the 1986 NL Cy Young Award
★ Andy Stankiewicz - Former professional baseball player (1992-1998; New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos & Arizona Diamondbacks)
★ Andrew Sznajder - Professional tennis player
★ Derek Wallace - Former professional baseball player (1996-1999; New York Mets & Kansas City Royals)
★ Matt Wise - Professional baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers)
★ Randy Wolf - Professional baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers)
Rankings and reputation
The ''Princeton Review'' ranked Pepperdine on the list of colleges with "Dorms Like Palaces" in 2004 and 2007 and #1 under "Most Beautiful Campus" in 2006 and 2007. Pepperdine also appeared on other lists including "Students Pray on a Regular Basis," and "High Quality of Life." Because of its Christian affiliation, many contend that the student body breeds a religious and politically conservative atmosphere.[8] Princeton Review also ranked Pepperdine University #13 in its list "Alternative Lifestyles not an Alternative".[9] In 2007 Pepperdine was named as "One of the Top Producing Colleges and Universities" by the Peace Corps of America. The 2005 edition of the ''Fiske Guide to Colleges'' has also noted Pepperdine as being one of the nation's largest conservative colleges. ''US News & World Reports'' (see “Pepperdine at Glance” in the external links section) has ranked Pepperdine as the 54th best national university for undergraduate education, its law school is rated as 66th among the top 100 law schools in the country by U.S. News and World Reports, and the Straus Institute has appeared as #1 in the field of dispute resolution.[10] The Graziadio School of Business & Management has been consistently ranked by BusinessWeek as having one of the world's Top 25 Executive MBA programs, and ''US News & World Report'' has ranked the Graziadio School's Fully-Employed MBA program in the world's Top 30 and its Full-Time MBA program in the world's Top 100. Financial Times magazine has ranked the Graziadio School's EMBA in the world's Top 65.
Trivia
''Zoey 101'', the Nickelodeon series featuring Jamie Lynn Spears, was filmed at the Malibu campus.
References
1. Vanessa Jahn, GSEP 35th Anniversary: A Celebratory Evening to Remember, ''Colleague Alumni Magazine'', Spring 2006.
2. http://law.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/mcgoldrick.html
3. http://www.lapdonline.org/may_2003/news_view/21305
4. http://da.countyofventura.org/bio.htm
5. http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/4thDistrictDiv3/justices/moore.htm
6. http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/or/57713.htm
7. Baseballreference.com
8. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeSAdams/2006/12/11/colleges_to_attend,_part_i
9. http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?CategoryID=2&TopicID=25
10. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php
External links
★ Official website
★ Official athletics website
★ Pepperdine Review – US News, “Pepperdine at Glance”
★ Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business and Management – Business Week Review
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