Pepperdine Magazine

Service has been at the heart of Pepperdine University since its founding, and today members of the Pepperdine community continue to use their skills and talents to find solutions to serve those in need.

What budget cuts really mean Students and teachers returned to the classroom this fall facing the reality of uncertain economic times. Alumni educators offer an up-close-and-personal look at hot topics in education today.

Nerves buzzing. Thoughts racing. You’re sitting across from a potential employer in an interview, trying to anticipate the next question. And then it comes… Are you planning on having children? the interviewer asks, looking down at your wedding ring.

For years, British philosopher Antony Flew was known across the globe as a strident atheist. Everything changed with the publication of his book, There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind (2004).

Teaching individuals to become not only more enterprising but businessmen as well is beyond the capabilities of an academic business school.

The Union Rescue Mission, located in the heart of Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles, is the largest mission of its kind in the United States, dedicated to serving the poor and homeless.

From air quality to water conservation, preserving Machu Pichu begins with the health of its neighbors.

Psychologists explore the enduring wounds and courage of our nation's veterans.

The Pepperdine community unites to celebrate the inauguration of the nation’s first African American president.

Doug Kmiec shocked the conservative political world when he publicly endorsed the presidential aspirations of Senator Barack Obama. What followed was an intense test of faith and friendship.

Thema Bryant-Davis reveals how cultural influences impact trauma recovery and offers new paths to healing.

When three law students spent their summer internships in Sofia, Bulgaria, they encountered a country in transition seeking new paths of progress.