September Newsletter

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October 17-19, 2014

If you can only attend one alumni event this year, make it Waves Weekend! Come home and see your friends at the All Alumni Picnic and join the entire Pepperdine family at the sunset concert featuring the Plain White T's and Andy Grammer!

Alumni News

Kind Campaign Featured on ET



Molly Thompson ('09) and Lauren Paul ('09), Young Alumni Award recipients, founded the Kind Campaign in 2009 to help confront female-to-female abuse.  Lauren's husband, actor Aaron Paul, plugged her charity during his Emmy acceptance speech and the flood of responses crashed her website! Lauren talked to ET about the non-profit and the bullying that prompted her to start it.

Check out their website HERE.

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Alumni Across the Country Stepped Forward Through Serving Others

Thousands of students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends, as well as dozens of campus organizations, including classes, dorms, fraternities, sororities, and clubs, came together to assist nonprofit organizations, schools, churches and parks across the country. Step Forward Day began in 1988 when two Pepperdine students recognized the need for volunteers in the local community and sought to encourage service among their peers. The projects began as small acts of service from helping to repair homes of local senior citizens to planting gardens at Webster Elementary School. Today the annual event has grown not only across Southern California, but also to communities nationwide as Pepperdine alumni step forward to help. Check out the Facebook photos of some of the projects that occurred this past Saturday.

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Waves of Flags



For the seventh year in a row Pepperdine University has staged a dramatic display of flags on its expansive lawn at Alumni Park, Malibu, to honor the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The flags, reflecting each victim's nationality, represent the nearly 3,000 lives lost on that tragic day.

The Waves of Flags will be displayed until September 23.  There will also be a memorial service on September 11 at 12:15 PM at Heroes Garden on the Malibu campus.

Alumni Events

Founder's Day Wednesday, September 17 Carry a class banner to help us honor 77 years of purpose, service, and leadership during this year's Founder's Day! Click HERE for more information.	Hang 10 Dinners November 8 & 9 Hosting a dinner for ten students is a perfect way for alumni to learn about today's Pepperdine and to offer support to students in the way of fellowship and guidance for life, career, and calling. Click HERE for more information.
Pepperdine Class Representatives What is the easiest way to be involved with Pepperdine after graduation?  Become a Class Representative!  As a "Class Rep," you can share stories, rally your classmates, and be their voice to the University. Click HERE for more information.	Orange Crush 2014 It's time for  Orange Crush!  Wear your best Waves Pride clothing and submit your photo to Dennis Lawrence.  Once approved, the photos will be posted on our Waves Weekend page and the photo with the most likes by Friday, October 17 at 10 AM PST will win a $100 gift card! Please click HERE for rules and regulations.
AAOT Alumni Admission Outreach Team Help future Waves discover Pepperdine!  If you live near the Seattle, Portland, Dallas, Nashville, Chicago, or Washington, D.C., areas, you can host helpful, one-on-one conversations with aspiring Waves! Click HERE for more information.	Young Alumni Award Nominations Do you know a Seaver College alumnus who is living out the mission of Pepperdine?   Nominate them HERE!

Browse our alumni events calendar and get plugged in! Help the Pepperdine Fund make a difference for current and future students, and increase Pepperdine's national ranking through alumni participation! Learn how HERE

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