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Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track
Coach Floris and Cross Country/Track need YOU today to help us reach our lofty goals.
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Gifts to this fund will help our Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track teams! Whether that's upgraded equipment, enhanced meals, travel opportunities for our teams to compete outside of conferences, or recruiting, we use this money to ensure the success of our student-athletes.
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WAVES GIVE!
Help us meet our goal of 50 donors by making a gift of any amount today!
WAVES GIVE, our annual athletics day of giving, is here and we need your help to continue to ride the wave of momentum we are currently experiencing. Along the way, our team has the opportunity to unlock prizes for participation, dollars raised, hitting milestones – and, of course, earn bragging rights around the department.
Why are donations necessary?
As Pepperdine and our community have experienced, the past few months have been full of highs and lows alike, yet we have persevered through it all and come out stronger than ever, in large part due to the incredible support from our WAVES community. We need your partnership to continue to elevate Pepperdine Athletics!
Nick and Carrie Rodionoff Endowed Fund
Nicole Jane Macbeth Hill Memorial Heidelberg Endowed Scholarship Fund
On May 11th, 2024, Nicole Jane Macbeth Hill passed away due to the impact of an unexpected and sudden cardiac arrest. Nicole was a treasure to those who knew her, and her sweet voice, kind heart, and generous spirit will be missed by many.
Nicole was a Seaver College alumnus (’04) and earned her B.A. in Liberal Arts. She utilized her degree to provide enriching learning experiences and positively shape the lives of many young children. Nicole taught kindergarten and volunteered in several local church preschool programs, but her greatest joy was extending her love of learning to her own two children.
A highlight of Nicole’s life and college experience was her participation in Pepperdine’s study abroad program in Heidelberg, Germany, during the 2001–2002 academic year. Through this program, she developed many lifelong friendships; it was even mutual friends from Heidelberg who eventually introduced her to her future husband, Brent. Nicole loved her abroad experience and made it a point to attend both her 10- and 20-year Heidelberg reunions, relishing the ability to reconnect with friends and relive the memories from a time and place in her life that were so special to her.
To help honor and remember Nicole, Pepperdine has created the Nicole Jane Macbeth Hill Memorial Fund to provide financial assistance to other Seaver College undergraduate students who wish to study abroad in Heidelberg.
Nicole is survived by her husband Brent Hill and their two children, David and Catherine, her parents, Charles and Anita Macbeth, and her brothers Chad (’08), Cameron, and John (’14).
The purpose of this scholarship is to help cover the International Program fees, expenses for the educational field trip, and/or other study abroad-related expenses for students in financial need and good academic standing who attend the Heidelberg program.
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Christopher Parkening is ranked as one of the world's preeminent virtuosos of the classical guitar. The Washington Post cited, he is "the leading guitar virtuoso of our day combining profound musical insight with complete technical mastery of his instrument," and the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Parkening is considered America's reigning classical guitarist, carrying the torch of his mentor, the late Andrés Segovia." Christopher is Distinguished Professor of Music at Pepperdine University and has chaired the Christopher Parkening Competition in Classical Guitar since the fall of 2002. Pepperdine University offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with an emphasis in Classical Guitar. The music program, accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), also includes a rigorous core curriculum comprised of theory, history, private lessons, ensemble participation and numerous performance opportunities. This curriculum combined with Seaver College's top-tier general education program provides students with both depth and breadth during their undergraduate tenure.
Our Four Angels Endowed Scholarship
On October 17, 2023, the Pepperdine community suffered the tragic loss of Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir, and Deslyn Williams, four Seaver College students.
These students were bright lights in the Pepperdine community and each one of these students had a special impact on everyone they met. Their absence will long be felt. In an effort to honor their memory, Pepperdine is establishing the "Our Four Angels Endowed Scholarship," which will help continue the legacies of Niamh, Peyton, Asha, and Deslyn.
Pepperdine Orchestra and Instrumental Ensembles
Our Instrumental Ensembles offer a choice of these outstanding ensembles in which to participate: the University Orchestra, Pepperdine Wind Ensemble, Pepperdine Jazz Ensemble, Collegium Musicum, Chamber Music, Percussion Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble, and the Pickford Ensemble.
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Pepperdine's Instrumental Performance Ensembles
Thank you for Supporting Orchestra and Instrumental Ensembles at Pepperdine!
Thank you for your generous donation to Pepperdine's Orchestra and Instrumental Ensembles program! Your support helps support the sustained growth of Pepperdine’s vibrant artist community!
Why are donations necessary?
One of the most vibrant places for string study, The Instrumental Ensembles of Pepperdine’s Department of Music provides a balance between the difficulty of liberal arts university instruction and teacher-inspired and self-motivated learning to help students create a career in music and the arts today. Our faculty is active professionally in the Los Angeles area, engaged as performers, master clinicians and lecturers, making their teaching current and relevant. Your donation today supports Pepperdine's indisputable reputation as one of the most up and coming programs in the country.
Pepperdine Strong - Waves Give
On the evening of Monday, December 9, 2024, the Franklin Fire broke out in the areas immediately surrounding Pepperdine’s Malibu campus. In the hours and days that followed, the fire directly impacted our campus community—especially our students. We are grateful for God’s divine protection over our campus and for the unwavering leadership of our Emergency Operations Committee, faculty, staff, and our first responders in ensuring everyone’s safety and well-being.
As recovery efforts from the Franklin Fire continue, the Palisades Fire, which emerged on January 7, just nine miles east of Pepperdine’s Malibu campus, and continues to burn, has required more urgent attention. Additionally, multiple other fires across the Los Angeles area are affecting our students, faculty, and staff in various ways. While the effects of these disasters are still being tallied, we are already aware that many in our community face unforeseen financial burdens.
In response to the mounting challenges caused by these fires, Pepperdine has established the Pepperdine Strong Fund to provide immediate financial assistance to those impacted by this crisis. Your generosity will help alleviate the financial burdens of evacuation costs, travel interruptions, and other urgent needs, allowing students, staff, and faculty to focus on their recovery while starting the semester during this difficult time.
These funds will:
- Assist with temporary housing, food, and basic necessities for displaced students, faculty, and staff.
- Cover transportation expenses, including rides to airports or other safe locations.
- Help ship items students left behind—such as passports, prescriptions, and other critical belongings—from areas affected by the fires.
Thank you for standing with our Pepperdine community. Your support during this season of unprecedented challenges makes a profound difference in the lives of our students, faculty, and staff.
Pepperdine Strong Fund
UPDATE: The University has created the following website to provide updates on all helpful information pertaining to the current wildfires in the surrounding areas: Pepperdine.edu/Wildfire
On the evening of Monday, December 9, 2024, the Franklin Fire broke out in the areas immediately surrounding Pepperdine’s Malibu campus. In the hours and days that followed, the fire directly impacted our campus community—especially our students. We are grateful for God’s divine protection over our campus and for the unwavering leadership of our Emergency Operations Committee, faculty, staff, and our first responders in ensuring everyone’s safety and well-being.
As recovery efforts from the Franklin Fire continue, the Palisades Fire, which emerged on January 7, just nine miles east of Pepperdine’s Malibu campus, and continues to burn, has required more urgent attention. Additionally, multiple other fires across the Los Angeles area are affecting our students, faculty, and staff in various ways. While the effects of these disasters are still being tallied, we are already aware that many in our community face unforeseen financial burdens.
In response to the mounting challenges caused by these fires, Pepperdine has established the Pepperdine Strong Fund to provide immediate financial assistance to those impacted by this crisis. Your generosity will help alleviate the financial burdens of evacuation costs, travel interruptions, and other urgent needs, allowing students, staff, and faculty to focus on their recovery while starting the semester during this difficult time.
These funds will:
- Assist with temporary housing, food, and basic necessities for displaced students, faculty, and staff.
- Cover transportation expenses, including rides to airports or other safe locations.
- Help ship items students left behind—such as passports, prescriptions, and other critical belongings—from areas affected by the fires.
Thank you for standing with our Pepperdine community. Your support during this season of unprecedented challenges makes a profound difference in the lives of our students, faculty, and staff.
Studio Art and Art History
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Friends of Studio Art and Art History
We are grateful for donors like you!
Thank you for your generous donation to Friends of Studio Art and Art History! Your support helps support the sustained growth of Pepperdine’s vibrant art community!
Why are donations necessary?
With your support, Pepperdine students in Studio Art and Art History learn to analyze and critique the historical importance, conceptual content, and formal framework of works of art by utilizing art as a vehicle for community engagement, social change, and the advancement of diversity within global society. Seaver College's Art Department is proud to host the Art and Art History Lecture series featuring a range of guest lecturers. Offered several times throughout the year, the lectures introduce students to current scholarship and career paths in studio art and art history. Donations may also support student travel for research, including to conferences.
The Farrell Gean Accounting Scholarship
The Flora L. Thornton Opera Program
The Flora L. Thornton Opera Program at Pepperdine University provides students first-hand experience presenting significant works in the repertoire. Under the direction of Dr. Keith Colclough, the program produces one fully-staged production in Smothers Theatre each year. Recent performances have included Strauss's Die Fledermaus; Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance; as well as Mozart's Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, and Così fan Tutte, all in their original language. Vocal majors also prepare and perform opera scenes at the Heidelberg Summer Music Program. Close collaboration between the theatre and music programs at Pepperdine allows music majors to frequently perform leading roles in the annual musical. Recent theatre productions featuring music majors include Kander and Ebb's Curtains, Lippa's Big Fish, Gershwin's Crazy for You, Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, and Sondheim's Into the Woods. Because the Pepperdine music program is comprised entirely of undergraduates, our students enter graduate school with a wealth of on-stage experience behind them. Pepperdine graduates have won scholarships to many of the nation's most prestigious graduate programs, including The Juilliard School, Yale Graduate Opera Program, Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Northwestern University, Rice University, and USC. Pepperdine graduates are now gracing the rosters of America's leading opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Santa Fe Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Seattle Opera.
We are grateful for donors like you!
Thank you for your generous donation to the Flora L. Thornton Opera Program at Pepperdine! Thanks to the generous donors like you, Pepperdine has developed a reputation as one of the nation's leading undergraduate vocal programs featuring an annual fully-staged opera, a biennial summer intensive in Heidelberg, Germany, and master classes with top industry professionals.
Why are donations necessary?
Producing opera is expensive. Scenery, costumes, lighting, and most importantly, labor grows more expensive every year. While the opera program is supported by a generous endowment from Flora L. Thornton, its annual payout has not risen to match inflation. All told, the annual opera production engages over 100 students, faculty, and staff each year. Donations to the Flora L. Thornton Opera Program ensure we can continue to bring professional quality productions to the community, and provide transformative experiences for our students.