Pepperdine Seaver College Campus Walking Tour Guide

BACKGROUND

SEAVER AT A GLANCE

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Pepperdine’s Malibu setting offers unparalleled natural beauty from every location and facility. Our Mediterranean revival architecture, designed with subtlety in mind, aims to keep the focus on the surrounding ocean and mountains.

Enjoy the view; we hope you brought a camera.

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George Pepperdine founded Pepperdine University to foster an institution dedicated to promoting the highest standards of academic excellence and Christian values. Our founder was never one to play it safe. With an investment of only $5 in postage, George Pepperdine started the Western Auto Supply Company in 1909. Twenty-eight years later, despite the scope of the Great Depression, he founded George Pepperdine College at its original campus in South Los Angeles.

Malibu, affectionately

In 1971 Pepperdine was reorganized as a university after the School of Law was established and the departments of Business and Education were labeled as separate schools. A year later, Pepperdine moved to its present 830-acre Malibu campus, which is consistently recognized as one of the most beautiful in the nation. While a close drive to all that Los Angeles has to offer, the Malibu campus provides students with a safe, small-town atmosphere where they can thrive academically and intellectually. We hope this walking tour will inform you of the many ways our students are strengthened for lives of purpose, service, and leadership, as well as how they use and enjoy our Malibu campus.

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nicknamed "the 'Bu" by locals, is a beachside community that attracts surfers, students, and the famous Pacific Coast Highway up the coastline and explore the 21 miles of scenic beauty lined with dining destinations, contemporary shopping centers, and endless opportunities for outdoor recreation.

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THEN CALL PUBLIC SAFETY:

310.506.4441

MALIBU CAMPUS MAIN NUMBER:

310.506.4000

OFFICE OF ADMISSION:

310.506.4392

SMOTHERS THEATRE BOX OFFICE:

310.506.4522

ATHLETICS TICKET OFFICE:

310.506.4935

STUDENT ACCESSIBILITY OFFICE:

310.506.6500

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Visitors with valid passes may park in any legal parking area on campus, including all streets and gated parking lots with token access, except for areas reserved for University vehicles. Visitor passes and parking tokens are available from booth officers upon entering campus.

Adamson House Malibu Creek State Park Malibu Pier Point Dume State Beach Solstice Canyon Zuma Beach

ACCESSIBILITY

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Maps specifying accessible routes and accommodations are available upon request from the Student Accessibility Office 310.506.6500.

24255 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, California 90263 310.506.4000

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Malibu Colony Plaza Malibu Country Mart Point Dume Village

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Cafe Habana Duke's John's Garden Malibu Farm Malibu Yogurt & Ice Cream Ollo SunLife Organics Taverna Tony

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boast spectacular views, helping our 17 NCAA Division I athletic programs on their way to an impressive 13 national team championships and 12 national individual championships. Our facilities have been the venues of historic sporting events. The Olympic-size swimming pool hosted the water polo matches of the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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Our outdoor Amphitheatre boasts a beautiful view of Stauffer Chapel and beyond that, the Pacific Ocean. Celebration Chapel is led by students here Friday mornings, a great way to wrap up the week on an uplifting note.

The Amphitheatre is the venue for many events throughout the year.

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ROCKWELL DINING CENTER

Housing the Waves Cafe, the Rockwell Dining Center also consists of our Oasis made-to-order pizza restaurant, Thai noodle bar, Nature’s Edge convenience store, and beautiful outdoor patio offering ocean-view dining every night of the week. Stop in for a snack or come back later to enjoy a meal.

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S TA U F F E R C H A P E L

Stauffer Chapel is a place of worship, prayer, meeting, and quiet, and a visible reminder of the relationship between the life of faith and the life of the mind that Pepperdine encourages through its commitment to the Christian heritage of the Churches of Christ.

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C E N T E R F O R C O M M U N I C AT I O N AND BUSINESS (CCB)

The Center for Communication and Business opened in 2002. Along with lecture halls and offices, the facility is home to Pepperdine’s own TV station, NewsWaves, which is broadcast to over 13,000 people in the Malibu and Calabasas area. The facility also houses our radio station, KWVS, and the newsroom for our award-winning student newspaper, the Graphic.

Please utilize the campus shuttles, which offer convenient transportation to the CCB.

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CULTURAL ARTS CENTER (CAC)

The Keck Science Center holds classes for the popular Natural Science Division. Most of the rooms inside this building are small labs used for classes and research. The one-on-one guidance and mentorship science professors provide students are assets not available at a larger university.

CAMPUS BOOKSTORE

Over two-thirds of Pepperdine students participate in one of the school's highly regarded study abroad programs. The most popular choices are the residential programs in which students live with classmates in Pepperdineowned facilities in Florence, Heidelberg, Lausanne, London, Shanghai, and Washington, DC. As a home stay, the Buenos Aires program offers a cultural-immersion experience.

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The Appleby Center is home to the Social Science and Religion Divisions.

As part of the general education curriculum, students are required to enroll in three religion classes. The first two classes delve into the Old and New Testaments, while the third is a Christianity and culture course.

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THE ROCK

One of the student body’s favorite traditions is painting the Rock located in the Adamson Plaza. Since 1980 the Rock has been decorated often by student groups for such events as New Student Orientation, Greek rush, birthdays, and concerts.

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The Cultural Arts Center houses the Seaver College Humanities and Fine Arts Divisions. Some of our unique liberal arts offerings include the Great Books Colloquium, Social Action and Justice Colloquium, Women’s Studies, African American Studies, and Film Studies programs.

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The Campus Bookstore is a one-stop shop for students’ daily needs. From textbooks to school supplies, apparel, food, and toiletries, the bookstore is a convenient option tailor-made for the student body. Stop in and check out the selection of Waves gear for yourself.

The Pepperdine residence halls are a home away from home on campus, providing a safe and encouraging environment for students. Our 20 residential halls each house approximately 50 students, with six suites that share common areas and bathrooms. Our new Seaside Residence Hall began housing sophomores and juniors in fall of 2018.

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Inside the Tyler Campus Center is the Student Employment Office, Career Services Office, and Volunteer Center, all furthering the University's mission to guide students toward lives of purpose, service, and leadership.

The student-run volunteer center organizes one-time, spring-break, and semester-long service opportunities for students.

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The HAWC is a 24-hour student complex with study areas, big-screen TVs, ping-pong and pool tables, and a recently renovated dining center, including a convenience store and cafe open until 2 AM. The Student Activities office, Intercultural Affairs office, Pepperdine Student Programming Board, and Student Government Association are also located inside the HAWC. 4.

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The renowned Pepperdine theatre program puts on one musical and one student-produced play on the main stage every school year, and the music program produces an opera in the spring. The annual Songfest and Dance in Flight productions offer students outside the performing arts great opportunities to take the stage.

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The Sandbar is our on-campus lounge, where students check their mailboxes, use computers in the cybercafe, or enjoy a Jamba Juice smoothie on the patio, which might have the nicest Pacific Ocean view on campus. The Sandbar also has a stage for student performances including the popular coffee-house evenings.

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as they navigate the college application process. Campus tours and application workshops are offered Monday through Friday, between 8 AM and 5 PM. Sign up on the admission website at seaver.pepperdine.edu/ admission. We welcome you to stop by our office with any additional questions, and we hope you enjoy your time on campus.

Payson Library is the nucleus of undergraduate study and research. After undergoing a complete renovation in 2016, the library reopened in fall of 2017 with state-of-the-art amenities. In the library you will find new furnishings, copious amounts of study space, our new Genesis Lab with cutting-edge technology such as 3D printing, database resources, and a fully operational Starbucks cafe. Explore the library facilities and envision yourself studying from a deck overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

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Mullin Town Square is at the center of main campus, bustling with students walking to class, studying, and enjoying the sunshine. This area also hosts many events during the school year, from our annual tree-lighting ceremony and Reel Stories Film Festival to Winter Wonderland, a Christmas season celebration featuring a special ice skating rink.

Check out these 18 points of interest around Seaver College and explore what we are all about.

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MULLIN TOWN SQUARE

Visit our interactive digital map online, click the Seaver College Tour button, and let our student tour guides take you on a tour of the place they call home. map.pepperdine.edu

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