David Holden

The Pepperdine University women’s soccer team will play the UCLA Bruins on Saturday, November 15, in the first round of the NCAA national championships. Their journey to the big dance was anything but conventional.

The Pepperdine University women’s soccer team competed in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday, November 11, 2025, losing to the fourth-seeded UCLA Bruins (1-3).

Pepperdine University is actively involved in trying to protect history, and, in the process, its training the next generation to do the same.

As the 2026 Distinguished Alumnus for Pepperdine University's Seaver College, Henning Strauss, the CEO of Strauss, Europe’s leading workwear brand, is giving back to his alma mater and investing in the next generation of business leaders.

Pepperdine University recently hosted the Christian Association of World Languages (CAWL) annual conference, where 50 scholars from around the US gathered to learn more about language pedagogy from their contemporaries.

Cathy Thomas-Grant, an esteemed professor of theatre at Pepperdine University, is set to stage her final student musical production after 31 years of teaching and directing.

At Seaver College, Sophia Burger and Audrey Riesbeck discovered friendship and a shared passion for legal studies. Now they're headed to some of the most prestigious law schools in the country.

Katie Stjernholm, a Seaver College alumnus, discovered a passion for documentary films as an undergraduate. Now, she's an Emmy Award winning producer.

Though trained as a filmmaker at Pepperdine University’s Seaver College, Jaibir Nihal Singh found a way to leverage his creative skills into a career as a successful innovator. Now, as a member of Forbes 30 under 30, Singh credits his education as the launchpad for his vocation, even if he never saw it coming.

Pepperdine University recently announced the founding of the Michael Gose Honorary Endowment, a new student scholarship honoring the profound impact of Seaver College’s professor of education, Michael Gose (MA ’75).