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| City: | Malibu, California |
| Type: | private |
| Sports: | baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track, volleyball, water polo[1] |
| Colors: | orange, blue |
| Mascot: | Waves |
| Website: | http://www.pepperdine.edu/ |
Pepperdine University is a California Christian private university founded in 1937.[2] The school ranked #54 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.[3]
History
George Pepperdine, noticing an alarming number of Christians who lose their faith after going on to higher education, set out to create a school that would provide an education taught by teachers who shared his faith and would support their students through their faith.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name" On September 21, 1937, the school opened as George Pepperdine College.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name
| “ | There" are many good colleges and universities which can give you standard academic training, but if our school does not give you more than that, it really has no reason to exist. The great difference between this college and other colleges is that we are endeavoring to place adequate emphasis and greater stress upon religious teaching and Christian character. | ” |
—George Pepperdine addressed the students, Cite error: The opening | ||
Athletics
Pepperdine" has had great success in Division 1 men's volleyball and men's tennis, they have obtained 5 titles in each sport.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Pepperdine Athletics (English) (HTML). Pepperdine University.
- ↑ Template:Cite" web
- ↑ National Universities: Top Schools (English) (HTML). US News.
- ↑ Pepperdine Facts (English) (HTML). Pepperdine University.