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Graziadio school dedicates new Pasadena campus

Pepperdine University has expanded its horizons with a new graduate campus that offers MBA classes to working adults in the greater San Gabriel Valley.

The Graziadio School of Business and Management dedicated its newest campus center Feb. 4 on the eighth floor of Pasadena Towers in the heart of the Pasadena business district.

Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard joined Pepperdine President Dr. Andrew K. Benton and Dean of Graziadio School Dr. Linda A. Livingstone in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“We need the kind of leaders and visionaries you will create here, and we will help you succeed,” Bogaard said in a news release.

Benton said the center was complementary to other GSBM campuses around metropolitan Los Angeles.

“We are fortunate to have a presence in communities where our faculty can meet the needs of students where they live or work,” he said.

A long list of special guests was on hand for the event. Board of Regents member Ginie Braun and Pepperdine Chancellor Charles Runnels were in attendance, in addition to Provost Dr. Darryl Tippens and Helen Young, a member of the first graduating class of George Pepperdine College and wife of past Pepperdine president, the late M. Norvel Young. Livingstone expressed optimism for the center’s future.

“The namesake of Pepperdine, Los Angeles businessman George Pepperdine, and the namesake of the Graziadio School, George Graziadio, were pioneering entrepreneurs and businessmen,” Livingstone said. “We honor their legacy today.”

The center began classes in January and is already approaching capacity. US News & World Report ranks GSBM among the top 20 business schools in the nation, while BusinessWeek ranks its Executive MBA Program No. 11 in the world and No. 1 in teaching business ethics.

Scholl of Public Policy presents lecture on economic growth

Economist and Graziadio School of Business and Management alumna Kitty Kay Chan will present a lecture entitled, “Investigating the Impact of Intertemporal Instability in Enrollment Rates on Ecomonic Growth” Monday at 1 p.m. in the Mendenhall Courtroom at the School of Law.

Currently employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Chan develops research projects related to market structure issues and international trade. She has previously worked for Philip Morris U.S.A. as a territory sales manager, and Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., as a quantitative strategy intern.

Chan has taught economics at the University of Southern California, where she also earned her undergraduate degree in business enterpreneurship and master’s and doctorate degrees in economics. She earned her M.B.A. at Pepperdine’s Graziadio School.

Her research experience includes international work in France at Ecole Nationale des Ponts at Chaussees and at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Mexico.

For more information on the lecture, contact the School of Public Policy at ext. 7490.

Department of State issues warning to students traveling abroad

Sec. of State Colin Powell U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell issued a press release on behalf of the Bureau of Consular Affairs within the U.S. Department of State last week encouraging responsible behavior among students who plan to travel abroad during spring and summer vacations.

The release stated that more than 2,500 students are arrested abroad every year for a variety of reasons, including drugs, alcohol and disorderly behavior.

There are numerous differences among the laws of many nations, and the department urged students to become aware and familiar with the laws and customs of all the countries they might visit.

For further information, contact the Bureau of Consular Affairs at (888) 407-4747.

Submitted February 20, 2003

MALIBU, CA