Fall 2014
Volume 6 | Issue 3
![Grunion - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/fall-2014/see-how-they-run-main_0-360x360.jpg)
An elusive species of fish unique to the California coast has captured the interest of Seaver College biology professor Karen Martin, her students, and the entire seaside community.
![Pepperdine alumni - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/fall-2014/mcbeard-main_1-360x360.jpg)
Clever content crusaders at McBeard Media are a close-knit family where nearly half of the employees are Pepperdine alumni.
Articles
![Rite Aid employees - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/fall-2014/rite-stuff-main-360x360.jpg)
Rite Aid CEO John Standley (’85) has helped revitalize the drugstore giant using the values he gained as a student.
![Christine Tinberg on bicycle - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/fall-2014/blind-mbition-main-360x360.jpg)
Christine Tinberg (’89, MS ’00) combines passions for athletics and ministry to help the blind experience the excitement of bicycling.
![Steven Sawalich - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/fall-2014/courage-on-fire-main-360x360.jpg)
Steven Sawalich (’99) shines a light on organizations around the world through philanthropic docuseries Operation Change.
![Erin Shannon - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/fall-2014/game-changer-main-360x360.jpg)
With an established career in traditional psychotherapy, Graduate School of Education and Psychology alumna Erin Shannon (MA ’98, PsyD ’01) also treats athletes using energy medicine.
![Alex Sarkissian - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/fall-2014/sarkissian-main-360x360.jpg)
Professional tennis player Alex Sarkissian (’14) takes tools learned at Pepperdine on the ATP Pro Tour.
![Ben Pilat - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/fall-2014/light-main-360x360.jpg)
From Broadway to ballet, lighting designer Ben Pilat has gathered the tools necessary to becoming a valuable teacher.
![Surf Convo - Pepperdine University](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/fall-2014/surfs-up_0-360x360.png)
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![Seaver College students - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/fall-2014/malibu-campus_1-360x360.jpg)
Pepperdine Magazine is the feature magazine for Pepperdine University and its growing community of alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends.
Editorial
Inside Voices
Pepperdine Magazine is the feature magazine for Pepperdine University and its growing community of alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends.