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PAC placed on pause
Samantha Torre News Editor
Pepperdine Ambassadors Council did not return for the 2022-23 academic year.
For the past 32 years, PAC had been a student-run organization composed of 20 undergraduates. They served as a bridge between Seaver College students and the wider Pepperdine and Malibu communities, according to the website.
However, since the start of the fall 2022 semester, there have not been students in the traditional navy blue blazers greeting at events — such as Founder’s Day — or presenting at President’s Cabinet meetings.
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PAC — an organization students and alumni said they took part in to help represent students to the administration and wider Pepperdine community — is “pausing,” former adviser David Johnson wrote in a March 22, 2022 email to members of PAC.
Advancement and PAC students disagree over the nature of the pause. PAC members said the pause was the result of disagreement over how much control members would have over the selection process.
University Advancement, however, wrote the pause has been a time to reimagine the future of the organization.
“It really is a shame to see a student organization that is made up of students who love the University and want to give back to the University to be completely disregarded and shoved to the side by the University we love so much,” said Josh Leow, Seaver alumnus (‘22) and former chair of PAC.
PAC began in the 1989-90 academic year under the Office of the President, according to the PAC website and PAC alumni.
In 1992, the University moved PAC under Advancement, according to PAC’s website.
In 2021, Johnson started as a new adviser, succeeding Meghan Lervold. Johnson’s appointment coincided with the change of Advancement’s relationship with PAC, PAC members said.
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