Pepperdine University Executive Program

Finally, it’s here! Pepperdine University now has a campus in Silicon Valley. Its Ribbon Cutting Ceremony day was 02/​19/​2015. I was there to join the occasion and so excited that we now have a campus to call «home». Also, we are the very first group to enjoy this facility.
I started the EMBA (Executive MBA) program January of 2014 and my class number is 102N. We started out with 11 people at the kick off in Malibu and now we are down to 9 (8 from the original group and 1 just joined in this trimester). We are so lucky to have such a wonderful and well-​collaborative group of cohorts. All of us have full time jobs and full time school. Also most of us are married and some of us even have toddlers. Juggling between school, work & family is really the core of the challenge. My advisor used to say, «If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.» Trust me when I say, it’s not for the faint of heart! Through these challenges, we cohorts have grown to care and support each other through the tough times, and share the joy of the accomplishment when each group project is checked off. We are all very different and yet we get along so well and so caring toward each others. The International Trip to China & Thailand last September definitely reinforced our bonds and have brought us that much closer.
This program also comes with an advisor besides the wonderful and knowledgeable professors; we had Dr. Charlie Kerns for Leadership, Dr. Jeff Schieberl for Business Law, Dr. Samuel Seaman for Statistics, Dr. Sheila Moore for Finance, Dr. Charla Griffy-​Brown for Information Systems, Dr. Marsh Nickles for Econ, Dr. Dave McMahon for Marketing and will have Dr. Kurt Motamedi for Strategies.
The entire experience/​journey has been numinous. There are times my fear of doubts do come by and told me that I won’t make it to the end, but then that same fear quickly got overshadowed by all these intriguing topics which have kept me motivated and inspired to keep going forward. I have gained so much more confidence and have learned so-​so much. I am now 80% done with the program and so much looking toward to graduation day. Yippie!!!