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Prospective #Smithie POV: You’re on a campus tour with Rita Froehlich ‘28 and she’s answering some of your housing FAQs!

The #SmithCollege campus is beautiful, but it's the people sitting next to you that make it feel like home!

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Professor Greg Hajcak has spent 20 years studying anxiety and depression. Now he's leading a $3 million research project to build a digital app that could help close California's youth mental health care gap. The app is grounded in one idea: people feel safer, and less at risk for depression, when they find real community. Hajcak holds …

If you've been watching soccer lately, you may have seen a familiar face. Rob Stone '91 is in his sixth time anchoring a FIFA World Cup. Since beginning his career at the Fox Sports Media Group, Stone has worked as a studio host for Major League Soccer, Copa America, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League. While …

The ripple effect of a #SmithCollege education spans decades, continents, and generations. Years ago, a young woman attending Ewha Womans University in postwar Seoul took a class from a Smith graduate. The instructor's brilliance and global perspective left such a profound mark that the student made a promise to herself: if she ever made it …

The Colgate Free Store and Hami-Down are two student initiatives that recirculate unwanted items. During the inaugural Free Store Giveaway, first-year and transfer students were supplied with nearly 2 tons of dorm supplies. “The Free Store supports Colgate’s zero-waste initiatives by diverting items left during move-out from the landfill and redirecting them back to the student …

The #SmithCollege campus is beautiful, but it’s the people sitting next to you that make it feel like home!

To honor the 250th birthday of the United States, Pepperdine Libraries has curated the Michael J. Marlatt Collection of Documents from Colonial America, a collection of primary documents such as newspapers, books, and handwritten letters, all published between the years 1715 and 1781. Each text offers a window into both the intellectual thought and practical …

The final Truman Review Alumni Spotlight is on Bob McConnell ('77)! McConnell by day is an Iowa hog farmer, and by night he is the music director and CEO of the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra. After initial resistance to going to college, McConnell now uses his liberal arts education to succeed in the disparate fields …

Social media promises connection, but for many women, it's also fueling something else: a steady erosion of self-worth. Katy Bruchmann, associate professor of psychology, has spent her career studying why, from fitness inspiration content to the newest frontier, AI-generated influencers who aren't real at all. Her research shows the cost is more than emotional. Bruchmann shares …

HUGE announcement for our campus renovation plans! Get ready for a new and improved Harper Hall 🤩 🏗️ 🅱️ #BradleyUniversity #Renovation #CampusUpdate #Construction pic.x.com/6KFq645riK

Our student-athletes have set the bar once again. Well done @PepperdineWaves x.com/pepperdinewave…

TIME TO VOTE BRAVES! x.com/MVCsports/stat…

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From Schott Stadium to the Show. Max Bayles (Twins, Rd. 7) and Ben Cleary (Guardians, Rd. 12) are headed to the pros after the 2026 @MLB Draft. GO BRONCOS! Press release: go.scu.edu/44t1Yjc

These are the big kids on campus this week 😎 👍 It's one of our favorite parts of summer: World of Wonder summer learning program! #BradleyUniversity #SummerLearning #STEAM pic.x.com/8Z9RGbIMcfpic.x.com/8Z9RGbIMcf

Psychology professor Katy Bruchmann studies how social media, including AI-generated influencers, shapes body image and self-worth. Her lab's newest project began as an undergraduate's idea and is now becoming a senior thesis. Read more: go.scu.edu/4ydcAAa #DiscoverSCU pic.x.com/pAX4LO6wTQ