== Tracy/Ace section Increasing Community Engagement ==
Coming soon<span><span style="font-size: Your Video 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></span></span>One of the issues we've discovered in our research of Pepperdine's campus is the lack of community and alumni engagement due to the nature of Pepperdine's geographic location. <span style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Malibu is a very isolated part of Los Angeles county so students often do not tap into the expansive alumni network that is available to them. This is likely due to the lack of knowledge of such resources. Further, the connection to alumni that we do have is quite silo'd between the schools. Our goal will be to integrate and make more visible the amazing alumni network that Pepperdine has to offer so that students can benefit from those currently in the field.</span> <span style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-3e01deda-e2f9-5d84-87de-38861605f7a3"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Possible Project: One of the best ways to increase community engagement is to appeal to an individual's competitive spirit. We would like to propose a Student/Faculty/Alumni intramural sports league <span id="docs-internal-guid-501c2e85-e2fb-e3ee-118a-8602ba0ea13b"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">where upon undergraduates, masters students, faculty, and alumni can engage in low-stakes competitive sports.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The event could be held in a central location of Los Angeles to encourage more alumni to come during their weekends.</span> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Prototype</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">: We created an official email and survey to send to students, faculty, and alumni to gauge interest and suggestions for the league. We also discussed the idea with students to great response.</span> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Requirements</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">: funding for food, reservation of space and sports equipment</span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-3e01deda-e2f9-5d84-87de-38861605f7a3"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Reflections on this Prototype</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">: After gauging student interest in this idea, we found that many students were unaware of the vast Pepperdine alumni network in Los Angeles. There are quite a few movers and shakers in the Entertainment industry who have come out of Pepperdine that would love to give back to their alma mater and guide students in any way possible. Once this was realized, students were incredibly excited to engage in our league. The verdict is still out on what kind of alumni interest we would have. We would need to be very deliberate in how we crafted this so as to make it easy for busy alumni to attend. Organization will be key.</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Possible Dates:</span> Sign ups during orientaition week of respective schools (Session 5Between August 15th-31st of 2017) Seasons start in September with possible championships in early November.
== Collaboration Between Departments and Campuses ==