Student Enrichment Fund

What makes Pepperdine such a special place are the personal connections students maintain with faculty and staff. To support these connections, Pepperdine offers two programs to share a meal with students. The purpose is to cultivate community, promote a sense of belonging, and foster the student educational experience beyond the classroom. The first program, Dine with a Student, and is specific to Seaver College students dining with a Seaver faculty or staff member in our dining facilities. The second program, Student Home Entertainment, is available to all Pepperdine faculty and staff hosting a group of students in a home environment. For questions on these programs, please contact the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs at 310.506.4472.

Dine with a Student

The Dine with a Student program at Pepperdine's Seaver College facilitates connections between Seaver faculty or staff members and Seaver students through shared meals on campus. To ensure responsible use of program funds, the following guidelines have been established:

• Maximum Value and Usage
  The dining with a student meal voucher has a maximum value of $24 and is a one-time use card surrendered to the cashier during payment. It must be utilized while dining one-on-one with a Seaver student and can be redeemed at any dining facility on campus.

• Coverage
  The meal voucher is intended to cover both the student's and the faculty or staff member’s meals. Any food purchases exceeding $24 are the responsibility of the faculty or staff member.
• Frequency and Availability
  Seaver faculty, staff, and students may use this program once per week when classes are in session. Meal vouchers can be obtained at the reception desk of the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs in Suite 210 of the Tyler Campus Center. Both the faculty or staff member and students must present a Pepperdine CWID and sign their name to obtain a dining voucher.
• Eligibility
  This program does not apply to student spouses or relatives and should only be used when a staff or faculty member and a student are sitting down to share a meal.
• Discretion
  Due to limited funds, a voucher request may be denied if it is determined that the requesters' intentions do not align with the spirit of the program.

These guidelines ensure the effective and equitable utilization of the Dine with a Student program, fostering meaningful connections and enhancing the Pepperdine community.

Student Home Entertainment

This program encourages faculty and staff to entertain students in their homes for a social meal. To ensure effective budgeting and utilization of funds, the following guidelines have been established:

• Eligibility
  The program is open to full-time and adjunct faculty as well as full-time University employees.

• Event Nature and Size
  The program is best suited for small gatherings of 25 students or fewer in a home environment. It is meant to be a social occasion rather than a relocation of a regular class or activity. Larger receptions with more than 25 students should be considered as division or department expenses.
• Reimbursement
  Participants will be reimbursed for actual food expenditures, with a maximum reimbursement of $8 per student in attendance. Reimbursement is based on the number of students who RSVP "yes" to the invitation and does not include the family or guests of the faculty or staff member.
• Maximum Reimbursement
  Since funding is limited, the maximum amount participants can be reimbursed per event is $200. Faculty and staff can request reimbursement up to three times per semester.
• Reimbursement Process
  After the event, the faculty or staff member should send a reimbursement memo to Beverly Wright at beverly.wright@pepperdine.edu within ten (10) business days.
  • The memo should include the host(s) name
  • Total number of students (listed names and CWIDs who RSVP'd to the event)
  • The date and location of the event
  • And expenses (original itemized receipts should be scanned and attached). The receipt must include the date and payment method visible on the receipt.

These guidelines ensure responsible use of funds while facilitating meaningful interactions between faculty/staff and students outside the classroom setting.

Special Provision for Seaver Faculty and Staff Who Live Off-Campus

Recognizing that some Seaver faculty and staff would like to host students in their homes but cannot due to distance or space constraints, an exception may be made to host students on campus. 

Requesting an Exception

You must obtain approval for an exception before holding your student event. Email Beverly Wright at beverly.wright@pepperdine.edu requesting approval to have your event on campus. Provide details, such as the date or time frame of your planned group event, the number of students you anticipate inviting, and the preferred location of your event. If you need assistance finding a suitable location, please ask for assistance locating an on-campus space/conference room/outdoor space for your group.

A Special Provision for the Caruso School of Law

The Student Home Entertainment program at the Caruso School of Law allows faculty teaching large first-year law classes of up to 70 students to host students in their homes. Here are the specific guidelines for this program:

• Eligibility
  Faculty teaching large first-year law classes of up to 70 students are eligible to participate in the Student Home Entertainment program.
• Student-Faculty Ratio
  The section faculty must be present during the event to maintain a student-faculty ratio of no more than 25:1.
• Reimbursement
  Hosts will be reimbursed at a rate of $8 per student, with a maximum reimbursement amount of $560 per event.
• Reimbursement Process
  After the event, the hosting faculty member must submit a list of faculty and students in attendance along with a reimbursement memo, as outlined above. These guidelines aim to foster connections between faculty and students outside of the classroom while ensuring responsible use of program funds.