A month later, another fire threatened the campus. Officials at Pepperdine cleared the students to leave the campus Saturday morning and canceled classes until Nov. 13.

The campus has seen its fair share of devastating fires, including the Woolsey Fire in 2018 that burned nearly 100,000 acres and killed three people. It’s also learned lessons along the way.

Pepperdine University ordered 3,000 students to shelter in place as the Franklin fire neared its Malibu campus on Tuesday, and despite 20,000 evacuations in their neighbourhood. Pepperdine's 1993 ...

Dick Van Dyke had to evacuate. So did Mark Hammill and Cher. But some 3,000 students at Pepperdine University were told to stay put, even as wildfire flames raged toward their campus.