Retired military chaplain and syndicated columnist Norris Burkes is the recipient of the 2019 Will Rogers Humanitarian Award sponsored by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
News, Media and Stories | Class Of 2013
The Poetry Box of Beaverton, Ore., has published Surreal Expulsion, the latest collection of poetry by David James MFA '13.
Tara Velarde ’13 was cast for the New York Times bestseller-turned-world-premiere-musical, The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors, presented by the Oregon Children’s Theatre.
Kathryn Wilson MFA ’13 was recently featured on literary magazine Little Patuxent Review’s website about her experiences as a writer and one of the magazine’s fiction readers.
Three physical therapy alumni share their stories of how Pacific University's Physical Therapy program led to their early career success.
Nicholas Tasaka ’13 was promoted to vice president of Bank of Hawaii.
Cynthia Neely MFA ’13 had her poem, “Me Too – The Fall of Man,” published on Women’s Voices for Change, a news, commentary and opinion website that celebrates women’s health, beauty and wisdom.
Alex Bell ’13 recently led a team that was tasked with redesigning the Pacific University website. She was featured by Adobe on the Adobe Blog for her work.
When Luis Cisneros MAT ‘13 was a child, he worked with his family members in the fields and ditches around Nyssa, Ore., on the Idaho border. Now he’s overseeing other young people as dean of students at Nyssa Elementary School.
Wes Porter and Sarah Tomscha each signed up for a Voyages white water rafting trip with the intention of making friends and getting in one a last adventure before the school year began; neither realized they would be meeting the love of their life.