A passion for dental care and serving his community has led School of Dental Hygiene Studies professor Wilber Ramirez-Rodriguez '10 to national service appointments with both the American Dental Therapy Association and the Hispanic Dental Association.
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The Pacific University College of Optometry presented awards to some of its top optometry graduates on May 19.
Luke Boran OD '23, has been awarded the inaugural Oregon Optometric Physicians Association's (OOPA) Legacy Past Presidents Award. The award was announced at OOPA's annual meeting held in April at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond, Ore.
Over the last 30 years at Pacific, programs were added and expanded; enrollment grew. The vast majority — about 80 percent — of Pacific’s living alumni attended the university in the last 30 years. Now scattered from Washington County, Oregon, to points around the planet, they represent an increased diversity of disciplines and experiences, as well as after-graduation achievement.
David Goss '72, OD '74 has published From Spectacle Making Trade to Scholarly Profession: A History of Optometry in the United States, by Pacific University Press.
Join us on International Women’s Day, Wednesday, March 8 at 4 p.m. PST, for an alumnae panel of women leaders as we celebrate the inauguration of our 18th president, Jennifer Coyle ’90, OD ’93, MS ’00, who is the third woman to lead our university.
Rachel Martel ’17, MEd’19, OD ’20 earned a leadership certificate at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association's annual meeting in July.
Morgan Grove OD ’16 earned a leadership certificate at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association's annual meeting in July.
Yelena (Pavlovich) Galuza OD ’15 earned the President’s Award at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association’s annual meeting in July.
David Glabe MS '12, OD '12 earned the Advocacy Award at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association’s annual meeting in July.