Mission: To empower the Pacific University workforce by providing resources and partnership
Vision: A safe and equitable experience for all Pacific University employees
Core Values:
- Accountability Commitment to holding ourselves and each other accountable in a manner that ensures our work and judgment is dependable and consistent.
- Accuracy Devote effort to continuously build competency and precision in logical process creation and data maintenance within our systems.
- Adaptability Flexibility in work and development methods that allow us to easily adapt HR service applications to a dynamic and ever-transforming world of Higher-Ed employment.
- Synergy Foster cohesiveness and harmony within our roles and throughout our team, maximizing resource utilization and efficiency in order to achieve higher-value results and impact.
- Trustworthiness Steady determination to expand expertise and cultivate partnerships to provide exceptional service and support through trusted knowledge and genuine cooperation.
Contact Human Resources
We are located in the Frye Building on 21st Avenue in Forest Grove. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday (Appointments are appreciated). The physical office is closed on Wednesdays, but staff are available via email.
Contact our main office by email at HRAccount@pacificu.edu or by phone at 503-352-3116 — or find a direct contact in this staff list.
Zoom Drop-In Times: Have a general HR question? Join via Zoom Wednesdays from 9 to 9:30 a.m. and Thursdays from 2:30 to 3 p.m.
HR Staff & Contact Information
Human Resources Team
Tammy Scheenstra | Associate Vice President of HR Ops & Payroll
tammys@pacificu.edu
Compensation | General HR
Tracy King | HR Solutions
tracy.king@pacificu.edu
First point of contact for Leaves | Workers' Comp | Accommodations
Kelsey Delanoy | Benefits and Leaves Specialist
kelseyd@pacificu.edu
Benefits | Open Enrollment | Retirement | Leaves | Workers' Comp | Accommodations
Catheryn Coupland | HR Generalist and Employee Experience Coordinator
ccoupland@pacificu.edu
Requisitions for Student, Staff & Faculty | New Employee Onboarding | I-9 Verifications | Paycom Access | Background Checks | Employment Verification
Katrina Gust | HRIS Analyst and Administrator
katrina.gust@pacificu.edu
Paycom | Permissions, access and password resets | Onboarding | I-9 verifications
Amy Brown | Payroll Specialist
aebrown418@pacificu.edu
Student Payroll
Martha Martinez | Payroll Specialist
martimar@pacificu.edu
Faculty & Staff Payroll | Time-off Accruals | Employment Terminations | Final Check Requests
Jamie Bass | HR and Payroll Specialist
jamiebass@pacificu.edu
Hourly Payroll | Stipends | Time-off Accruals | Employment Terminations | Final Check Requests | Tuition Remission | PSLF | General Questions
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Pacific University does not discriminate on the basis of sex, physical or mental disability, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, age, religious preference, or disabled veteran or Vietnam Era status in admission and access to, or treatment in, employment, educational programs or activities, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or any other classification protected under state or federal law, or city ordinance.