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Following a national search, Dr. Leif Gustavson has been selected to lead the college and will begin his appointment on July 1.
Alice remembers Homecoming in 1951, which she and Everett Stanley co-chaired. She enjoyed having her picture taken with Everett and the Boxer, as well as her husband Ken.
The staff of Pacific University Boxer Dining Services is saddened by the loss of longtime Aramark employee Louis Foote, who passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 11.   
Two new academic programs are set to launch in Fall 2014, after receiving approval from the Pacific University Board of Trustees at its regular meeting this weekend.
Pacific University's Board of Trustees has approved the addition of a bachelor's degree in music therapy and the curriculum of the previously approved master of social work program.
Pacific University associate professor Nancy Ann Neudauer has received a Fulbright Specialist Award to teach at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cape Town, South Africa.  
Carrie Newman '88 sometimes uses the word "magical" to describe how the opportunities in her life have come to pass. From majoring in biology and sociology at Pacific, her winding journey has included the Peace Corps, graduate school, healthcare management, a public charter school, and now the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra..
Chris Wilkes, Sociology, has published a new book, Social Jane: The Small, Secret Sociology of Jane Austen.
Ruth Zuniga brings life experience to School of Professional Psychology's Latino/bilingual track.

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