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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.
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 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..
Adam Rafalovich, Sociology, is quoted in “The Not-So-Hidden Cause Behind the A.D.H.D. Epidemic” in the October New York Times Magazine.
Dawn Salgado, Psychology, has been awarded one of only two Mamie Phipps Clark Research Grant Awards.
Jeff Seward, Politics and Government, recently completed a documentary, The Grasshopper Women.
Christine Sneed, MFA, received the 21st Century Award for her first novel, Little Known Facts.
Blake Timm, Athletics, set a personal best in running the Portland Marathon in October
Chris Wilkes, Sociology, has published a new book, Social Jane: The Small, Secret Sociology of Jane Austen.

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