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Dan Vaughan ’95 died July 2, 2021, at age 51.
Enie Vaisburd film professor
For the past three years Enie Vaisburd, Multimedia associate professor, has been working on a project that is close to her heart. She completed the feature documentary, A Midsummer’s Night Dream in Prison, on behalf of a fellow filmmaker who died in 2019.   
Alex Quast ’19 and Carly Williams ’19 Married
Alex Quast ’19 and Carly Williams ’19 were married on June 25, 2022, at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage, Alaska.
Photos of 2022 Poet Laureate Fellows from MFA
Julia B. Levine MFA '19 named an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow.
Pacific EyeVan
Pacific's Optometry EyeVan and partners hit the road for the first time this spring since the pandemic. Summer trips include local and international community outreach.  
Public Health Update
COVID-19 is not gone, but we have learned considerably more about how to manage it. Vaccines and new boosters are protecting most people from serious illness, and the extreme strain on our healthcare systems has abated. At Pacific, we are moving from an emergency response to our more typical long-term strategy of communicable disease management.
Rachel Martel ’17, MEd’19, OD ’20 earned a leadership certificate at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association's annual meeting in July.
Shaina (Hewitt) Sullivan OD ’19 was appointed board director for the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association at its annual meeting in July along with fellow alumnus Bill Hefner OD ’96, MEd ’97.
Mari Fujimoto OD ’19, who is a professor at Pacific, earned a leadership certificate at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association's annual meeting in July.
Larry Buchholz OD ’18 earned a leadership certificate at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association's annual meeting in July.

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