News, Media and Stories | Alumni

Join us on May 2 for an immersive MBA Open House event at Pacific University, where you'll gain valuable insights from faculty, hear success stories from alumni and current students, and have the opportunity to ask questions in an interactive Q&A session. 
Scott Tuomi on stage conducting
The joint concert with Pacific's Chamber Singers, Concert Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra marked the end of a storied career for the retiring distinguished university professor of music.
Duncan Anderson '24 Posing With Microscope
Duncan Anderson's '24 senior capstone research project is helping a Hawaiʻi company improve its product in a quest to reduce methane emissions from livestock.
Dancers perform at Pacific's first powwow
The student-organized event celebrated Indigenous cultures while remembering the students whose cultures, and sometimes lives, were lost at a local boarding school in the late 1800s.
Noah Yamashiro '24 Singing
The inclusion of a five-song set of Hawaiian music in Noah Yamashiro's '24 senior recital was a homage to a culture that has had a large influence on his musical journey.
Allyson Hammond '26 Racing The 100-Meter Hurdles At The Rich Allen Classic
As the spring sports seasons rapidly come to a close, the Pacific track and field teams continue to take an eraser to the record books as the Northwest Conference Championships await next weekend.
Filmmakers pose with awards
A personal experience led College of Business Professor Lena Cavusoglu to produce an award-winning documentary.
Logan Switzer '25
Logan Switzer '25 spent Summer 2024 in Switzerland as one of 15 undergraduates from the U.S. selected for an internship at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
Students unload donations for the annual Lū‘au and Hō‘ike country store at Pacific
Part of the university's annual Lūʻau and Hōʻike, the Country Store brings some of the foods, flowers, produce and fashions to the Forest Grove for a farmer's market away from the islands.
Alumni can give back by donating their graduation gown to support students in need. Current students, faculty and staff can help spread the word about the graduation gown donation drive. 

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