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Aunty Edna
"Aunty" Edna Gehring, advisor for Pacific's Hawai'i Club, is retiring after 35 years of service at Pacific. Her legacy will live on through an endowed scholarship for members of the club. 
The Littlefield family has established an award and a scholarship, both for optometry students.
The Juan Young Trust has awarded a $10,000 grant to Pacific University’s Campus Wellness program, in support of sexual violence prevention programming.
Alex Marchbanks smiling
Alex (Bing) Marchbanks '14, SLP '18 found her passion for speech-language pathology at Pacific. A scholarship funded by donors helped turn her dreams to reality as she completes her master's degree this spring.
Making a charitable gift to Pacific University from your IRA is easy and can result in less taxation on the gift.
Two recent bequests received by Pacific create endowed scholarships.
Pacific's first Boxer Excellence Week raised $265,458 in gifts and pledges from 720 donors.
Audiology and Communication Sciences & Disorders programs receive $80,000 gift from the Eugene Hearing & Speech Center, to be split evenly between the two programs.
Pacific University has received a $32,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente NW for the EyeSmile Outreach Program.
Lead On: The Campaign for Tomorrow at Pacific University is about carrying a 168-year tradition of excellence and opportunity into a bright new future, said President Lesley Hallick.

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