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Oliver McCoy '95
The 2024 Pacific University Alumni Association Outstanding Alumni Award winner has dedicated his career to improving life in some of the world's most war-torn regions.
Alex Bove teaches a wide range of courses in the English Department, including 19th century British literature, literary theory, and special topics in film and literature.
Cover of Map-Maker by Kwame Dawes
Shella Parcarey MFA '24 Awarded Spring 2024 Mapmakers Teaching Assistantship
Have you written anything for class you're proud of in 2023? Submit your writing to the Pacific Literary Undergraduate Magazine (PLUM) by Dec. 15, for a chance to win up to $125! This contest is open to all students.
Michael Hahn
Michael Hahn MFA '23 awarded the Fall 2022 Mapmakers Teaching Assistantship.  
Mike Steele
Professor Emeritus Mike Steele will be formally inducted into the United States Handball Association Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Portland on Friday, June 17.
clockwise from top-left: Catherine-Esther Cowie, Kazim Ali, Aviya Kushner, Allisa Cherry
Pacific MFA Mapmakers Alumni Institute | Featuring Catherine-Esther Cowie '20, Kazim Ali, Allisa Cherry '21, & Aviya Kushner
Pacific MFA poetry student N.L. Shompole
Pacific MFA poetry student N.L. Shompole awarded the Mapmakers Teaching Assistantship
Ada Limon.
Join Pacific University's Visiting Writers series for a virtual author talk with Ada Limón at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25. Limón is the author of five books of poetry, including The Carrying, a National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Register for the Zoom link.
The Department of English is pleased to announce the winners of the Pacific University 2019 Writing Contests in the categories of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, literary analysis, and college writing.

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