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The award will allow Tavares to complete the manuscript for her first book, a study of four 16th-century British theater companies and their contributions..
Five-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award and MFA Faculty member Pete Fromm joins Counterpoint Press to publish his forthcoming novel, A Job You Mostly Won't Know How to Do. 
Marie Olive Farr, former secretary to Pacific’s Dean of College of Optometry, died Mar. 18, 2019, at age 100.
Marvin West ’58, OD ’59 died Mar. 16, 2019, at age 88.
Bonnie Witkin-Stuart, former assistant professor of education at Pacific’s Eugene (Ore.) Campus, died Mar. 15, 2019, at age 58.
Kirk Horn ’62 died Feb. 10, 2019, at age 79, surrounded by his family. 

Dunn celebration
University's renowned Master of Fine Arts in Writing program to celebrate the posthumous release of Dunn's latest work at special gathering in Portland on Friday, March 29.
Rob Hesia '04 was selected as the coach of the year by the Hawaii Wrestling Coaches Association at the national body’s meeting in Pittsburgh this week.
June 2019 MFA Residency Guest speakers Susan Choi, Melanie Rae Thon, Peter Rock, Paul Tran
Guest speakers for the Master of Fine Arts in Writing June 2019 residency include Susan Choi, Peter Rock, Melanie Rae Thon and Paul Tran.
Jennifer (Kornmann) Wolfman ’60 died Mar. 15, 2019, at age 80, surrounded by her family.

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