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Alyson Provax is a text based artist. Her primary medium is letterpress and she often uses repetition as a drawing tool rather than to make multiple originals. This calls into question the didactic certainty of text and can cause the viewer to notice the experience of reading. She is interested in the ways that we communicate things we are a bit uncertain of and how we tie our understanding of ourselves to language.
Pacific University will be hosting TIAA Financial Consultant, Andrew Martinez, for one-on-one consultation meetings with Pacific employees in September at the Forest Grove campus.
The Office of EDIA thrilled to announce that Tia McNair, the author of From Equity Talk to Equity Walk, will be our keynote speaker on September 17. Everyone is invited to join Pierre for a discussion about the book before the presentation. These discussions will take place on September 10 and 12 from 6 to 7 p.m. via Zoom.
Have you noticed Broxer Brew feels a little empty? That's because it’s not finished yet! We’re still waiting on some fantastic furniture to arrive from our manufacturers. Keep an eye out for the new additions, as they’ll be arriving through mid-November!
The Restructuring Task Force completed their work in May of this year and have provided a final summary of the work that is now posted on the Restructuring Task Force web page.
For those of you participating in PacU Libraries’ Summer Reading Bingo, here’s your reminder that bingo cards are due September 6. Turn yours in at the front desk of the Tran or Hillsboro Campus library to receive a button and be entered into the prize drawing!
Dr. Lena Cavusoglu of the College of Business was awarded the Best Consumer Culture Theory Competitive Paper Runner-Up Award at the 2024 ACR Asia-Pacific Conference in Bali, Indonesia. Her paper, co-authored with Professor Russell Belk, titled "Reclaiming Identity in the Face of Stigma," explores how individuals with facial differences reclaim their identities by rejecting cosmetics, surgeries, and prosthetics. This research significantly contributes to Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) and highlights COB's role in global academic excellence.
Join an online training session to learn more about Pacific's shared governance system. This is for anyone who is a new member of a university standing committee or any employee interested in learning more about this area of the university. Two online trainings will be offered on Thursday, September 5 at 9 a.m. and Wednesday, September 11 at 4 p.m.
Starting September 3, Intramural Sand Volleyball & Spikeball Leagues will be open for play! Find a team and register now.