Two new academic programs are set to launch in Fall 2014, after receiving approval from the Pacific University Board of Trustees at its regular meeting this weekend.
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Pacific University associate professor Nancy Ann Neudauer has received a Fulbright Specialist Award to teach at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cape Town, South Africa.
Carrie Newman '88 sometimes uses the word "magical" to describe how the opportunities in her life have come to pass. From majoring in biology and sociology at Pacific, her winding journey has included the Peace Corps, graduate school, healthcare management, a public charter school, and now the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra..
Carol Pott '86 recalls how her liberal arts education at Pacific University started a journey that has included everything from working in post-genocide Rwanda to singing French ye-ye music.
Chris Wilkes, Sociology, has published a new book, Social Jane: The Small, Secret Sociology of Jane Austen.
Blake Timm, Athletics, set a personal best in running the Portland Marathon in October
Christine Sneed, MFA, received the 21st Century Award for her first novel, Little Known Facts.
Jeff Seward, Politics and Government, recently completed a documentary, The Grasshopper Women.
Dawn Salgado, Psychology, has been awarded one of only two Mamie Phipps Clark Research Grant Awards.
Adam Rafalovich, Sociology, is quoted in “The Not-So-Hidden Cause Behind the A.D.H.D. Epidemic” in the October New York Times Magazine.