Pacific University

Charles Whittick recalls meeting his wife, Barbara Haglund, at an Alpha Zeta dinner dance.

It wasn’t love at first sight, but it was love at first kiss.

Jonathan and Shirley met at freshmen orientation when they were in the same group.

The Second World War took him away for two years, but he looked me up and that was it.

"Mindy fell for him even more when he wasn't 'mister smooth', driving the wrong way down a one way street, she thought to herself, 'He's the one.'"

“I am going to claim all of those 58 years,” says Marvelyn, about her late husband Dan.

Both Emma and Cliff have now passed on but they often spoke of their time at Pacific.

Shirley came from Skagit County, Wash., to Pacific University as a freshman in Sept. 1951.

Alice remembers Homecoming in 1951, which she and Everett Stanley co-chaired. She enjoyed having her picture taken with Everett and the Boxer, as well as her husband Ken.

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.

Jessie Wachter '03 has spent 10 years traveling the world following her Pacific University graduation.