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Matt Brink (left) of the Hillsboro Lions Club presents Pacific School of Audiology Director Wendy Hanks (center) and Assistant Professor of Audiology Marcin Wróblewski (right) with a check for the School of Audiology Legacy Scholarship

Hillsboro Lions Club Supports Audiology Scholarship

The Hillsboro Lions Club presented a check to the School of Audiology for the School of Audiology Legacy Scholarship Fund.

Click. Whir. Flash. This Robot Solves a Rubik's Cube.

Three Pacific University computer science students combine computer vision, robotics and AI skills to build a robot that solves a famous puzzle. All three are headed to industry careers following graduation.

Zach Meskell '15 Prepares to Take Next Steps After Harvard Law

Believe it or not, his career so far is going just as Zach Meskell '15 drew it up: Pacific, improv comedy, Harvard Law, and clerkships with federal judges.

Dr. Jenny Coyle Named Next President of Pacific University

Pacific University alumna, parent, former professor and dean will become the 18th president.

Boxer Softball — and Judy Sherman — Turned a Corner in 1980

The 1980 softball season was the year everything changed for a talented group of softball players, and for their coach, Judy Sherman.

Zach Binkerd '14, MAT '16 Aims to Help Boxer Wrestling Get Off the Mat

Boxer wrestling hopes to make waves again, guided by a son-father team of Boxer alumni.

Maria Vasquez-Rodriguez ’22, MSW '23 Intends to Help the Vulnerable Navigate the Health Care System

As a social worker, Maria Vasquez-Rodriguez ’22, MSW '23 aims to straighten and shorten the path of patients who are buffeted by the health system. She was awarded the social work scholarship named for Claire Argow.

Boxer Love Story: Pamela (Paguia) Christianson '85 and Erik Christianson '83, OD '86

Pamela (Paguia) Christianson '85 and Erik Christianson '83, OD '86 met on campus in 1982 and were married five years later. Their Boxer love story includes two sons and exciting careers in Alaska.

Lorraine Basch '17 Applies Her Passion for Tribal Issues in Politics, Public Health

Lorraine Basch ‘17 has covered a lot of territory since she graduated from Pacific University. And she’s just getting started.

You Can Call Francis Kohler '22 a Senior Senior

Kohler is surely the only Pacific undergraduate who’s eligible for Social Security, lost his job for honoring a picket line during the Reagan administration, had a son born in Mexico, and produced the last live show that featured Billy Rancher.

Chris Stamm MAT '22 Dismantling the System to Advocate for Special Education Students

As a teenager, Chris Stamm MAT ’22 dropped out of high school in the San Francisco Bay area and describes his road to college as a rocky one. Now, he is pursuing a master of arts in teaching in special education.

A group portrait of the second group of Spokane students taken to the Forest Grove Indian School from the band of Chief Lot. This photograph was taken at the I.G. Davidson Photography Studio in Portland, Oregon on July 8, 1881.

Researchers Publish List of Deaths of Indigenous People Who Lived at 'Indian Schools' in Forest Grove, Chemawa

Two historians have compiled and published a sortable list of Native people who died while attending two boarding schools for Indigenous Americans in Oregon. The online resource, which covers deaths dating back to 1881, documents approximately 275 students and 30 non-students who were buried at the Chemawa School Cemetery near Salem, and two who are buried in unmarked graves at the Forest View Cemetery in Forest Grove.