Media Mentions

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Feb. 25, 2025 | Oregon Public Broadcasting recognizes the 145th anniversary of the Chemawa Indian School, which began as the Forest Grove Indian Training School. The story features research on the school by Pacific University Archivist Eva Guggemos and the work of Pacific's Indigenous Student Alliance to remember those who died at the school between 1880 and 1885.
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Feb. 21, 2025 | The Jamaica Observer profiled Master in Fine Arts in Writing Professor Kwame Dawes and his goals as the recently appointed Poet Laureate in Jamaica. "We will celebrate poetry, remember the legacy of the poets, bring the gift of poetry to our people and encourage our people to recognize poetry in their everyday lives."
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Feb. 20, 2025 | In a Willamette Week article referencing an increase in teachers hired in K-12 in Oregon, Andy Saultz, interim dean of the College of Education, emphasizes that quality is an important as quality in hiring. “In school, a quality teacher is the most important factor.”
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Feb. 6, 2025 | Professor of Politics & Government Jules Boykoff writes in an opinion piece on CommonGround.org that executive orders issued by the Trump Administration around transgender issues illustrates that sports are more than just sports.