Media Mentions

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Nov. 27, 2024 | Pacific University Associate Professor of Politics & Government Jim Moore spoke with Portland's KGW-TV about the results of the election for Oregon House District 22, which gives Democrats a supermajority in the chamber for the 2025 session.
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Nov. 25, 2024 | The Oregonian published a tribute to late Professor Emeritus of Political Science Russ Dondero, who passed away on Nov. 14, 2024. The story includes remembrances from Les AuCoin '69, Board of Trustees member Dan James '87 and Professor Emeritus Chuck Currie '91.
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Nov. 20, 2024 | The topic of adding fluoride to drinking water was on the ballot in many communities across the country. Mary Tran '25, a dental hygiene studies student, spoke with the Washington Post about fluoride and her experience working on a ballot measure in Hillsboro, Oregon that would have added the element to the city's drinking water.
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Nov. 14, 2024 | The Pacific Ear Clinic was selected by readers of the Hillsboro News-Times as its best audiologist/hearing aid provider. The newspaper profiled the clinic in its awards circular.
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Nov. 5, 2024 | Former Congressman and Pacific alumnus Les AuCoin '69 speaks to Oregon Businss about being honored by Pacific University, the 2024 elections, and why civics education is more important than ever.
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Nov. 1, 2024 | Jim Moore is one of the most quoted political analysts in Oregon this century. As he prepares to retire, he joins Jefferson Public Radio to discuss the state of political affairs in Oregon and across the nation.
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Oct. 23, 2024 | Oregon Public Broadcasting highlights Pacific's McCall Center for Civic Engagement and the university's work to boost voter turnaround among students. In the 2020 presidential election, more than 80% of Pacific students were registered to vote and nearly 68% of them cast a ballot, according to a campus report compiled by The National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement at Tufts University.