1863

Education Program offers baccalaureate degree in teaching

1911

State approves the offering of teaching certificates

1945

Optometry program adopted

1975

Physical Therapy program established

1984

Occupational Therapy Program established

1985

Professional Psychology program established

1989

State approves the offering of 5th year master's degree

1994

College of Education established

1997

Physician Assistant program established

2004

College of Health Professions established

MFA in Writing program established

2005

New LEED-certified library opens

2006

Dental Health Science program established

Pharmacy program established

Health Professions Campus (HPC) opens in Hillsboro

Burlingham Hall, a gold LEED residence hall, opens

FIRSTS

The Pacific University Fieldhouse, built in 1970, was the first athletic facility specifically built as an indoor practice facility for outdoor sports. The Fieldhouse predates facilities now in place at most larger colleges and is one of only a handful of such facilities among small colleges in the West.

Burlingham Hall is the first “gold” rated LEED-certified green residential building in the country. It is one of the first buildings on the west coast to achieve this "gold" rating.

A film first in September 2007, Stolen Again, was created in the Pacific University Media Arts Department under the mentorship of Erik Fauske. It will be screening along with 18 other Portland area shorts at Living Room Theaters in Portland.   >> Read More



BESTS

Built in 1912 by the Carnegie Endowment, the Carnegie Hall Library is the only academic Carnegie library located in the Pacific Northwest and only one of three academic Carnegie libraries in the West.

Pacific´s MFA in Writing program is rated as one of the top five low-residency programs by Atlantic Monthly and is the first in the Pacific Northwest.    >> Read More



HONORS

In 2000, Pacific University was honored as Number 66 of America's Most Wired Colleges by Yahoo! Internet Life. Receiving a score of 77.77, Pacific was graded on the categories of Access and Infrastructure, Administrative, General Resources and Support.

The "Touch the Future" program in the College of Education brings first generation–bound college students to campus each year.    >> Read More



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