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Student working in the Dental Hygiene Van
An innovative gift to Pacific helped link outreach efforts in optometry and dental hygiene, creating interprofessional care opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience while meeting the critical needs of our communities.
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The centers have consolidated to advance their shared mission to empower students to engage as active members of larger communities.
Pacific University has been named a "Best Bang for the Buck - West" institution by Washington Monthly in its 2018 College Guide & Rankings.
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What can you do for the world with just a little time? Find ideas from the Pacific University Center for Civic Engagement.
Working in the Sonora Desert water drops.
Bruce '68 and Judy Bishop '68 dedicate down time in retirement to getting active in their community.
On July 8, six physical therapy students volunteered for the Special Olympics - Summer State Games in Corvallis, Oregon.  
Student smiling working with an Aphasia patient
“The No. 1 thing that is lost in aphasia is words,” said Annabelle Watts SLP ’17. “I really hope participants who come here realize there is this gigantic world of communication and that here are all these other ways to facilitate that and have fun and re-engage with life and with their partner.”
Young individual speaking to students about Youth Justice
A juvenile justice course in Pacific's Criminal Justice, Law & Society program takes students out of the textbook and into the community to prepare for careers in the legal system.
Recently, more than 100 high school students from Aloha High School and Faith Bible High School toured the gross anatomy labs on Pacific University’s Health Professions Campus in Hillsboro as a capstone experience for their year-long anatomy class.
Writing music gives youth opportunity to create and connect.

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