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Mitchell Ulrich '22 receives a Pacific University diploma with Narce Rodriguez
Mitchell Ulrich '22 was announced as a winner of a Fulbright Scholarship at Pacific University's 2022 Undergraduate Student Awards.
Becky Weaver ’98 won Perimeter College’s 2022 Professional Development Award for her outstanding work as an assistant English professor in and out of the classroom.
AAPI Month graphic
Pacific University, the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and the Student Multicultural Center in collaboration with university partners, proudly celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May.
Lisa Szefel
Lisa Szefel has been promoted to full professor of history in the Pacific University College of Arts & Sciences.
This IS Kalapuyan Land poster
Pacific University is proud to remember and celebrate the history, heritage and culture of Indigenous peoples during the month of November. Educational events include a museum exhibit, online library display, philosophy colloquium and movie screening.
Jobs
In December, Rick Jobs, professor of history, was an invited guest of the House of European History in Brussels, Belgium, where he spoke about his work on the transnational history of youth and young people.
Martha Rampton
When Dr. Martha Rampton arrived on Pacific’s campus as a history professor in 1994, female professors still were sometimes treated like secretaries, being asked, for example, to fetch coffee for their male colleagues.A year later, Pacific had its first Feminist Studies program.
Martha Rampton, History, has two book manuscripts accepted for publication.
Construction on campus uncovers an informal piece of history from a past student.