News, Media and Stories | Summer 2015

Business Students at Commencement
When Sukhmeet Chhabra came to Pacific University, she was seeking a new career in a new field. Pacific’s new Master of Science in Finance Program, she said, offered a quick and convenient route to achieving her goals at a longstanding university with a solid reputation.
Richardson Family
Growing up, Avery Richardson ’17 wasn’t sure his father’s alma mater was even real.
1902 Womans Basketball Team
The Nov. 15, 1905, issue of The Pacific Index reported that both men and women were gearing up for a season of the relatively new-fangled game of basketball. Women had participated in athletics at Pacific before. They were members of the archery team, and they played on the tennis squad with the men. Basketball, however, was something a little different.
Kailea Saplan
“I’ve come to realize there’s nothing to worry about, because you’ve all done your jobs correctly. Because if I am at all successful today and hereafter, it is a direct result of your support.”
Becky Humphrey smiling
The Humphreys put the ‘family’ in Family Eye Care
LeRoy Smith with Wife
Fourteen members of the extended Smith family have attended Pacific University over three generations. The Boxer Spirit is in their blood.
Artwork Pallette
The Ebola Domino Project uses art to bring awareness and support to the ebola crisis in Africa.
Eddie Carillo with his family.
Eddie Carrillo ‘15 fulfills dreams, for his family and himself.