Applications for multiple 2021 Orientation positions are open now through April 16!
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Pacific University is among a select group of campuses around the country and the only institution in Oregon designated as a Voter Friendly Campus for 2021-2022. The designation is the result in part of the university’s participation in the All-In Campus Democracy Challenge for Pacific Votes spearheaded by the Tom McCall Center for Civic Engagement.
Splash, hike, ride, or swim your way through spring semester with Outdoor Pursuits! Grab a friend and register for one of the upcoming spring trips, like the spring break whitewater rafting adventure, a hiking day trip in Tillamook Forest, an all-day stand-up paddle boarding experience, or the surfing day trip along the Oregon Coast. Or better yet, contact Outdoor Pursuits for a Build-Your-Own-Day-Trip on Sunday, April 25!
The Intramurals and Recreation Department is pleased to announce the launch of a new video series — Cooking with a Boxer. The idea is to build community across campus, give people new meal ideas and simply have fun cooking!
SCC offers tips for coping with mid-term stress.
This year our American Physical Therapy Association - National Conference (Combined Sections Meeting) will be held virtually for the first time during the month of February. Pacific University is well represented at CSM 2021. Core faculty, adjunct faculty, and alumna from the Physical Therapy Program are presenting their scholarship in a variety of formats.
The NHOH Hoʻomau Celebration will celebrate our perseverance, strength, and growth through a year of uncertainty. The Hoʻomau Celebration will feature music, hula, and memories from current students, parents, and alumni. We invite alumni and parents to share their memories or performances for this special event.
Pacific University's Forest Grove Campus is announcing its decision to remain test optional beyond Fall 2021, offering undergraduate applicants the choice to include standardized test scores as part of their application.
As the parent of five, Keli Bruehling BEd ’22 already knows she loves kids. But balancing that family with a job and a college education? That would take love and dedication. Bruehling is in her first year of the Pacific University School of Learning & Teaching bachelor of education program in Roseburg, Ore. “I quickly learned that my family, my employer, my professors and my cohort make an amazing support system and they want to help me succeed,” she said.
A first-generation college student, Garcia Angeles started his life in a farming community in Mexico. When he was 9, he moved with his family — his “amazing parents who have only a third- and sixth-grade education” — to Oregon, where he started fourth grade as an English language learner. Now, as the first in his family to attend and graduate college, he is pursuing his master of arts in teaching at Pacific, planning to work at a Title I school in or near Hillsboro.