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The Department of English is pleased to announce the newest membership of Alpha Chi Omega, Pacific University's chapter of the internal Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society. The 2019 class includes 20 students in Anthropology, Biology, Chinese, Creative Writing, Editing & Publishing, English Literature, Music, Philosophy, Sociology, Spanish, and Theatre majors and minors.
Arnold Taylor ’51 died Mar. 20, 2019, at age 93.
Four students and their mentor attend Boldface Conference.
The Department of English is pleased to announce our 2019 program awards recognizing outstanding seniors as well as recipients of the Esther Evans, Irving Storey, and Steele memorial scholarships.
Pacific will host a high school chamber ensembles contest on Friday, April 26 and a high school musician solo competition on Saturday, April 27.
The award will allow Tavares to complete the manuscript for her first book, a study of four 16th-century British theater companies and their contributions..
Five-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award and MFA Faculty member Pete Fromm joins Counterpoint Press to publish his forthcoming novel, A Job You Mostly Won't Know How to Do. 
Marie Olive Farr, former secretary to Pacific’s Dean of College of Optometry, died Mar. 18, 2019, at age 100.
Marvin West ’58, OD ’59 died Mar. 16, 2019, at age 88.
Bonnie Witkin-Stuart, former assistant professor of education at Pacific’s Eugene (Ore.) Campus, died Mar. 15, 2019, at age 58.
Kirk Horn ’62 died Feb. 10, 2019, at age 79, surrounded by his family. 


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