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Mushrooms poke through the grass alongside a trail.
This semester, Outdoor Pursuits is blooming with multiple opportunities to spring into action and get involved in the outdoors! Participate in the free bike program, or rent wonderful gear for your own weekend excursion! View the OP calendar and register today!
Women's History Month provides an opportunity for us to reflect on the time, physical labor, and emotional labor women have historically contributed to advance opportunities for people of all genders.
Pacific student dancing at past Lu‘au and Ho‘ike
Limited tickets are available to the public and are now available online for the April 9 Lū‘au and Hō‘ike.
Undergraduate Student Senate (USS) is accepting applications for executive board positions through March 10 for 2022-2023. Ballots, along with candidate photos and statements will be emailed to students. Elections will be held online with voting beginning at 9 .m. March 15, and concluding at 5 p.m. March 16.
Students on quad
Pacific University students, staff and faculty are invited to participate in the 2022 Diversity and Equity Campus Climate Survey.
Math Professor Nancy Neudauer
An article, co-authored by Pacific Professor Nancy Ann Neudauer on the life of esteemed mathematician Grace Alele-Williams, was published in the March 2022 edition of Notices of the American Mathematical Society.
The university continues to follow the guidance of state public health officials. Masks will become optional in most university spaces, while vaccination, monitoring and testing protocols remain in place.
Soccer players in The Wolves
Pacific University’s Theatre Department is proud to present its Spring 2022 production, The Wolves, written by Sarah DeLappe and directed by Jacob Coleman. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals.
Zach Meskell '15
Believe it or not, his career so far is going just as Zach Meskell '15 drew it up: Pacific, improv comedy, Harvard Law, and clerkships with federal judges.
Two rafts rest on the bank near a tent at sunset on the river.
Tube through the winter scene at Mt. Hood with ALAS, raft through the rapids of the Santiam River during spring break, perfect kayak rolls at the Forest Grove Aquatic Center, or scale indoor boulders at a rock gym in Portland. View these opportunities and others on the OP calendar before trips are filled! 

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