Winter 2022 | Pacific Magazine

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Boxer Softball — and Judy Sherman — Turned a Corner in 1980 | That was the year that Boxer softball reached the national stage, and it concided with Coach Judy Sherman's rise ot national prominence in the sport. The Boxer Hall of Fame is taking note.

Pacific Optometry Researchers Probe Causes of Myopia in Children | Fueled by a grant from the Newton Wesley Foundation, researchers at Pacific's College of Optometry are tackling a huge and growing problem, studying the factors that contribute to nearsightedness in children. 

Zach Binkerd '14, MAT '16 Aims to Help Boxer Wrestling Get Off the Mat | Men's and women's wrestling coach Zach Binkerd and his father, Kevin Binkerd '87, are seeking to renew interest in Boxer wrestling.

Newcomer Scholarship Helps Students Born Outside the United States | Meet Annie Ho '22, a biology major with a heart for service. Born in Vietnam, Ho is the first recipient of Pacific University's Newcomer Scholarship, endowed to assist students who were born outside the United States.
 

Winter 2022 | Vol. 54 No. 2
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Judy Sherman
Boxer Softball — and Judy Sherman — Turned a Corner in 1980

The 1980 softball season was the year everything changed for a talented group of softball players, and for their coach, Judy Sherman.

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1980 Boxer softball
Boxer Hall of Fame Inducts Slate of Accomplished Women Athletes

Pacific University will induct its first all-women’s Athletic Hall of Fame class this spring, aligning with the 50th anniversary of Title IX, which opened doors for more women’s sports nationwide. The 26th induction class includes women’s basketball standout Brenda (Roberson) Edlund ’93, National Champion women’s wrestler Kapua (Torres) Keefe ’07, and the 1980 softball team.

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Dr. Mari Fujimoto
Pacific Optometry Researchers Probe Causes of Myopia in Children

Researchers in Pacific University’s College of Optometry believe they are getting closer to understanding how to alter the elongation that occurs in the eyes of many children. As a result, they think they’re getting close to developing a protocol to slow the progression of myopia — nearsightedness.

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Kevin and Zach Binkerd
Zach Binkerd '14, MAT '16 Aims to Help Boxer Wrestling Get Off the Mat

Boxer wrestling hopes to make waves again, guided by a son-father team of Boxer alumni.

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Annie Ho poses in front of Marsh Hall on the Pacific University Forest Grove Campus
Newcomer Scholarship Helps Students Born Outside the United States

Anne Ho '22 is the first recipient of the Newcomer Endowed Scholarship, which provides financial support to immigrants and refugees in the U.S. seeking to achieve a college degree.

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Manalo meets Obama
Karen Mae Manalo PharmD ’21, MBA ’21 Serves in Air Force, Meets Obama, Earns Two Graduate Degrees

Serving in the Air Force set Karen Mae Manalo PharmD ’21, MBA ’21 on a course she couldn't have charted on her own.

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