Announcements

Planning a campus event? Please remember that all catering orders must be submitted through CaterTrax and meet the required advance notice timelines to ensure availability and quality service.

Please join us in congratulating our colleagues on these recognitions of their excellence in teaching, scholarship and service!

Our 3rd Annual Powwow will be held May 2, 2026 and we need your help to host this amazing event.

Meet Jessie, a big dog loving her little dog life!

Join staff from the Student Counseling Center and be trained in Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR), a nationally recognized suicide prevention training. This empirically-validated training will equip you to recognize the warning signs, clues, and suicidal communication of people at risk as well as gain the skills to act and help save a life.

Stop by the Café for the new deli bar, now available Monday–Friday during lunch.

Aloha! The 2026 Lūʻau & Hōʻike is approaching, and excitement is building across our ʻohana. The NHOH Merchandise Pop-Up Shop runs April 1 to April 5 PST. Shop multiple designs in one order using “More Events” before checkout. Pick-up details will be emailed. Items are limited, so don’t wait to purchase.

Over 40 staff have signed up to work at the May 16 Commencement Ceremonies, but 10 more are needed. Consider joining the event staff team to celebrate our graduates by greeting guests, assisting with student line-up, driving golf carts, and performing countless other tasks at both the morning (approx. 7-11 a.m.) and afternoon (approx. 11:30-3:30 p.m.) ceremonies on Saturday, May 16. Learn more and sign up today.

On May 1st at 7:30 pm on the stage of McCready Hall at the Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center at Pacific University, the Pacific University Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Dijana Ihas, will present an exciting program of works by Béla Bartók, Maurice Ravel, Joseph Haydn, and Franz Schubert.

The Staff Senate is sponsoring a hot breakfast along with donuts at the All-Staff Meeting on Wed, April 15. Join your colleagues and arrive any time after 8:30 a.m. for breakfast, coffee, and donuts. The meeting starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held in person on the Hillsboro and Forest Grove campuses and on Zoom. Registration for breakfast is required.