Pacific University

Speech-language pathology professors Kerry Mandulak and Jordan Tinsley DHSc '25 experienced the impact of advocacy as part of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association's Capitol Hill Day in Washington, D.C.

Pacific leads all private institutions in the Pacific Northwest in research and development spending and ranks among the top private institutions on the West Coast.

A lifelong desire to uplift those around her led Rochelle Vidinha '89 to a career of helping others through Hawai'i's criminal justice system.

Pacific is one of seven institutions nationwide participating in the College Autism Network's Autism-Inclusive Campus Designation Pilot Program, designed to make education more accessible to autistic and neurodiverse students.

The $12,000 grant reboots a study on Washington sea otter populations to aid in plans to reintroduce the species to the Oregon Coast.

Pacific University School of Pharmacy was proudly represented at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting, held December 6–10, 2025 in Las Vegas, NV, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. This meeting is one of the largest and most influential professional gatherings for pharmacy students, residents, and practitioners nationwide.

If approved, this historic combination, provisionally the University of the Northwest, would work to create more pathways for students, more avenues for collaboration, and more opportunities for Oregon and the West in an institution that would combine the flexibility and nimbleness of a small school with the breadth and resources of a larger institution.

The newest member of Pacific University's Board of Trustees stands in the footsteps of her great-great-great-great grandmother, Pacific co-founder Tabitha Brown.

We are proud to highlight in this issue one of our outstanding alumni who completed her joint PharmD/MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences degrees with us.

We take great pride in all our alumni, and through this section of the newsletter, we aim to celebrate their experiences, journeys, and professional successes.

The School of Pharmacy Units Spotlight takes a deeper look in both our Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences Units to find out about recent events and achievements.

Omar El Akkad, a member of Pacific's Master of Fine Arts in Writing faculty since 2023, received the National Book Award in nonfiction for his book, "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This."

Katy Christal is a P1B student in our 5-Year PharmD pathway. That is the second year of their five year pharmacy journey. She is also getting her Master's in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the same time. We caught up with her to ask a few questions about why she joined Pacific University and how the 5-Year extended PharmD pathway is helping her attain her career goals.