Pacific University

Pacific's Theatre Department opens the spring with two plays, while the Music Department closes the season with the world premiere of choral settings of poems by Tomas Tranströmer composed by Pacific Professor Timmy Brown.

Associate Professor of Optometry Patrick Caroline received the Award of Excellence from the Global Specialty Lens Symposium for his lifetime advancing the field medically necessary speciality contact lenses.

Pacific's partnership with the COPE Health Scholars program provides entry-level pathways to those exploring healthcare professions.

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.

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.

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.

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."

Longtime Director of Facilities Management Cindy Schuppert '83, who retired in October 2025, looks back on five decades of excellence and family at Pacific, which began when she was a local high school student.

The designation by U.S. News & World Report comes after Pacific received high marks from the Carnegie Foundation for accessibility and research.

The five-year U.S. Department of Education grant provides for the development of enhanced student support services for first-generation students, low-income students and students with disabilities.

Pacific's Music and Theatre departments join forces to present the Kander & Ebb classic, one of seven performing arts productions slated on the Forest Grove Campus this fall.