Pacific University

Assistant Professor of Media Arts Phil Busse is among a select group of educators honored by the University of Vermont's Center for Community News.

The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation names the Pacific's audiology program, and its Pacific EarClinic, as its 2025 Provider of the Year, recognizing Pacific's commitment to providing hearing care to low-income patients.

Ashleen Pillay is a P3 student in our 3-Year PharmD pathway. That is the final year of their three year pharmacy journey. We caught up with her to ask a few questions about why she joined Pacific University and how the 3-Year accelerated PharmD pathway is helping her attain her career goals.

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.

Lokahi Lunn '11 followed his passion for art through Pacific and to his family's business, Manuheali'i, where he designs clothing inspired by Hawaiian culture.

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.