Pacific University

Boxer Giving Day is a moment for the Pacific community to come together and show up for students who are pursuing their dreams with determination, purpose, and Boxer Spirit. On March 18–19, alumni, families, employees, students, and friends will unite for 36 hours to support the people and programs that make Pacific … Pacific.

Nicollet Young OT '25 channeled her own experience as an autistic student in the occupational therapy program to help others, resulting in the development of sensory rooms on Pacific's campuses.

Partnerships with Chemeketa and Umpqua community colleges will provide students at those schools with a direct path to Pacific's graduate pharmacy program.

Erin Matoza is a P1 student in our three-year PharmD pathway. That is the first 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 three-year accelerated PharmD pathway is helping her attain her career goals.

Lance Bui is a P1 student in our three-year PharmD pathway. That is the first year of their three-year pharmacy journey. We caught up with him to ask a few questions about why he joined Pacific University and how the three-year accelerated PharmD pathway is helping him attain his career goals.

Biology professor Bonnie Bolkan planned to use her Fulbright Scholarship to study lions. Instead, she assisted in critical water research to combat the spread of disease in Uganda.

In the fall of 1973, on the first day of classes and during my first class, I met my future life partner at Pacific University. The course was Expository Writing, taught by Professor Susie Griffiths. Our initial assignment was to interview a classmate we did not know for 15 minutes and then write a paragraph about that person.

My husband, Bailey Muller, and I met as undergraduate Track & Field athletes at Pacific University in 2014. We married in July of 2023 and welcomed our first daughter earlier this year.

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.