Upcoming Events

Join USS in their weekly meetings hosted in the Boxer Pause!

Join for this thrilling conversation between Pacific MFA faculty poets Frank X. Gaspar and Ellen Bass on the occasion of the release of Gaspar's POEM FIRE: NEW AND SELECTED.

The Cawein Gallery is excited to announce mia ide's art show: Boxed Woman. The opening reception is October 16, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The show runs from October 16 to November 16, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Come join the SCC and Marika Preble for “Time to Unwind” Fridays in the Milky Way at Pacific University! Every Friday from 12–4 PM, come by and create projects to help you unwind and relax before the weekend. Each week will have a new project that can help you relax or give you something fun and creative to take with you. Come with friends, or stop by and make some new ones!

The Cawein Gallery is excited to announce mia ide's art show: Boxed Woman. The opening reception is October 16, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The show runs from October 16 to November 16, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Under the direction of Dr. Abbie Brown, the fall Jazz Nite will feature standards from prominent composers in jazz, including Gordon Goodwin, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Sammy Nestico.

The Cawein Gallery is excited to announce mia ide's art show: Boxed Woman. The opening reception is October 16, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The show runs from October 16 to November 16, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Drop-In Yoga is open to all Pacific University students, staff, and faculty. There is no requirement to sign up, or to attend each week. Yoga meets you where you are, and will be here on those days when you are really needing to come to your mat!

We welcome back June 2026 residency emcee Donna Denizé (MFA '25) for the next in our Kwame Dawes Mapmakers Alumni Institute series, joined in conversation with faculty poet Safia Elhillo. Donna's lines of inquiry will engage with what Safia has called the "Poetics of the Third Space." Brought together by the MFA Alumni Council's Pacific Basin committee, the event is free and open to the public, and will be hosted on Zoom November 17 beginning at 5:30pm Pacific Time. Join us for this fascinating conversation.

The Pacific University Dance Department presents the annual Fall Choreographers Concert, a full-length dance concert performed by Pacific’s pre-professional Pacific Dance Ensemble.