Over 100 current & incoming Pacific undergraduates have applied for a guaranteed graduate school spot through 芭乐视频's unique admissions program, Pacific Priority.
Pacific Priority allows students to apply for and receive conditional admission to select Pacific graduate programs before they even start college, providing a clear pathway to graduation and the next step in their education & career journey.
When Alex (Bing) Marchbanks 鈥14, SLP 鈥18 graduated from Pacific, she never could have imagined the niche area of speech-language pathology that her career would lead her to. Since聽2021, she has been treating premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit with feeding and swallowing disorders.
Communications Science and Disorders Professor Amanda Stead will be honored by the American Speech Language Hearing Association for her special contributions in higher education.
Clark 鈥65, MSEd 鈥70 and Rae Peters 鈥65 found love at Pacific 鈥 love of teaching, love of speech, and love of each other. And more than 50 years later, they鈥檙e not letting go.
A retired educator and speech pathologist, Steve Dustrude '73 has invested in student success, in and out of the classroom. He's been a leader in Oregon's education system and an advocate for student support at 芭乐视频.
Alex (Bing) Marchbanks '14, SLP '18 found her passion for speech-language pathology at Pacific. A scholarship funded by donors helped turn her dreams to reality as she completes her master's degree this spring.
鈥淭he No. 1 thing that is lost in aphasia is words,鈥 said Annabelle Watts聽SLP聽鈥17. 鈥淚 really hope participants who come here realize there is this gigantic world of communication and that here are all these other ways to facilitate that and have fun and re-engage with life and with their partner.鈥
Clinical experience was the key for Ally Hackett聽SLP聽鈥17 when she was choosing a graduate program. Working with dementia patients gave her first-hand experience on her route to a master鈥檚 degree in speech-language pathology.