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Former U.S. Rep Les AuCoin (D-OR)’69, Hon. ’78, has turned over to °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ an extensive collection of papers documenting his life in public service. He responded by email to a set of questions from Pacific magazine’s Mike Francis about his choice to do so, issues of politics and the tenor of the political climate, as well as some personal reflections. 

The collected papers of Pacific alumnus and former U.S. Rep. Les AuCoin are now available to researchers, students and others at the Tran Library at °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ.

Following a grant from the Oregon National Space Grant Consortium, physics alumnus Huy Nguyen '21, along with Physics Professor Todd Duncan built a three-dimensional model showing the optimal orbit for spacecraft to "park" between the earth and moon. The model will be exhibited at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville.

°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ's academic and extracurricular engagement with the outdoors may be traced to the first Earth Day in 1970.

Stoller, a 1974 °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ undergraduate alumnus, will receive an honorary doctor of letters at Pacific’s Undergraduate Commencement, where he also will be the keynote speaker.

Emily Gaines '20 came to °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ to play softball — and she stayed for the relationships.

Believe it or not, his career so far is going just as Zach Meskell '15 drew it up: Pacific, improv comedy, Harvard Law, and clerkships with federal judges.

°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ alumna, parent, former professor and dean will become the 18th president.

As a social worker, Maria Vasquez-Rodriguez ’22, MSW '23 aims to straighten and shorten the path of patients who are buffeted by the health system. She was awarded the social work scholarship named for Claire Argow.

Lorraine Basch ‘17 has covered a lot of territory since she graduated from °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ. And she’s just getting started.

Ashley Martin '20, MBA '21 cruised directly from her °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ undergraduate degree in economics into the university's MBA program. The experience has taught her much about the world of work, professional networks, and friendships.

Tim and Cathy Tran struggled to survive after the fall of South Vietnam but overcame challenges to reach America, where they flourished.