Talking With Jeff Rebello, Sports Information Officer. With over one-third of Pacific University’s student body participating in sports programs, our student body is always buzzing with athletics. Starting in 2021, Jeff Rebello took over Pacific’s Sports Information Director role and … Continued
WOMEN’S SOCCER Name: Anna Emerson Grade: Freshman Major: Kinesiology Hometown: Salem, Oregon Game Day Ritual: I eat oatmeal with peanut butter with my teammate Chan Chan every morning before a game. Sports hero: Tobin Heath, US Women’s National Soccer Team … Continued
Shining a light on the transgender experience in sports The In Your Face lecture series continues at Pacific University, with its next speaker, Sydney Bauer, presenting on Monday, October 3. Bauer is an accomplished journalist who reported at multiple Olympic … Continued
Mary Lee Planer worked on the Pacific Index in 1972 Whether you pick up the newspaper or recycle it, you weren’t very different from the students at Pacific 50 years ago. Fifty years ago, The Pacific Index was four-page newspaper … Continued
New Senate President Anticipates Greater Student Engagement What the Undergraduate Student Senate deals with may seem mundane. Budgets. Contracts. Policy. Yawn. But, then again, the Student Senate touches on nearly every aspect of student life—from who gets the … Continued
As a war rages on in their home country, Ukrainian students try to re-adjust. “Everyone should care about Ukraine, it’s a problem that affects the whole world,” says Anna Tymoshenko, one of two first-year Ukrainian students attending Pacific University. She … Continued
Pacific students got to meet and ask questions of one of the greatest figures in sports and social justice. On September 13, humanitarian Dr. Richard Lapchick presented “The Power of Business & Sports to Bring About Positive Social Change” at … Continued
PRESIDENT JENNY COYLE HAS BIG PLANS TO BUILD UP PACIFIC UNIVERSITY In some ways, Jenny Coyle is a new face on campus this year, joining the hundreds of new students and faculty. But then again, the university’s new president has … Continued
WILL THE RECENT FEDERAL LOAN RELIEF PLAN EASE CURRENT STUDENTS’ FINANCIAL BURDEN? A week before Pacific University undergraduate students returned to campus, many prepared to dig deeper into debt (or their families’ pocket-books), President Joe Biden made a surprise announcement: … Continued
DR. RICHARD LAPCHICK GRANTED AWARD IN HIS NAME Last week, Pacific’s Director for the Center of Entrepreneurship, Sports, and Entertainment Dr. Marc Williams welcomed his long-time mentor, friend, and inspiration Dr. Richard Lapchick to Pacific University’s Forest Grove campus. Dr. … Continued
LEADING WOMEN’S SPORTS ACTIVIST FIRST UP AT IN YOUR FACE LECTURE SERIES Pacific University is hosting a three-speaker series that will dive into the interconnectedness of politics, sports, and media. The Pacific Index sat down with Dr. Jules Boykoff, who … Continued
The Berglund Center’s Inspired Ideas Competition took place on April 23, 2022, in which teams of students presented innovative solutions to problems in their fields of study. Three of these student groups won fellowships with Berglund Center as well as … Continued