Back to Pacifc: Ready, Set, Roar! to launch this Summer
“Pacific plans on hosting a 5-week special event, from July 17 to August 20 called Back to Pacifc: Ready, Set, Roar! to give both new and returning students a chance to explore campus, meet other Pacific community members, take summer classes, and partake in a variety of social events in person.”
Review: The Yellow Wallpaper
“On March 20th through the 30th, Kevin Pontuti, professor, and director of the Media X program at the University of the Pacific, debuted his first full-length movie, The Yellow Wallpaper, at the Cinequest Film Festival. “
Pacific to Host Virtual Commencement for Class of 2021
“Live remote commencement ceremonies will be held for the class of 2021. The ceremonies, which will be held over Zoom, differ on date based on the college: May 8th for College of the Pacific, Benerd College, Eberhardt School of Business, Conservatory of Music and School of Engineering and Computer Science; May 15th for the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and the School of Health Sciences; and May 22th for the McGeorge School of Law.”
Long-Lost Documents Found in Basement of Burns Tower
“On Friday, March 26th, a novel and remarkable discovery was made on Pacific’s Stockton campus. An old safe in the basement of Burns Tower, thought to be empty, was finally pried open to reveal several old documents inside, dating back as far as 1851.”
Feature: ASuop’s Next President and Vice President’s Talk Plans for Pacific
“The results for the 2021-2022 ASuop elections are in, and Scout Cooper-Wilson and Tierra Smithson have been elected as president and vice president, respectively. Cooper-Wilson, Economics and Critical and Culture Studies, ‘22, and Smithson, Political Science, ‘22, have a plethora of ideas with which to benefit the Pacific and Stockton communities.”
PACS to be Gutted for New GE Program
“Ever since 2006, PACS (Pacific seminar) courses have been a graduation requirement for all Pacific undergraduate students. That’s about to change.”
ASuop Elections Continue Through the Pandemic
“Like every other aspect of campus life, the Associated Students of the University of the Pacific (ASuop) Elections have had to undergo a significant and unprecedented transition this year to an entirely remote, virtual format.”
Pacific Faculty Face Yet Another Change in Workload Policy: An Inside Look
“On April 20th, 2020, former interim provost Michael Hunter Schwartz announced that a new teaching workload policy would be implemented for faculty across the Stockton campus. The policy looked to change the teaching structure of the undergraduate faculty from five courses a year to six courses. After facing backlash from faculty members, the policy was reversed and replaced with the point system to determine the number of classes.”
Project to Transform Burns Tower Underway
“Recently, the university announced a project to transform the Burns Tower into the main entryway and welcome center of the university.”
Pre-Med Society Helps Aspiring Medical Students
“University of the Pacific prides itself as a health science school, attracting students across the country to their esteemed pre-dental and pre-pharmacy programs. Although there is a good portion of students pursuing these professional degrees, the university also has a decent amount of pre-med students, who have banded together to start the Pre-Med Society. “
The Search for the DEI Vice President
“On February 24th, 25th, and March 1st, 2021, the search for the Vice President of Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion is coming to an end with the process of interviewing the final candidates through zoom meetings.”
To a cat sitting in the sun
Editor Liliana Lopez continues column on what it is like living on campus during a pandemic.
Poets and Quants Ranks Pacific’s Business School #1
“In January 2021, Poet & Quants, an online source that contains articles about business education, named Pacific’s Eberhardt School of Business the #1 School in the West for business universities who have a roster of 7,000 students or less.”
Senior Marco Gonzales Wins Seamus Heaney Prize
“This year’s winner of the Seamus Heaney Prize is Marco Gonzalez (‘21), a double major in English and Sociology with a minor Psychology.”
President Callahan Chats with Former Pacific President Donald DeRosa in Leading Voices Series
“University of the Pacific’s President Christopher Callahan interviewed former Pacific President Donald DeRosa on his series “Leading Voices” on February 3rd, 2021.”
Pacific Spearheads a New Solar Panel Project
“The Solar Panel Project is being put into action to make Pacific one of America’s leading college campuses in renewable energy.”
A Star is Born: José M. Hernández
Astronaut and Pacific alumni Jose M. Hernandez talks his journey from student to the stars
Feature: Pacific Student Designs Website for Law Fraternity
“In December of 2020, Brenna Myers, Political Science, ‘23, decided to make a new website for Phi Alpha Delta (PAD), a law fraternity at the university, because she believed that it would be an asset and a fresh start for the organization.”
Pacific to Face an Online Semester ….. Again.
“The Pacific community is in for yet another semester of online instruction. The Spring 2021 semester, which began on January 18th, 2021, already seems to be teeming with online events and social gatherings.”
Pacific Hosts Virtual Panhellenic Formal Recruitment
“Starting off the new year, student life hosted a recruiting event from January 21st to January 24th among the various sororities at the University of the Pacific.“