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A 29-year career culminating in the Office of the Surgeon General started with optometry school at Pacific. “Pacific was, and still is, a small school where, instead of being a number, you can become an individual," said Col. John Pyle OD '64. "I had a really good time there.”

Kelsey met her long-time boyfriend, Jeremy, during a freshman orientation ice-breaker.

Alumni Jim and Mary Fair Berglund are among Pacific’s most generous supporters, and daughter Julie Berglund Baker is following their lead.

Olin Blackmore ’15 is spent his senior year as involved as possible — as Student Senate President, dancer, actor and researcher — thanks to the support of the scholarships that made his Pacific education possible.

MFA in Writing faculty member David St. John on why art matters.

MFA in Writing faculty member Pattiann Rogers on the Pacific MFA in Writing program.

MFA in Writing faculty member Pattiann Rogers on science and art.

MFA in Writing faculty member Craig Lesley on mentoring.

MFA in Writing faculty member Pete Fromm on the importance of life experience.

MFA in Writing faculty member Pete Fromm on his reading.

MFA in Writing faculty member Pete Fromm on his writing process.

MFA in Writing faculty member Kwame Dawes on the writer as witness.