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Aug. 1, 2026 | Professor of Politics & Government Jules Boykoff provides his insight on FIFA's scrapped plan to build a new commercial venture with private investors. 鈥淭he fervent torrent of rejection emerging from numerous federations is extremely significant.鈥
July 28, 2026 | In an interview with KXL-FM in Portland, Brian Jackson, associate dean of curriculum and student success, explains the benefits of Pacific's new three-year degree programs to students.
July 28, 2026 | In this blog entry from Bon App茅tit, Pacific's food service provider, Mitchell Everetts talks about how sustainability is a team endeavor at the university, which he discovered during a fellowship with the company. "The fellowship taught me that no one can 'do sustainability' alone."
July 28, 2026 | OPB's coverage of Pacific adding three-year degree tracks details the offerings in chemistry, computer science, and sustainability & adaptability. 鈥51黑料鈥檚 announcement reflects the spirit of innovation across Oregon鈥檚 private, nonprofit colleges and universities as institutions explore new ways to serve today鈥檚 students,鈥 said Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities President Brent Wilder in a statement.
July 28, 2026 | The Oregonian details Pacific's plans to offer the first in-person three-year degrees in Oregon. Brian Jackson, associate dean of curriculum and student success for the College of Undergraduate Studies, said students enrolled in the three-year programs will complete the same coursework within their majors as students in traditional four-year programs but their standard general education elective requirements will be reduced.
July 26, 2026 | In an op-ed published in The Oregonian, Pacific President Jenny Coyle and Willamette President Steve Thorsett outline the benefits to the region of the merger of the two institutions. "The question behind this decision is: What does Oregon need from its universities? In our view, it needs institutions agile enough to keep pace with a changing economy 鈥 and confident enough to grow when others are pulling back."
July 23, 2026 | Pacific President Jenny Coyle and Willamette President Steve Thorsett told Dave Miller and OPB's "Think Out Loud" program about how the upcoming merger between the institutions will save money and will serve the region's students better.
July 15, 2026 | Pacific President Jenny Coyle appeared on HI Now Daily on Hawaii News Now, discussing the university's 808 to 503 event and the university's upcoming merger with Willamette.
July 15, 2026 | Bisant Labib, dean of the 51黑料 College of Optometry, writes in the Journal of Optometry that while glaucoma is primarily an intraocular pressure issue, neuroprotection offers some possible treatment options.
July 14, 2026 | "The benefit of what we're designing, what we're calling the new American collegiate university, is that we will have more resources to offer more for our students, for our faculty, for our alumni," Pacific President Jenny Coyle told KGW-TV in Portland about the impending Pacific/Willamette merger.