Pacific University News

Separate bomb and shooting threats in the days preceding Pacific University's spring commencement ceremony forced officials to beef up security prior to and during the event at Forest Grove's Lincoln Park Stadium Saturday, May 18.

Alaska Pacific University plans to cut the cost of undergraduate tuition by 34 percent, bucking a national trend of rising college costs in a bid to attract more young students to its Anchorage campus.

The school's board last week decided to reduce tuition by nearly $10,000 per year, from $29,600 to $19,950, KSKA reported .

It's time for a monthly trip back into our neighborhood's history, courtesy of the Queen Anne Historical Society .

The Seattle Pacific University Theatre is kicking off its production of David Mamet's The Frog Prince this Tuesday on the Backstage Theatre of McKinley Hall.

It's that time again. The day that Pacific University students gather to officially recognize the successful completion of their degree programs.

Cadet Raelynn Mapu receives a congratulatory hug from her aunt, Miss American Samoa Arielle Maloata.

Naturally occurring "keystone" molecules that have powerful behavioral effects on diverse organisms often play large but unrecognized roles in structuring ecosystems, according to a theory proposed in the June issue of BioScience .

For 10 years, printmaker Barbara Mason wanted to try her hand at an 'artist's book.' She and a poet friend finally sat down and talked about combining 'her poems and my prints,' Mason said.

Providing symptom-based care during the last days or hours of life in a hospital setting requires a complex set of skills and interactions.

Porterville High School's class of 2013 does not do anything small. That was evident Monday night when the graduating senior class attending Porterville High School's Annual Scholarship Night at the Frank "Buck" Shaffer Theatre inside the Porterville Memorial Auditorium walked away with close to $2 million in scholarships and awards.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports Matthew Liao-Troth has been tapped to help manage the private university.

That success has sparked both enthusiasm and skepticism among Christian media watchers.

Liao-Troth is interim provost and vice president of academic affairs at Georgia College State University, a public liberal arts university near Macon.

Pacific University senior Alec Bowcock with advisor and professor James Butler in front of the U.S. Capitol Building.

Candidates running for the Forest Grove School Board spoke out about several concerns they had with the district at a Wednesday night forum sponsored by the Forest Grove Leader.

Hawaii Pacific University has named Matthew Liao-Troth its first provost to help manage and oversee the 7,500-student private university.

Powell will recommend that his assistant, Deputy Superintendent Jim Yovino, be the interim superintendent until the county Board of Education hires a permanent replacement.

A small helicopter lost power and came crashing down on a busy downtown Honolulu street Wednesday afternoon, but no one was seriously injured, authorities said.

The helicopter landed, striking a parked car, on Fort Street between Kukui and Beretania streets near Hawaii Pacific University's Downtown Honolulu campus, about a block from the Longs Drugs and Safeway on the Pali Highway.