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News and Stories | Class of 1995

Oliver McCoy '95
Oliver McCoy '95: An Agent For Change
The 2024 51³Ô¹Ï Alumni Association Outstanding Alumni Award winner has dedicated his career to improving life in some of the world's most war-torn regions.
Alumni Award Winners Eddie Carrillo '15, MA '17; Rhony Bhopla MFA '22 and Jim Fittzgerald '68
51³Ô¹Ï To Honor Seven Distinguished Alumni
Seven outstanding alumni will be presented with Pacific Unversity Alumni Association's Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award, David & Sandy Lowe Outstanding Alumni Service Award and Emerging Leader Award this October during Homecoming and Family Weekend.
Mike Rushfeldt '95
'Pacific Just Felt Right'
Alumnus and former employee Mike Rushfeldt '95 supports 51³Ô¹Ï with an annual physics scholarship and planned gift. 
Jada and Jordan Smiling together
Life After Death
Zoey Mendoza Zimmerman '95 lived through the worst a parent can imagine. In 2010, her husband shot and killed their two children and then himself. In the past five years, she has struggled to live with grief and open her heart to the future— while holding on to her children's memories and helping other grieving parents do the same.