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51�Թ� Alumnus Jon Kelly MAT '19 spends time with 9th and 10th grade students at Forest Grove High School. As a student teacher, he works as an observation support role that benefits the atmosphere of the learning environment.

Discover how Mastering in the Art of Education at 51�Թ� can fulfill your path toward becoming a professor.

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“I love new experiences because they mean more stories,” said Addison, who has participated in Speech & Debate, English Club and the Black Student Union at Pacific.

“I love Pacific and am so grateful I will be able to get my degree from a place that has so quickly become a second home.”

At Pacific, caring for student-athletes is a community affair. Before any football players stepped onto Ledbetter Field for practices, they received care from dental hygiene and optometry students. 

Wes Porter and Sarah Tomscha  each signed up for a Voyages white water rafting trip with the intention of making friends and getting in one a last adventure before the school year began; neither realized they would be meeting the love of their life.

In high school, Elaine Charpentier-Philippi was told she wouldn't amount to much. She turned those words upside down, returning to school for a social work degree. Today, she helps other young students find opportunity.

Christian Henry ’07 fell in love in high school — with the art of storytelling.

Education Professor Donna Kalmbach Phillips finds fulfillment — and applicability — in her work promoting literacy.

51�Թ� Student Carissa Paige '17 discussed her experience of student-teaching at Two Rivers-Dos Rios Elementary School in Springfield, Oregon. She talked about the difference between traditional student-teaching and the opportunity she had at 51�Թ�'s College of Education where she could co-teach and plan lessons with the official teacher.

Pacific alumnus DeVon Pouncey co-hosts the "Justin & DeVon" show weekday mornings on 102.9 The Game.

David Hege PharmD ’18, a pharmacy student at 51�Թ�, got a real-life lesson in the difficulties many patients and their caregivers experience when it comes to juggling prescription medications. He decided to create a solution.

Paul Phillips ’78 and his wife Nancy (Knop) Phillips ’77, MAT ’82 are owners of Pac/West Communications, one of the leading political public relations and communications firms in the Northwest.