From the university’s ambitious expansion in health care education, its multi-campus sustainability efforts and a historic grant-funding season, the dynamic energy of the past year is evident in the 2023 edition of “Pacific Magazine.”
The annual magazine, previously known as Pacific Review, was redesigned and expanded in 2021 to better tell the story of California’s first and oldest university across its campuses in Sacramento, San Francisco and Stockton.
University of the Pacific is more than an academic institution–it is a launchpad for visionaries, trailblazers and changemakers. When students set foot on campus, they begin to gain important skills and develop rich personal networks that propel them to success as global problem-solvers and civic leaders. From studying the behavior of atoms in Switzerland, to administering essential dental care in Guatemala, to giving back at local nonprofits, Pacific students don’t just excel in the classroom. They amplify their impact in their communities and around the world.
With advances to technology and a changing population, health care is evolving—and University of the Pacific is poised to be at its leading edge.
A $45 million expansion of the Sacramento Campus is bringing an innovative dental, medical and behavioral health clinic to the community—the first of its kind in the nation—and dramatically expanding the international dental studies, physician assistant and nursing programs.
An interfaith calendar to guide course schedules. How to be an anti-racist law school. Evaluating hybrid DEI learning experiences. Becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution. These topics and more were at the forefront of discussions held during Pacific’s second annual DEI Leadership Retreat organized by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
More than 50 Pacificans, including students, staff, faculty and regents, converged on the Sacramento Campus for the May forum to hear updates from DEI leaders across the university. Their singular purpose: to help Pacific become a national model for diversity, equity and inclusion.
