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NOVEMBER 2011 | ISSUE: 2

Updates from Provost Pallavicini Dear Faculty and Academic Staff, With the holidays fast approaching, the fall semester will soon beending! There has been a tremendous amount of activity this semesterinvolving strategic planning, building the culture and processes to ensureprogram quality, and academic recruitment. Strategic PlanningThe stellar efforts of faculty and staff are setting the foundation for avisionary and dynamic strategic plan. As you know, the strategic plan isnot driven by WASC but rather by Pacific's desire to address thefundamental relationship of our institution to a rapidly changingenvironment and to develop new strategic thinking around opportunitiesprovided by expanding operations in San Francisco, shifts in theSacramento and Central Valley markets, and internationally. TheStrategic Planning Committee (SPC), will begin to gather, accumulate,filter and synthesize opportunities identified by the 'futuring' groups. Thesynthesis will lead to a variety of drafts of potential strategies that willbe widely vetted before they are finalized. The goal is to have atransparent process with multiple opportunities for input. Please visit thestrategic planning site regularly (http://go.pacific.edu/planning) to stayinformed about the process and contribute at multiple levels. Institutional Effectiveness Evidence Based Decision Making to Improve Program Quality Aprocess to review academic, co­curricular and administrativeprograms/units has been defined after consultation with faculty andadministration. The process has three components: self­study,interpretation (data collection and analysis), and presentation of the selfstudy (program review) and evaluation/decisions. The Institutional Effectiveness Committee (IEC) is integral to theprocess of using evidence to make decisions and improve programquality. The charge of the IEC and its membership can be found at IEC. Educational Effectiveness Report (EER)Associate Professor Brian Klunk and a dedicated core of faculty are inthe process of completing the final draft of the EER report to besubmitted to WASC at the beginning of January. Please take theopportunity to provide feedback on the draft report when it is posted nextweek.

In This Issue

Educational Effectiveness

Diversity Coffee Breaks

Faculty Highlights

Deans' Corner

Faculty Governance

Emeriti Society

Did You Know...

Annual Faculty Awards Dinner

Did you know...

Lou Matz was a collegiatebasketball player (and still

continues to play)...

University AwardsDEADLINE EXTENDED

Friday, Nov 18th

How to submit a nomination forOrder of the Pacific,Distinguished Faculty Awardand Honorary Degree.

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ENRL Preview Day

Faculty and Academic Staff Development The Office of the Provost is sponsoring a workshop on grievanceinvestigation and conflict resolution on Tuesday, November 29th. SheilaO'Rouke, Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs at University ofCalifornia, Berkeley is facilitating this workshop. The workshop will beoffered twice on Tuesday, November 29: 9:00 am ­ 12 noon, and1:30pm ­ 4:30 pm. Lunch will be hosted between the two sessions for allattendees.For more information or to RSVP please contact Jennifer Ramirez(jramirez@pacific.edu or 946­2551). Academic staff and faculty arewelcome to attend. Recruitments Deans: We are moving along with three dean searches. The interviewsof candidates for the Dean of the School of International Studies arealmost completed. The Law School Dean search committee identified anumber of candidates following 'hotel' interviews and those candidateswill be visiting the University in December. A search committee for theDean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science has beenconstituted and has begun the recruitment process. Assistant Provosts: The period for internal applicants for the assistantprovost positions has closed. A review committee will begin review ofthe candidates within the next two weeks. International Programs Services (IPS): Please join me in welcomingGe­Yao Liu to our Pacific Family as the new Director of IPS. Ge­Yaowill be joining us for the start of the Spring 2012 semester. He comes tous from Fitchburg State University and has a long history ofengagement with international programs, including administering studyaboard and international student exchange programs. ReminderNominations are due this Friday (Nov. 18) for Honorary degree, Order ofPacific and Distinguished Faculty Awards. For more information and thecriteria click here. The Office of the Provost wishes all of you an enjoyable Thanksgivingholiday with your family and friends. Maria PallaviciniProvost

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Upcoming Events Join a brainstorming session todiscuss the future direction ofthe Center for Teaching andLearning.Tomorrow, November 17thDugoni School of Dentistry1st fl, Executive ConferenceRm CTL Hosts an ACE Webinar forFacultyTomorrow, November 17th Pacific Preview DaySaturday, November 19th More Fall Events...

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Update on Pacific Preview Days and EnrollmentAssociate Provost for Enrollment Rob Alexander

Thank you to all faculty and staff who helped highlight the academic andco­curricular activities of University of the Pacific during our annualPacific Preview Days. These events are designed for high school seniors,high school juniors, transfer students and their families. This year RSVPshave surpassed record levels. The next Preview Day is Saturday,November 19. Total university enrollment for fall 2011 is nearly stable with last year'srecord­breaking level, mainly due to increased numbers of returningstudents on the Stockton campus.

For new freshmen, the targeted goal of 925 was slightly exceeded, at 927. Academic Quality (SAT) has

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improved to 1177 (up from 1164). However, African American and Hispanic freshmen have declined 33%. In comparison to previous years, international freshmen have nearly doubled to 7% of new freshmen. New transfer students number 222, with an average college GPA of 3.17. In the Graduate division, total enrollment is fairly steady overall at 779, down slightly from last fall, largelydue to fewer new graduate students on the Stockton campus. The Doctor of Pharmacy enrollment at the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences isstable at 640 students. At the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, new JD enrollments are down significantly, but LSAT quality hasheld steady at 158. The reduction in JD enrollment was impacted by the economic depression in the lawemployment market and the fiercely competitive law school recruitment environment. For the Dugoni School of Dentistry, the number of new DDS students remains stable at 492 students, withincreases in the diversity of underrepresented minorities and female students. Detailed information on Pacific enrollment can be found in reports on the Institutional Research InformationSystem.

Self­Study & Program Review Provide Opportunity to ExamineLearningDirector of Learning and Academic Assessment Eileen McFall Assessment of student learning and program review are the core mechanisms for improvement andaccountability. WASC requires that we demonstrate accountability for student learning and for educationaleffectiveness. We show that we are effective by continually improving, so assessment and programreview that produce improvements will meet accountability requirements. Faculty continuously assess student learning: by observing participation in class, by giving quizzes andtests, by providing feedback on drafts of papers before grading the final paper, and in a host of other ways.Faculty also routinely use that assessment data to improve their teaching; for example, noticing that moststudents missed question number three on the quiz tells the instructor to spend more time going over thatconcept. This kind of assessment often happens in isolation from other faculty, the program as a whole,and other areas of the university such as General Education and Student Life. Formal program assessment provides the opportunity for faculty to look at themes in student learning andperformance, such as students' tendency to summarize rather than analyze a text across multiple sectionsand courses, and perhaps even from one program to another. Self­study and program review provide anopportunity to examine student learning, what has been learned from assessment, and the effects ofchanges that faculty have made as a result of assessment. Without these formal requirements to engagein collective reflection and examination of the work that students produce, it can be difficult to find time todo so, even though the process and results can be very valuable to the program's faculty and students. AsPacific implements its revised program review process, faculty should use the following basic question toguide decision­making about what to assess and how to focus the self­study and questions for externalreviewers: What can we learn about student learning and about our program that will enable us to be moreeffective (and efficient) as educators? What is most important for us to learn in order to be more effective?

Diversity Coffee Breaks Assistant Provost for Diversity Arturo OcampoGood teaching and exposure to students from diverse backgrounds are some of the strongest predictors ofwhether freshmen return for a second year of college and improve their critical­thinking skills, according toauthors of How College Affects Students Patrick T. Terenzini, a professor of higher education at

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Dr. Ronald Hallett AssistantProfessor, Educational

Administration and Leadership

Pennsylvania State University, and Ernest T. Pascarella, a co­director of the Center for Research onUndergraduate Education at the University of Iowa. Community college students perform better when the instructor is the same raceor ethnicity, according to a study published by the National Bureau for EconomicResearch. The effect is greatest for blacks and younger students. The authorsconcluded that younger students are likely to be susceptible to role­modeleffects, while older students are not, according to the study A CommunityCollege Instructor Like Me: Race and Ethnicity Interactions in the Classroom(NBER Working Paper No. 17381 Issued in September 2011). The research tells us that a positive self­concept, which includes a positiveethnic identity, is predictive of success in higher education for students of colorand other non­traditional students. William Sedlacek, in his book Beyond the BigTest: Noncognitive Assessment in Higher Education, stated that this is ofparticular importance for students of color and nontraditional students because ofthe added complexity of dealing with a system and culture that was not necessarily designed for them.

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS Celebrating Faculty Accomplishments

Ronald Hallett Gladys L. Benerd School of Education The Benerd School of Education hosted a reading and book signingreception to celebrate the publication of Hallett's book, EducationalExperience of Homeless Teenagers: Living Doubled Up (Routledge Press,2012). The book provides insights into the experiences of homelessadolescents as they navigate school, community and family issues.Last week, on November 8, 2011, Hallett's book was discussed on CapitalPublic Radio. In June, Hallett was chosen to participate in the Institute for HigherEducation Policy (IHEP) and the Lumina Foundation for Education YoungAcademic Fellows Program. This prestigious selection allows Hallett aunique opportunity to influence the national postsecondary education

agenda by evaluating critical research to elevate the current policy discourse in Washington, D.C. Hisselection to the program was based on his emergent body of research and interests, recommendationsfrom senior scholars in the fields of higher education and public policy, as well as input from nationalphilanthropic leaders.

Robert Halliwell Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences In October, Dr. Robert Halliwell attended Global Technology Community's5th Advances in Stem Cell Discovery and Development conferencewhere he presented "Assessing the Validity of Neurons Derived fromHuman Stem Cells for Drug Discovery & Neurotoxicology Studies". Hisstudy showed that human stem cells may be powerful new tools to testthe safety of new drugs on the developing nervous system without theneed to use animals.

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Dr. Robert HalliwellProfessor, Physiology and

Pharmacology

Dr. Mike VitielloDistinguished Professor andScholar, Director, Center for

Advocacy and DisputeResolution

Halliwell also attended the Cambridge Healthtech Institute's SecondAnnual Stem Cells in Drug Discovery and Development Conference onNovember 2, 2011 where he presented "Electrophysiological Studies ofIon Channels Expressed in Neurons Derived from Human Stem Cells". The conference aimed to explore how pharma are incorporating stem cellsinto their drug discovery/development efforts and the value of stem cellmodels in compound screening, toxicity assessment, disease modeling,and new target discovery. Halliwell's presentations followed his lab's September 2011 publication ina special issue of the journal Neurochemistry International, whichis devoted to the potential of stem cells for 21st century neuroscience. Neurons derived from human stem cells represent a powerful tool in drugdiscovery yet there is little data on their properties.The new data fromHalliwell's group shows that these stem cell­derived nerve cells express arange of drug receptors with a pharmacology consistent with that of nativehuman neurons. This study therefore shows that nerve cells derived from human adult stem cells haveproperties that may make them very useful in future studies to find new drugs for neurological disorders.

Mike Vitiello Pacific McGeorge School of Law

West Publishing Company recently accepted Professor of Law MikeVitiello's proposal to publish a series of simulation exercise books. Theworking title for the series is the Simulation Series: A Bridge to Practice.The books will supplement traditional casebooks in courses across thecurriculum, and are designed to let students see how abstract legal ruleswork in practice. Vitiello has already completed the first book in the serieson Criminal Procedure, and is writing the second book about CivilProcedure now. Distinguished Professor & Scholar John Sprankling has acontract in the series for a book about Property Law, and other PacificMcGeorge faculty are considering titles in their subjects. This timely book series is responsive to the call to action by the CarnegieReport for more attention to the second apprenticeship and the demandsthat young lawyers have greater practical skills. An amusing note to thisimportant work is that the people that appear in the lineup photos for theCriminal Procedure book are Vitiello's McGeorge School of Lawcolleagues.

Ahmed Kanna School of International Studies Dr. Ahmed Kanna's recently published book, Dubai, the City as Corporation(University of Minnesota Press, 2011) reveals the role of cultural andpolitical forces in shaping the image and reality of Dubai. Kanna offers a unique account of how different factions have participatedin the creation and marketing of Dubai, and how the built environmentshapes and is shaped by globalization and neoliberalism in a diverse,multinational city. Straddling the fields of cultural anthropology, urbanstudies, and architectural criticism, Kanna asks a number of provocativequestions about the race for global city status in contemporary worldurbanism. How do formations of elites who position themselves as urban

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Dr. Ahmed Kanna Assistant Professor of

Anthropology

leaders emerge? How do transnational encounters such as empire andneoliberalism contribute to the formation of these elites? And, in thecontext of urban globalization, what gets built and for whom? Preliminary reviews of the book have noted its strong contribution to theurban and architectural critical tradition initiated by the eminent urbanscholar and philosopher Henri Lefebvre.

Deans' Corner Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf­ParkerPacific McGeorge School of Law

3rd Annual Citizenship Fair on November 19th Pacific McGeorge will host its 3rd annual Citizenship Fair at theStudent Center on campus on Saturday, November 19th, organizedby Professor of Law Raquel Aldana and Instructor Blake Nordahl.Free legal services will be provided by law students andSacramento attorneys to assist qualified individuals with completingand filing naturalization applications and assistance with fee waiverapplications to apply for naturalization. Congresswoman Doris Matsui, California Senate President Darrell

Steinberg, and Assemblyman are among the invited speakers. Faculty and staff of Pacific McGeorge'sLegal Clinics will assist at the event. Dean Tom Krise College of the Pacific This fall, the College is launching the unique Pacific Humanities Scholars Program, which allows high­achieving students majoring in the humanities to complete their undergraduate degree within three years,although students may opt to complete the program in four years. Through the program, classroom learning is supplemented with a range of extracurricular events, activitiesand projects that allow deeper exploration of the humanities disciplines than a traditional degree programaffords. Activities will include attendance at world­premiere theatrical events, film festivals, galleryexhibitions, lectures, poetry readings and more. The program, which incorporates career guidance,provides internships with well­placed alumni and culminates in a community­based learning experience. Our goal is to create employable graduates who can articulate the importance of humanistic inquiry andnegotiate the challenges of responsible citizenship in a global society. Professor Courtney Lehmanndirects the program. Dean Phil OppenheimerThomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health SciencesAssistant Professor Todd Davenport, DPT, OCS, Physical Therapy and Brenda Huey '12, along with otherfaculty and students, will be hosting Perfect 10 on Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 5:15 pm to 7:15 pmat the GymStars Gymnastics located at 1740 West Hammer Lane in Stockton. Perfect 10 was created tofulfill the lack of community resources in the San Joaquin county for children with special developmentalneeds. It is the hope that participation in this event will emphasize the importance and benefits ofphysically active lifestyles by providing a fun and stimulating environment where children can achievesuccess in their movement abilities. Parents/caregivers will also find confidence in facilitating their child's

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movement through ideas and tips for modifications and activities at home. The two hour event will be full of activities that will be modifiable to variousmotor development levels that promote balance, coordination, sensoryintegration, strength, endurance, and education. This event is sponsored byFirst 5 of San Joaquin. Questions can be sent to perfect10.uop@gmail.com

Interim Dean Cynthia Wagner WeickSchool of International Studies

In the past year School of International Studies faculty membersAssociate Professor Susan Sample and Assistant Professor LauraBathurst have tailored cross cultural training sessions for faculty atMcGeorge and the Benerd School, graduate students in PhysicalTherapy, students in the Dugoni School, as well as the GlobalAmbassador Corps. A new one unit course taught by Sample this fallis exposing international students coming to Pacific to cross culturalissues. SIS faculty members view the School's longstanding corecompetency in inter­cultural communications as a way to support

Pacific's emphases on internationalization and diversity. Dean Jin Gong Research and Graduate StudiesDuring the 2010­2011 fiscal year, there were 102 requests for grant and contract funding ­ 68 of these wereawarded. The below chart gives a breakdown of funding by school.

Stockton Campus Sponsored Funding for 2010‐2011

Benerd School of Education $2,046,542

College of the Pacific $3,093,007

Conservatory of Music $10,000

Eberhardt School of Business $1,214,719

Library $5,000

Long School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences $48,890

Engineering & Computer Science $2,083,415

School of International Studies $284,276

Other $452,600

Total $9,238,449

We would like to take this opportunity to thank those faculty and staff who are making efforts to obtainfunds to support their research and to involve students in the learning process.

Several highlights from the year's funding include:

Professor William Stringfellow, Environmental Engineering, received funding of over $850,000 fromthe California Energy Commission for research in the area of renewable energy;The National Science Foundation awarded a grant to Professor Craig Vierra in the amount of$320,000 for his study of spider silks; Additionally, for 2011­2012, a contract from the Delta Protection Commission to the BusinessForecasting Center, totaling over $1.5 million, for work on an economic sustainability plan for theSacramento­San Joaquin Delta.

Dean Ravi Jain School of Engineering and Computer Science The School is offering new courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including a new course inpower electronics. Development of the course, which includes use of a laboratory platform for switch­mode converter analysis and design, was supported by a Department of Education workforce development

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Chris GoffAssociate Professorof Mathematics

grant. Professors Elizabeth Basha and Jennifer Ross introduced new content in the Introduction toElectrical and Computer Engineering class, notably the introduction of PCB (printed circuit board) designand surface mount soldering in the context of a microcontroller project. This is an example of the need forextra effort required on the part of the faculty to develop new engineering courses to effectively respond toemerging needs. Dean Pat FerrilloArthur A. Dugoni School of DentistryDean Ferrillo has recently authored a post on his Dean's Blogcovering the school's Pacific Dental Helix Curriculum and how theintegrated approach is keeping the school at the forefront of dentaleducation. He has also blogged about a recent trip to India withthe American Dental Association. Dean Ferrillo's Blog

Faculty GovernanceAcademic Council

ProgressOur office is still coming together; Lourdes Reyes, Faculty Governance's newadministrative assistant, has just been trained on how to maintain Universitywebpages, which means our website will hopefully be up­to­date once the springsemester begins. Among other duties, the Academic Council and its Executive Board have been busyputting faculty on committees, mainly the search committees for deans and assistantprovosts. Currently we are working on the Vice Provost search committee. Oncethese positions are filled, the number of new committees requiring facultyrepresentation will likely decrease. Finally, keep an eye out for the announcement of the Spring All­Faculty meeting, tobe held on the McGeorge campus early next semester. An announcement will besent to faculty once the meeting is formally scheduled.

Chris Goff, Chair, Academic Council, Faculty Governance

Academic Affairs Committee Posted on the Academic Affairs Committee website you will find new, streamlined forms for: NewPrograms, Changes to Existing Program Proposal, New Course Proposal, Revision to Existing CourseProposal, Delete Course Proposal and Course Description Revision.

Beginning January 1, 2012, Academic Affairs will review proposals on the new forms. If a proposal is inthe approval process prior to this date, the old forms will be accepted. The forms can be found under theAcademic Affair Committee website.

Emeriti Society The Emeriti Society activities continue to increase. At the Fall Emeriti Luncheon we heard a presentationabout Harmony Stockton presented by Dean Giulio Ongaro and Maestro Peter Jaffe. At the Fall Wine andCheese Event, Professor Rich Tenaza, Professor Emeritus Dave Fletcher and Professor Emeritus CobyWard regaled a room of more than 50 attendees with tales of their recent visit to Tajikistan in search ofnew Loris habitat.

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Genus: LorisSpecies: tardigradus

malabaricus

Lou Matz, AssociateDean and Director ofGeneral Education andProfessor of Philosophy

Matz (3) against the PomonaSagehens

The Oral History Project keeps expanding as we interview more and moreretirees. The product of our labors can be found by clicking on "oral history" inthe University directory on the web. Cooperation with the Alumni Associationcontinues to expand. We now have a new office at the Alumni House,including a Emeriti Bench outside the building. The Provost and the Societyhave agreed to share sponsorship of the Faculty Retirement Dinner with theAlumni Association.

Please mark your calendars for the Annual Faculty Retirement Dinner onTuesday, April 24, 2012.

To contact the Emeriti Society, please visit our webpage. Roland di Franco & Doris MeyerCo­Presidents, Emeriti Society

Did you know... College of the Pacific

Lou Matz, Associate Dean and Director ofGeneral Education and Professor of Philosophy,played collegiate basketball as a point­guard forfour years at the University of Redlands from1980­1984. The Redlands Bulldogs compete inthe NCAA Division III Southern CaliforniaIntercollegiate Athletic Conference. As a senior,Matz was named male scholar­athlete of theyear. This distinguished achievement came withyears of practice and experience. Born toathletic parents (both his mother and father alsoplayed the sport growing up), Matz has activelyparticipated in organized basketball since thethird grade. After graduating from the University of

Redlands, Matz went on to play one year in Germany from 1990­91where he and his team won the regional championship. When asked if heplans to continue playing, Matz responded, "I still play regularly inPacific's 'noonball' game I hope to be playing for as long as two of ourPacific emeritus faculty, Larry Meredith who is in his 80s and Ken Beauchamp who is in his 70s".

Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Under the leadership of Daniel Salas '13, student pharmacists will be hosting Stockton'sInaugural African American Haircuts for Health on Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 8:00 am to2:00 pm. This one­of­a­kind event will be hosted in three local barbershops in Stockton (TruBarber Styles, 338 E. Lafayette St., Stockton, CA 95203; Dudes & Divas, 345 N California St.,Stockton, CA 95202; Bay Kutz, 533 W. Harding Way, Stockton, CA 95204). The students' hope is that through their presence and outreach efforts at barbershops they willprovide a familiar and comfortable environment for attendees to receive health education and

screening services. Most importantly, the students have collaborated with local African Americanphysician, Dr. Kwabena Adubofour who has graciously agreed to provide follow­up health care services topatients found to be at risk for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes. Eberhardt School of BusinessThe reasons employees quit their jobs are often unrelated to why they stay. Todate, Associate Professor Chris Sablynski has published five peer­reviewedjournal articles (with two appearing in the Academy of Management Journal ­

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Chris Sablynski, Associate Professor

of Business

Qingwen DongProfessor and Chair,

Department of Communication

arguably the top ranking journal in the field) on the employee turnover constructknown as job embeddedness. This measure predicts employee turnover overand above such time­tested constructs as job satisfaction, organizationalcommitment, and perceived job alternatives.

Third Annual Faculty Awards Recognition Dinner The Third Annual Faculty Awards recognition dinner was held on October 18th at the Vereschagin AlumniHouse. The 2011 Eberhardt Teacher Scholars, University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award from theGeneral Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church and Faculty ResearchLecturer were recognized.

The Eberhardt Teacher Scholar award annually recognizes faculty from theentire University who fulfill the highest aspirations of scholarship andservice to students, colleagues and the profession. This year's recipientsare Professor Roshanak Rahimian, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacyand Health Sciences and Distinguished Professor & Scholar JohnSprankling, Pacific McGeorge School of Law. The United Methodist Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award is given by theGeneral Board of Higher Education Ministry of the United MethodistChurch and recognizes outstanding faculty members for their dedicationand contributions to the learning arts and their institutions. This year'srecipient is Associate Professor Myo­Kyoung Kim, Thomas J. Long Schoolof Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The Faculty Research Lecturer award was established by the FacultyResearch Committee to recognize faculty with a record of meritoriousresearch or artistic contributions during their service at Pacific. This year's

recipient is Professor Qingwen Dong, College of the Pacific. The highlight of the evening was Dong'sresearch lecture "Communication, Socialization and Self". Click here to watch video.

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