Profile Day is this weekend!

Pacific rolls out the red carpet for all admitted students and their parents to spend a day at our biggest event of the year!

• Hear from current students about their experience
• Meet future classmates and lifelong friends
• Learn about your program of study
• Tour our beautiful campus
• Talk with faculty members
• Visit our residence halls

Be a part of this all day event. Reserve your spot now by clicking here!

A Schedule of events, including specific Academic Sessions and Campus Map can be downloaded by clicking here!

Lodi soccer standout Kortney Agdeppa signs letter of intent with Pacific

Lodi High senior Kortney Agdeppa signed a letter of intent Wednesday to play to play at Pacific. (Courtesy photograph)

By News-Sentinel Staff

Updated: Friday, February 6, 2009 6:24 AM PST

Kortney Agdeppa’s sleepless night was proof that her dream did come true.

The Lodi High soccer standout fulfilled her childhood ambitions when she signed with the University of the Pacific on Wednesday morning.

“I always wanted to go there since I was little. I use to play on their campus for an old club team. It was a pretty campus and close to home,” said Agdeppa, who was restless leading up to the big day.

“I couldn’t sleep the whole night. I was thinking that at 7 o’clock I can officially sign my letter of intent. After it was finally done, I was like ‘Oh my God, my dream finally came true.’ “

Agdeppa, a 5-foot-3 midfielder/defender, has enjoyed an honor-filled prep career for the Flames. She made the all-league team as a freshman and was named the league’s best defender after her sophomore and junior campaigns.

Link to full Story…

Reaching for the Stars gets $5K donation

By The Stockton Record
January 05, 2009 6:00 AM

STOCKTON – The Jose Hernandez Reaching for the Stars Foundation received a $5,000 grant on Dec. 24 from Bank of the West.

The grant will go toward the foundation’s scholarship fund. The foundation hopes to award $10,000 to  University of the Pacific students interested in the math, science, or engineering study fields by fall. Students are selected based on their major, income, grades, and community service record.

Astronaut Jose Hernandez, a Stockton native and Pacific graduate, was chosen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to fly in a space mission this year. The Stockton-based foundation named after him promotes math, science and engineering among students, especially disadvantaged youths.

[From the Stockton Record]

For the sake of argument

By Tony Sauro

Stockton Record Staff Writer

November 07, 2008 6:00 AM

Anthony Young used to have a “dreadful fear” of speaking in public.

He’d sweat, get really anxious and giggle.

Now, the 18-year-old University of the Pacific freshman wants to be a politician or a lobbyist.

Which is a persuasive argument for the virtues of competitive speech and debate that will be on display today through Sunday at Pacific.

Full Article on the Stockton Record

Pacific Engineering Students Honored

From the Stockton Record.

University of the Pacific engineering students were recently awarded prestigious fellowships by Pacific’s School of Engineering and Computer Science.

Among the 14 students who participated in the Engineering Industry Fellowship program, which started 11 years ago, are Sarah Maher and Christina Ramirez of Manteca and Chad Parsons, Michelle Hawley, Rosemary Poblador, Benjamin Garcia, Jake Rovig, Conner Gritsch and Matthew Jesse, all of Stockton.

The fellowship includes a $2,000 scholarship for each year the student is in school and a paid internship in his or her field during academic breaks, which include summers and cooperative education until graduation.

The program is funded by the university and a number of sponsors.

Facebook is ‘social glue’ for university freshers

From PHYSORG.com

The first few weeks at university can be a difficult time for freshers as they attempt to settle in to their new academic and social life. Researchers at the University of Leicester have found that a high proportion of freshers use the internet to smooth the settling-in process.

The University is now exploring ways of using internet platforms that most students are familiar with — social networking sites and podcasting — to help new arrivals get their bearings.

And it is looking into how these technological mediums might also be used to improve the student experience beyond the first few weeks at university.

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http://www.physorg.com/news143200776.html

Students Float their Boat

By Jennie Rodriguez

Stockton Record

October 11, 2008 6:00 AM

STOCKTON – University of the Pacific students made a splash Friday with boat creations of nothing more than cardboard and duct tape.

A cheering crowd surrounded the university’s Kjeldsen Pool. At the same time, students in teams of two prepared their cardboard canoes, cruisers and pirate ships for the Cardboard Vessel Regatta. The object was to avoid sinking their homemade watercraft while they complete a timed race.

The competition was a graded assignment for an introductory course for all freshman engineering and computer science majors in which they learned the basics of innovation and teamwork, said Louise Stark, associate dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science.

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Ex-Colombian president to give free talk at Pacific.

 
from the The Stockton Record

October 06, 2008 6:00 AM

STOCKTON – Former Colombian President César Gaviria speaks at 6 tonight in a free public lecture at Faye Spanos Concert Hall on the campus of University of the Pacific.

Gaviria’s address, “New Directions: The Future of U.S.-Latin American Relations,” is part of the Gerber Lecture Series that began in 2001 thanks to an endowment from Golden Globe, Emmy and Peabody award winner David Gerber and his wife, Laraine.

Gerber graduated from Pacific in 1950 and married Laraine at Morris Chapel on the Stockton campus in the 1970s.

Read full article on the Stockton Record.

Stockton SUSD Juniors and Seniors can take the SAT for free

By Roger Phillips

Stockton Record Staff Writer

September 11, 2008 6:00 AM

excerpt from news article.

For the first time, juniors and seniors districtwide will be able to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test for free this year. The same goes for sophomores and the Preliminary SAT, a practice test. The district also is offering free readiness classes through Kaplan Inc., a company that specializes in test preparation.

A student who avails himself of all these free services would save his or her family several hundred dollars. The cost to the district is $850,000, a price tag that includes enhanced interventions to help improve performance in the California High School Exit Examination.

Superintendent Tony Amato said that when he arrived in Stockton Unified, he learned that only 9 percent of the district’s 4,500 students took the SAT last year.

“I thought that was atrocious,” said Amato, who praised the board for approving the new, free services.

Spokesman Rick Brewer said the district is hoping 75 percent of Stockton Unified juniors and seniors will take the SAT this year.

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Pacific makes list of top colleges

 

By Jennie Rodriguez

Record Staff Writer

August 22, 2008 6:00 AM

From the Stockton Record (http://www.recordnet.com)

STOCKTON – University of the Pacific will open for classes Monday once again holding down a top college title.

U.S. News & World Report magazine named the university among its list of top colleges for the third consecutive year.

The magazine’s “America’s Best Colleges” report places Pacific No. 102 on the list, six points lower than last year. Pacific tied with five other colleges, including Florida State University and University of San Diego. Pacific made it to the top 100 list in 2007 with a 96 rating, and in 2006, it ranked at No. 98.

“We’re actually not disappointed with this,” said Patrick Giblin, media relations manager at Pacific. “We’re in very good company.”

The report will be published on the magazine’s Web site today, but won’t be available on newsstands until Monday.

Harvard University placed No. 1; Princeton, No. 2; and Yale, No. 3. Rating methodology is based on graduation rates, alumni contributions, faculty resources, standardized test scores and peer reputation.

Pacific received better reviews for its price value, securing a place in the magazine’s top 50 list of Best Values: Great Schools at Great Prices report. This year, Pacific was graded No. 43, slipping down just one notch from last year’s No. 42 rating.

“University of the Pacific really prides itself that we set some of our own standards,” Giblin said. “We want to make sure this university is accepting (of students) regardless of economic backgrounds.”

Colleges are ranked based on how many students receive grants or scholarships and how much those sources reduce the cost of attending school.

The cost to attend Pacific is $30,380 per year for tuition and fees, which includes health center access, recreation and student activities. Room and board cost is $10,118. Freshmen and sophomores are required to live on campus unless they live within a 50-mile radius.

Pacific, which has an endowment of more than $207 million, offers a variety of tuition assistance programs to cover these costs, said Giblin, including the Community Involvement Program, which provides full tuition for qualifying disadvantaged students. Pacific also matches Cal Grant awards. About 80 percent of Pacific students receive financial aid based on need, Giblin said.

“Those are the things we pride ourselves on,” Giblin said.

Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez at (209) 943-8564 or jrodriguez@recordnet.com.