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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.

�鶹ֱ�� 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 �鶹ֱ��'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.

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.

David Hege PharmD ’18, a pharmacy student at �鶹ֱ��, 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.

The successful practitioner in the Seattle area has built a thriving optical and hearing center, and served his local community and optometric profession with distinction for more than 30 years.

“The No. 1 thing that is lost in aphasia is words,” said Annabelle Watts SLP ’17. “I really hope participants who come here realize there is this gigantic world of communication and that here are all these other ways to facilitate that and have fun and re-engage with life and with their partner.”

Hillsboro resident Claudia McClellan MAT '17 is looking forward to helping those new to the English language thrive in school.

When Sally was a little girl growing up in the big city of Seattle, World War II was going on! Jack spent his young life fishing the small stream that ran past the farm, cutting hay and milking cows.