University of the Pacific
Private university in Stockton
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| 2024 | The University of the Pacific's student government voted to eliminate the $15,000 budget allocation for the student newspaper, The Pacifican. |
| 2023 | U.S. News & World Report ranked University of the Pacific No. 151 in 'Top National Universities' category. |
| 2023 | U.S. News & World Report ranked University of the Pacific 56th in 'Best Value School', 82nd for 'Social Mobility', and No. 100 for 'Best College for Veterans'. |
| 2023 | University of the Pacific received 5,763 freshmen applications for fall semester, with 5,467 students admitted at a 95% admission rate. |
| 2022 | Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings ranked University of the Pacific 19th for 'Best Universities in the West'. |
| 2022 | Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce ranked University of the Pacific No. 1 in the U.S. for career earnings of low-income students attending colleges with high percentages of Pell Grant Recipients. |
| 2022 | Pacific was ranked among the top 10 universities in the world for sustainable food and dining practices on college campuses. |
| 2022 | Southwest Hall closed after the 2022/2023 school year, with plans for major renovations. |
| April 2022 | Completed a solar panel project over eight parking lots on the Stockton campus, providing 30% of the campus's energy needs and installing 16 electric car ports in partnership with Tesla. |
| 2021 | Pacific was ranked among the top 10 universities in the world for sustainable food and dining practices on college campuses. |
| 2020 | Launched the new health school with four graduate health care programs. |
| July 1 2020 | Christopher Callahan was appointed as the 26th president of the University of the Pacific. Prior to this role, he was the founding dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. |
| 2019 | Robert D. Sharp begins serving as the 7th director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a position he held until 2022 |
| 2019 | University of the Pacific was ranked eighth for campus building sustainability by the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. |
| 2019 | The William Knox Holt Memorial Library underwent a comprehensive renovation. |
| May 2019 | Board of Regents approved a new health school launching in fall 2020 and merged the Benerd School of Education with University College to form Benerd College. |
| 2018 | Calaveras Hall, a new apartment-style residence hall, was opened on campus. |
| 2018 | Announced planned tuition increase and budget cuts, leading to faculty voting 'no confidence' in university president Pamela Eibeck and student protests. |
| 2015 | Pacific initiated a transformation of its Sacramento Campus by adding graduate and professional programs, expanding the campus to include the School of Health Sciences alongside the McGeorge School of Law. |
| 2013 | Returned to the West Coast Conference (WCC). |
| 2013 | Received a historic estate gift of $125 million from Robert and Jeanette Powell, increasing the university's endowment to $334 million. The Powells were awarded the Order of Pacific, the university's highest honor. |
| 2010 | University opened the LEED Gold-certified John T. Chambers Technology Center, which became home to the School of Engineering and Computer Science. |
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