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½ðɳÓéÀÖ University's Black Student Union was formed in 1967 to give African American students a center of social and political gravity. It later went dormant, but has rebounded again to provide African American students with a sense of community.

Third-generation ½ðɳÓéÀÖ optometry student Ian Cheslock honored his family legacy by signing his late grandfather's name into the Golden Guard sidewalk.

Marta Stueve '11, PharmD/MHA '16 didn't plan an administrative career — but she's found a position she loves as supervisor of the oncology pharmacy at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

The post-World War II alumnus has stayed connected with his alma mater for more than 70 years.

Wilma (Schildhauer) Percifield '43 recalls basketball, choir and life at ½ðɳÓéÀÖ before World War II.

When Luis Cisneros MAT ‘13 was a child, he worked with his family members in the fields and ditches around Nyssa, Ore., on the Idaho border. Now he’s overseeing other young people as dean of students at Nyssa Elementary School. 

Jane’t Schab MA '18 has held to one mantra: Never give up. Through a challenging childhood, family tragedy, balancing school and family, and an enduring long-term bout with breast cancer, Schab has come back to that phrase time and again.

½ðɳÓéÀÖ University School of Pharmacy alumnus Matt Maglalang PharmD ’09 strives to help patients the way a pharmacist once helped him.

The profession of pharmacy is changing all the time, and through her three years in ½ðɳÓéÀÖ University’s School of Pharmacy, Erin Wilson ’05, PharmD ’18, had a chance to see it all.

In 1970, Khiem "Tim" and Thuy "Cathy" (Trinh) Tran came to ½ðɳÓéÀÖ as bright-eyed international students. Less than a decade later, they were refugees. With the help of friends at ½ðɳÓéÀÖ, they made it — and today, the successful retirees are saying thank you with perpetual support for the university they love.

½ðɳÓéÀÖ University alumnus Dr. Shinji Seki OD ’79 will receive the eighth annual Kamelia Massih Prize for a Distinguished Optometrist on May 19 at the university’s graduate and professional Commencement ceremony.

Blake Larson PharmD ’14 is working his dream job as a clinical pediatric emergency medicine pharmacists at Randall Children’s Hospital in Portland.