Alumni in Action

Meet 2021 Chancellor Emeritus Award for Excellence Recipient Alisa Orduña Alisa Orduña, PhD, has been a practitioner, policy analyst, collaborator and thought leader in homelessness services for [...]

Meet 2021 Walter Odajnyk Memorial Scholarship Recipient Marcene Gandolfo Marcene Gandolfo, a poet, writer, and educator, is a third-year student in Pacifica’s Mythological Studies program. Her [...]

Meet 2021 Chancellor Emeritus Service Award Recipient Roland Palencia Roland Palencia is the Community Benefits Director and corporate trainer at L.A. Care Health Plan. He is the former Executive [...]

Meet 2021 President’s Award Recipient Heesun Kim Heesun Kim, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice with a background in clinical social work and creative art. She is a Ph.D. [...]

The Space Conundrum: Sacred or Profane? How has the narrative around space changed, and what political relevance does this have? By Cerena Ceaser It’s been twenty years since I lied. My [...]

Persephone’s Garden: A Tribute to Dr. Christine Downing Dr. Christine Downing has guided countless students to the sacred groves of the goddess within. For many, it has been a journey of [...]

Dark Times – A Response Using Tarot Cards By Chris Miller I read the essay “Dark Times” (posted in these pages on September 10, 2021) and immediately saw in it my own experience of “powerlessness [...]

The PGIAA 2021 Coming Home Awards Evening, October 20! Join us for an evening of hope and celebration! PGIAA 2021 Awards Evening Wednesday, October 20, 2021 4:00-6:00 p.m. Via Zoom Please click [...]

The Serpent and the Swan by Ashland Pym (Mythological Studies, PhD 2020) She’s not quite human, but is she as dangerous as they believe? Cygna has been kept under the shadow of secrecy for two [...]