Office of the President

Celebrating Black History Month 2023 Theme: Black Resistance   Dear Pacifica Community, The beginning of February marks the start of Black History Month, a time to celebrate Black [...]

July 7, 2022 Dear Pacifica Community, The Supreme Court’s recent ruling, overturning Roe v. Wade, erodes almost 50 years of precedent protecting equitable access to women’s reproductive health, [...]

Fall Quarter Plan & Announcement update Good afternoon, Chairs, President’s Council, and IMC, As you know, we are preparing to announce the basic framework for how we plan to deliver courses [...]

Pacifica Campus Reopening Update – Winter Quarter Announcement Dear Pacifica Students, I send this campus reopening update hoping you are healthy and managing well in the new year and start [...]

Dear Pacifica Students, Greetings.  We send you this message with a certain urgency, as we are entering the holiday season. Public health experts anticipate the increase in COVID-19 cases to [...]

The terrible murders of eight individuals in Atlanta this week, including six Asian women leave us in the Pacifica community with great sadness, grief and distress for the rising levels of [...]

Letter from the President of Pacifica Dear Pacifica Alumni, Let me begin with warm wishes for 2021; may it bring peace and prosperity to all of you. We have just come through a year like none [...]

Pacifica Graduate Institute:  Statement on Addressing Systemic Racism At Pacifica Graduate Institute, we are deeply distressed and aggrieved by the senseless, on-going violence directed at black [...]

PGIAA President Harry Grammer – George Floyd Statement “The death of George Floyd in the wake of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Botham Jean and hundreds of recent others is [...]

Graduate Education During a Pandemic   Dear Alumni, As many of you know, Pacifica Graduate Institute is a remarkably resilient institution blessed with a dedicated, flexible staff and [...]

Update from the President – COVID-19   Dear Pacifica Students, The last several weeks have been filled with growing anxiety with the disruptive impact of COVID-19 across the country. [...]

Dear Pacifica Graduates, It is with great regret that due to the current COVID-19 crisis Pacifica Graduate Institute, after careful deliberation, has decided against holding commencement [...]

Notice from the President re: Transition to Online From: Joseph Cambray <JCambray@pacifica.edu> Date: March 13, 2020 at 12:03:00 PM PDT Subject: Notice from the President re: Transition to [...]

A Time for Community Over the past several months our nation has faced a series of traumatizing events: catastrophic storms and fires, social upheavals over injustice, exchanges of polarizing [...]

Dear Pacifica Community, This past week we have witnessed devastating weather along the coast of Texas brought by Hurricane Harvey.  The unparalleled rainfall has surpassed all records for a [...]