{"id":3400,"date":"2024-03-01T11:03:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T19:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/?p=3400"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:01:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T22:01:52","slug":"meet-a-pacific-business-professor-who-is-always-rooting-for-her-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/2024\/03\/01\/meet-a-pacific-business-professor-who-is-always-rooting-for-her-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet a Pacific business professor who is always rooting for her students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Pacific marketing professor goes above and beyond for her students\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/080bjIldkHc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>One of Pacific\u2019s greatest assets is its people. Over the past three years, I have been lucky to have met so many incredible individuals through Pacific, whether that\u2019s faculty, alumni, students or community members. It was one of the reasons I decided to move across the Pacific Ocean for college.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a third-year <a href=\"https:\/\/business.pacific.edu\/business\/academics\/business-administration-major\/marketing-management\">marketing major<\/a> from Honolulu. I knew that I wanted to study business, and I wanted a career that would be creative and fun. So, I chose marketing. This proved to be one of my best decisions, as it connected me with <a href=\"https:\/\/business.pacific.edu\/campus-directory\/cecilia-ruvalcaba\">Professor Cecilia Ruvalcaba<\/a>. Professor Ruvalcaba was my Introduction to Marketing Management professor. <em>What exactly is marketing? And what can I do with a marketing degree? <\/em>She helped me answer these questions and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Ruvalcaba\u2019s cheerful spirit and welcoming smile was exactly what my sophomore-self needed at 8 a.m. Despite how early my Tuesday and Thursday mornings were, I looked forward to her interactive lectures and inspiring daily quotes. I knew our discussions would be lively, and I was eager to learn more. Luckily, I had her again for Consumer Behavior and International Marketing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Ruvalcaba has all the qualities of a student\u2019s favorite teacher. She is fun, passionate, fair and genuinely cares about her students in and out of the classroom. With a full mug of coffee in hand, she will ask us about our extracurricular activities with interest and excitement. She gives us opportunities in class to promote our athletic games or club events occurring that week. Professor Ruvalcaba will even go out of her way to attend them. 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