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PACWEST
PacWest can refer to: *Pacific West Conference, an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division II *Pacific Western Athletic Association, an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the CCAA *PacWest Bancorp, parent company of Pacific Western Bank in Los Angeles, California, United States *PacWest Center, a 29-story office building in Portland, Oregon *PacWest Racing, Bruce McCaw's Champ Car racing team in operation from 1993 to 2002 *Pac-West Telecomm, a wholesale telecommunications carrier headquartered in Oakland, California *Pacific Western University (Hawaii), also called American PacWest International University, an unaccredited school in operation from 1988 to 2006. * The Western Collegiate Athletic Association The Western Collegiate Athletic Association (WCAA) was a women's-only athletic conference on the West Coast of the United States. Members competed in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) until t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific West Conference
The Pacific West Conference (also known as the PacWest) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in California and Hawaii. The conference sponsors the following sports: basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and track & field outdoor for both men and women; baseball for men only; softball and volleyball for women only. The newest PacWest sports are men's tennis and women's golf, both added in 2012–13. History Formation The PacWest was formed in 1992 when the Great Northwest Conference (a men's conference) merged with the Continental Divide Conference (a women's conference containing some of the same members), in response to the departures of several members and new NCAA legislation requiring conferences to have at least six members. In addition, some Hawai'i-based colleges joined the new conference. At one point the conference expanded to 16 mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Western Athletic Association
The Pacific Western Athletic Association is a Canadian college athletic conference affiliated in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The Commissioner of the PWAA is Scott Foot, esq. Members * Camosun College Chargers (Victoria) * Capilano University Blues (North Vancouver) * College of the Rockies Avalanche (Cranbrook) * Columbia Bible College Bearcats (Abbotsford) * Douglas College Royals (New Westminster) * Langara College Falcons (Vancouver) * Okanagan College Coyotes (Kelowna) * Vancouver Island University Mariners (Nanaimo) See also *Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) is the national governing body for organized sports at the College (Canada), collegiate level in Canada. Its name in Canadian French, French is l'Association canadienne du sport collégial (ACSC ... External links Pacific Western Athletic AssociationCanadian Collegiate Athletic Association {{Soccer in Canada Sports governing bod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PacWest Bancorp
PacWest Bancorp is a bank holding company based in Beverly Hills, California, with one wholly owned banking subsidiary, Pacific Western Bank. It has 69 branches in California, primarily in the southern and central parts of the state, one in Denver, Colorado, one in Durham, North Carolina, and several loan production offices across the country. The company is in the process of being acquired by Banc of California. History The bank was founded in October 1999 as First Community Bancorp. In March 2002, it acquired Capital Bank of North County. In April 2002, it acquired Upland Bank, with $108 million in assets. In 2005, it acquired Glendora, California-based Foothill Independent Bancorp for $238 million. In 2006, First Community Bancorp combined the two banks it then owned, Pacific Western National Bank and First National Bank, renaming them the Pacific Western Bank. In 2008, First Community Bancorp reincorporated in Delaware and changed its name to PacWest Bancorp. In the aftermat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PacWest Center
PacWest Center is a 30-story, office skyscraper in Portland, Oregon. It is the fifth-tallest building in Portland, and the fourth largest with . The building was designed by Hugh Stubbins & Associates of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and completed in 1984. History Construction of PacWest Center began in October 1982, and the building was formally dedicated on November 1, 1984. The building's name is derived from former anchor tenant, Pacific Western Bank of Oregon, owned by PacWest Bancorp. However, PacWest's Oregon operations were acquired by KeyCorp in 1986 and became part of KeyBank."KeyCorp takeovers approved". (October 9, 1986). ''The Oregonian'', p. D11. Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Estate Co. had been the majority owner in the building since it rose in 1984. In 1985, the building's design won its architects, Hugh Stubbins & Associates and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the year's top "honor award" from the Portland chapter of the American Institute of Architects.Hayakawa, Alan R. ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PacWest Racing
PacWest Racing was a Champ Car racing team owned by Bruce McCaw founded in 1993. The team's first full-time season was the next year, 1994, with drivers Dominic Dobson and future Indy Racing League co-champion Scott Sharp. In 1995, the team switched to former Formula One driver Maurício Gugelmin and a fading Danny Sullivan, who would be replaced late in the season by Juan Manuel Fangio II after an injury. In 1996, Mark Blundell took over Fangio's seat. 1997 became PacWest's breakout year, with the team taking four wins - three from Blundell and Gugelmin's sole CART victory at Vancouver. The team was since considered a major team, and was figured to be in contention for the championship in 1998. The next three years, however, turned out to be a disappointment. 2001 saw Blundell, who retired after the previous season's end, replaced with 2000 Indy Lights Champion Scott Dixon, who earned PacWest's final victory at Nazareth, in which Dixon's teammate Gugelmin withdrew after the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pac-West Telecomm
Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. is a privately owned wholesale telecommunications carrier headquartered in Oakland, California, United States. Founded in 1980, the company is one of the few wholesale-focused competitive local exchange carriers (CLEC) in the United States{{Citation needed, date=March 2010 and provides origination services to thirty-one states. The range of service areas include the West coast, Texas, and the Northeast. On March 28, 2013, Pac-West submitted its filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Western District of Texas. According to the Chapter 11 filing, Pac-West has over 20 creditors, many of which are a mix of large service providers and CLECs including AT&T (NYSE: T), CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), Frontier (Nasdaq: FTR), Telus (Toronto: T.TO), and Alpheus Communications. On September 9, 2013, TNCI Operating Company LLC completed the acquisition of Pac-West Telecomm Inc. Services Pac-West provides termination, origination, and managed services to retail carr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Western University (Hawaii)
Pacific Western University (Hawaii) was an unaccredited university closed in May 2006 following a lawsuit filed by the State of Hawaii a year earlier. History Pacific Western University (Hawaii), Inc., also called American PacWest International University and registered under the business title Pacific West University (Hawaii) State of Hawaii v. Pacific Western University (Hawaii) Inc., a.k.a. American PacWest International University, Complaint (Sec. 8), count VI, count VII. was incorporated in Hawaii in 1988 and operated within the State of Hawaii u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
