Campus News
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September 2, 2010
Puget Sound Honored by Cross District Association of Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound has been presented with the 2010 Community Partnership Award by the Cross District Association of Tacoma (CDA) for its valued work in partnership with local small businesses and for the contributions of students, faculty, and staff to the local community. The award was presented to John Hickey MBA’83, execut...
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August 26, 2010
Chopin Bicentennial With Duane Hulbert at Piano
TACOMA, Wash. – In honor of the 200th anniversary of Frédéric Chopin’s birth, Duane Hulbert will present a solo piano recital of the composer’s works in the fall program of University of Puget Sound’s 2010–11 Jacobsen Series. The Chopin Bicentennial evening will begin at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 24 in Schneebeck Concert Hall on campus. The public is welcom...
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August 23, 2010
Matt Robles Named New Golf Coach
TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound announced that Matt Robles has been appointed as the new men’s and women’s head golf coach. Robles will take over from Dr. Richard Ulrich, who retired following the 2009-10 school year, after 13 years of coaching golf for the Loggers. “I am very excited and humbled for this new opportunity to be the head men...
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August 16, 2010
Race and Pedagogy National Conference Oct. 28-30
TACOMA, Wash. – Oct. 28–30 University of Puget Sound will convene the 2010 Race and Pedagogy National Conference, its second broad gathering of experts, academics, and community leaders who will address one of the country’s most pressing issues: educating its increasingly diverse youth to a high standard in a world where America’s economic leadership i...
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August 16, 2010
Logger Golfers Earn Prestigious Academic Honor
NORMAN, Okla. – To say the latest recognition for University of Puget Sound’s men’s golf team was prestigious would be an understatement. The men’s golf team received the President’s Special Recognition on the All-Academic team’s list released by the Golf Coaches Association of America. The Loggers were one of three Division III institutions to make ...
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August 15, 2010
Jacobsen Series Fall 2010 Opens with Romance
TACOMA, Wash. – The first Jacobsen Series concert for the 2010–11 season will feature a night of music created by some of the world’s most revered composers on the theme of Romance. On Friday, Sept. 10, from 7:30 p.m., musicians Maria Sampen (violin), Timothy Christie (viola), Tanya Stambuk (piano), and a guest cellist will perform in Schneebeck Conce...
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August 14, 2010
Community Supports the New Center for Health Sciences
TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound is delighted to have received a total of $650,000 in commitments from three prominent foundations—the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust ($400,000), The Norcliffe Foundation ($150,000), and the Titus-Will Families Foundation ($100,000)—toward the design and construction of a new Center for Health Sciences. The gen...
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August 12, 2010
Works by Tacoma Artists at Kittredge Gallery, in Association With The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
Tacoma, Wash. – For the opening exhibition in the 2010–11 season, Kittredge Gallery is partnering with The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation to present an exhibition of nominees and winners of the Foundation of Art Award. The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation’s Foundation of Art Award, 2008-2010 will be on view from Friday, Aug. 20 through Saturda...
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August 9, 2010
Wayne Horvitz Named Director of the Jazz Band at Puget Sound
TACOMA, Wash. – Wayne Horvitz, acclaimed composer, pianist, and keyboardist, who has performed around the globe and collaborated with some of the top names in jazz, will join the University of Puget Sound School of Music as director of the Jazz Band and as an affiliate faculty member this fall. “Wayne will bring a unique and exciting perspective and...
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August 2, 2010
Eboo Patel to Speak on Leadership in an Era of Religious Strife
TACOMA, Wash. – Eboo Patel will never forget the time in high school when he abandoned a Jewish friend when he was needed most. A group of “thugs” had scratched anti-Semitic slurs on desks and shouted them in the hallways, Patel says, and while his friend suffered in silence, Patel made himself scarce, pretending not to notice. Years after they gradua...
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August 1, 2010
Harry Belafonte: Tickets Available Sept. 1
Belafonte kicks off the 2010 Race and Pedagogy National Conference NOTE: Registration for the Race and Pedagogy National Conference, Oct. 28–30, is now open. Go to: www.pugetsound.edu/RPNC or telephone 253.879.2435 TACOMA, Wash. – Harry Belafonte, the calypso singer who brought the Jamaican beat into homes worldwide, and then used his fame to press...
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July 29, 2010
Loree Payne To Lead Loggers Women's Basketball Team
TACOMA, Wash. – Loree Payne, an athletics professional with seven years of collegiate coaching experience and extensive recruiting ties in the West, has been selected as the head women's basketball coach by University of Puget Sound. Payne, a Washington basketball standout, emerged as the leading candidate among a strong and diverse pool, after a...
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July 20, 2010
National Conference on Teaching Rhetorical Criticism Held at Puget Sound
TACOMA, Wash. – More than 150 teachers and scholars in rhetorical criticism and critical inquiry are gathering at University of Puget Sound this week to exchange ideas about the most effective ways to teach this millenniums-old art to modern day students. The National Communication Association will hold its 2010 summer conference on the university’s...
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July 17, 2010
Claire Ely Chosen as NWC Woman of the Year
Tacoma, Wash. - The Northwest Conference Senior Woman Administrators have selected Claire Ely from University of Puget Sound as the NWC nominee for the 2010 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Ely was chosen out of six nominations. Other nominees included Liska Havel and Jessica Mullins from Lewis & Clark, Corina Gabbert from Whitman, Kelcy Joynt from...
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July 16, 2010
David Requiro Becomes Artist in Residence at Puget Sound
TACOMA, Wash. – David Requiro, a celebrated young American cellist with a string of international awards to his name, will join University of Puget Sound as the Cordelia Wikarski-Miedel Artist in Residence with the School of Music this coming fall. “We are delighted to have David Requiro join us and give our students and audiences the benefit of his...
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