STAFF
Lisa Kozleski ’94, editor
arches@pugetsound.edu
Kris Nyström, art director
knystrom@pugetsound.edu
253.229.7175
Barbara Weist, Web manager
bweist@pugetsound.edu
253.879.2691
CIRCULATION
Frequency: Three times a year
Circulation: 44,500 worldwide, concentrated in the western United States
MISSION
Arches is an editorially independent storytelling platform that is guided by the university’s mission to encourage and sustain a lifetime of intellectual curiosity, active inquiry, and reasoned independence. Housed in the Office of Marketing and Communications and overarching division of University Relations, the magazine supports the strategic goals of enhancing and distinguishing the Puget Sound experience, stewarding the university’s identity and reputation, and fostering lifelong relationships within the Puget Sound community. The Arches editorial team strives to capture and convey the Puget Sound ethos through the stories we tell.
VISION AND PURPOSE
Guided by the intellectually curious and humanist values of the liberal arts, we publish writing that joins the conversation and illuminates new perspectives. We tell stories that are relevant to our community and the times we are living in. We amplify voices that are not often heard, and experiences that challenge the dominant narrative. Our purpose is to foster understanding and to fuel connection within our community and beyond.
AUDIENCE
With the goal of inclusive community-building, we seek to engage an ever-more diverse readership comprised of alumni, students, parents, employees and friends of the university, from wide-ranging backgrounds and perspectives. As members of the Puget Sound community, our readers are well-educated critical thinkers engaged in a lifelong pursuit of curiosity and learning.
GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Editorial Process
Please note that most stories are assigned by the editor. If you would like to send a query or pitch a story, email is the best way to reach us. When an assignment is accepted, a contract is signed by the editor and writer along with a project agreement, which indicates the length, topic, and deadline of the piece. Arches buys first North American periodical rights. Revisions are often requested, and the editor has discretion in making editorial changes.
Revision and editing
Writers are expected to cooperate with the editing and fact-checking process, which may involve several revisions. You may be requested to provide Arches with sources and research materials used in preparing the work, including documents, notes, transcripts and recordings. Arches has the right to alter the spelling, grammar, style, and content of any work to conform to our standards. You will have the opportunity to review final changes before publication. If you do not make requested revisions or cooperate with the editing and fact-checking process, Arches may reject the work and withhold a kill fee.
Accuracy
All work published in Arches is thoroughly fact-checked using secondary sources. It is routine for us to share articles with subjects to check for accuracy of personal facts and quotations, and to ensure that subjects are comfortable with the way they are being portrayed.
Photography and illustration
Arches generally uses assigned photography and illustration, and occasionally uses stock photography and illustration if needed. We prefer high-quality, high-resolution digital images. We like a variety of images to choose from (two or three dozen), both vertical and horizontal, as well as varying viewpoints and framing. You are welcome to submit a portfolio; however, please contact us first to let us know it’s coming. Pay varies according to how a photograph is used, and at what size.
GUIDELINES FOR CLASS NOTES, SCRAPBOOK, AND IN MEMORIAM
We publish Class Notes, Scrapbook and In Memoriam information in both the print edition of Arches and in the online version.
Class Notes
We welcome news from alumni across the decades. It is our policy not to publish pregnancy or engagement announcements, or candidacies for political office in Class Notes. However, we are happy to print news of births, marriages, and elections to office. Submissions to Classmates are edited for style, clarity, and length. We put a lot of effort into making sure entries are accurate, but sometimes we slip up. Please let us know if you see incorrect information published in Class Notes.
Scrapbook
Photos of weddings, informal Logger reunions, alumni meet-ups during travels or at work, and other alumni-focused photos are welcome. High-resolution digital photos are preferred. Kindly identify alumni in the snapshot. Also, please, for baby pictures, include alumni parents in the photo.
In Memoriam
We publish an "In Memoriam" listing Class Notes of alumni, as well as current and emeriti employees, plus honorary degree recipients, whose deaths we have heard of from family members or newspaper obituaries. These are one- to two-line listings that include the person’s name, class year and date of death, any alumni survivors, and their college involvement if known (i.e. Greek chapter, choir, band, alumni volunteerism, etc.).
To submit an item for Class Notes, Scrapbook, or In Memoriam, send us an email at arches@pugetsound.edu.
EDITORIAL POLICIES
- Arches strives to enhance the image of the university in the eyes of its alumni, donors, and friends, while at the same time following ethical standards of journalism.
- The editor shall have discretion in making editorial changes. Revisions are often requested.
- Arches’ Class Notes section publishes news and accomplishments of Puget Sound’s 40,000 alumni. In reporting these important events, Arches does not judge news based on an individual’s religion, gender, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. The following policies apply to Class Notes:
- Arches will not publish marriage engagements, announcements of expected births, or candidacy for political office. These events will be reported after they take place.
- In Memoriam announcements will be printed if they have been received as a verifiable letter from the family or when an obituary has appeared in a newspaper.
- Arches will not publish direct funding or services solicitations unless for a university-sponsored group or event.
- In general, information reported in Arches that was accurate at the time of publication will not be removed from the online archive of the magazine after personal circumstances of subjects have changed. For example, it is our policy not to remove from Class Notes the report of a marriage after a couple has divorced. However, in the rare instance when information reported might compromise the safety of the subject or others, the editors will consider removing previously reported information.
PHOTOS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Images in the pages of Arches that purport to depict reality must be genuine in every way. No content may be added, rearranged, reversed, distorted, or removed from a scene, except for the recognized practice of cropping to omit extraneous outer portions. As to the digital manipulation of photos, the following standards apply:
- Photos in Arches are often color-corrected, sharpened, light-adjusted, or retouched for dust and scratches. All are run through software that adjusts ink coverage to match the capabilities of the press on which they will be printed. Since these are standard pre-production processes, they are not considered photo manipulation.
- If, at the discretion of the editor, an item in a photo is added, moved, deleted, or significantly altered, then the image becomes photo fiction, and the credit must read “photo illustration by” and the names of the photographer and digital artist given.
ARCHES ONLINE TAKE-DOWN REQUESTS
Persons who have questions or who believe that their copyrights have been infringed upon by the posting of content on this website, may contact the editor at: Arches, Office of Marketing and Communications, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N. Warner St. #1041, Tacoma, WA 98416-1041. Email inquiries may be directed to arches@pugetsound.edu.