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Always a Logger! Just because you're not still living on campus and visiting the Cellar for pizza doesn't mean you have to be disconnected from what's happening on campus!
Join the entire Puget Sound community to celebrate Homecoming & Family Weekend October 6–8, 2023!
Cheer on our athletes, connect with old friends and new, attend classes and workshops, sample tastings from local Logger breweries and wineries, lace up your running (or walking) shoes for the annual 5K, and much more. Join us as we celebrate Sigma Nu's 75th anniversary and induct four individuals and one team into Puget Sound's Athletics Hall of Fame. Enjoy all that Puget Sound has to offer, including exhibits in Collins Memorial Library, and Kittredge Gallery, and Museum of Natural History, performances presented by the School of Music, and tree and campus tours.
The All Sports Pass allows you to attend all sporting activities throughout the Homecoming & Family Weekend.
Ticket Prices: $10 per person; $6 for youth (6-17) and seniors (62+); free for Class of 2023 grads (but still need to register for a ticket); students get in free at the gate with Logger ID.
Individual game tickets will also be available for football at the Baker Stadium gate and for soccer at the East Athletic Field on game day. Volleyball matches are free to attend.
Alumni Council Executive Committee Meeting (ACEC ONLY)
8–11:45 a.m. | Collins Memorial Library, McCormick Room
Alumni Council Executive Committee members are invited to ACEC's October meetings.
Campus Tour
10–11 a.m. | Wilson Welcome Center
Join us to tour our academic, recreational, and residential buildings, and hear from current students about their experience at Puget Sound.
Parent Workshop: Career Support & Mentorship
11 a.m.–Noon | Trimble Forum
Join Career and Employment Services to learn about resources offered to students at every step in their career development and ways that you can support their journeys.
Alumni Council Lunch & Meeting (AC ONLY)
Noon-4 p.m. | Thomas Hall, Tahoma Room
Parent Workshop: Being Well at Puget Sound
1:30–2:30 p.m. | Trimble Forum
Please join us for a presentation put on by professional staff in the Center for Student Support as well as Counseling, Health, and Wellness Services (CHWS). These staff members will provide strategies and tips to help you support your student and review the services that exist on the Puget Sound campus in order to help students when they face personal, academic, physical health, or mental health challenges. A detailed review of the primary care, laboratory services, pharmacy, and counseling services offered by CHWS will be included.
Exhibit: Homecoming Traditions
1–3 p.m. | Collins Memorial Library, Archives & Special Collections, Second Floor
Kick-off Homecoming weekend with an open house in the Archives & Special Collections! Did you know Homecoming has been a campus event since 1922? Examine original artifacts from Puget Sound’s history and learn about the evolution of Homecoming traditions on campus, from football games to turtle races.
Museum of Natural History
2–4 p.m. | Thompson Hall, Room 295
The Museum has one of the Pacific Northwest’s significant natural history collections, with over 100,000 research specimens. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the collection and learn about how Puget Sound undergraduates get to be involved in the museum.
Campus Tour
3–4 p.m. | Wilson Welcome Center
Join us to tour our academic, recreational, and residential buildings, and hear from current students about their experience at Puget Sound.
Parent Workshop: Center for Writing and Learning (CWL) & Office of Student Accessibility and Accommodation (SAA)
3:30–4:30 p.m. | Howarth Hall, Room 109
Join us for an informational session with the CWL and SAA. Learn how CWL provides academic support to all students through peer tutors who work in three different capacities: writing advisors; subject tutors; and academic consultants. SAA is the designated office on campus that reviews documentation and students’ requests for disability accommodations. Our mission is to remove obstacles to a liberal arts education.
Greetings Across Generations: Business Student/Alumni/Faculty Social and Scholarships
4–5:15 p.m. | McIntyre Hall, Room 107
Join us in celebrating our current students who are receiving scholarships for 2023-24. Learn about their accomplishments. Following our Scholarship Ceremony, connect with students, faculty and alumni from BLP, Business Administration, International Business, Accounting, and Public Administration. Refreshments will be provided.
Continuing Student Residence Halls Tour: Current Students and Families
4:30–5:30 p.m. | Jones Hall Steps
Our Residence Hall tours are an opportunity for current students and families to see what their options are beyond their first year halls. This is a great chance to see the different kinds of living styles we have available in Oppenheimer, Smith, Thomas, and Trimble Halls.
Volunteer Recognition Reception (by invitation)
4:30–5:30 p.m. | President's Residence
President Isiaah Crawford hosts our Alumni and Parent volunteers, and officially welcomes alumni, parents, and the campus community to Homecoming & Family Weekend. Enjoy the conversation, music, and hors d'oeuvres.
Welcome Reception
5:30–7 p.m. | Event Lawn
Kick off the weekend with your classmates and enjoy food, drinks, and music in a festive atmosphere. Join President Isiaah Crawford as he hosts a reception on the Event Lawn. All alumni, parents, faculty, students, and friends are invited to enjoy conversation, live music, and hors d’oeuvres.
Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony (Sold out)
6–8:30 p.m. | Wheelock Student Center, Upper Marshall Hall
Please join us in celebrating this year’s Hall of Fame inductees. Puget Sound Athletics will be inducting four individuals, and one team, into the Athletic Hall of Fame.
Jacobsen Concert Series: Dawn Padula, Mezzo-Soprano, and Guests
7:30 p.m. | Schneebeck Concert Hall
Enjoy this faculty recital featuring Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano with Jessica Hall, collaborative pianist; and guests Brian Smith, drums; and Rob Hutchinson, bass. All are invited to a reception following the program hosted by the SAI international music fraternity.
Tickets: $20 general admission; $15 for senior citizens (55+), military members, Community Music participants, and Puget Sound Faculty and Staff; free for current Puget Sound and K-12 students (students should pre-register for tickets; student ID required at door).
This walking tour will give you an introduction to all that Puget Sound has to offer. Our students, faculty, and staff members share information about our rigorous academics, supportive residential community, and commitments to diversity and social justice, and give you a glimpse inside our beautiful facilities. Follow the QR code decals on the map as you stroll the campus.
Artist Nate Clark shares a selection of pieces from the last 8 years of his art-making career. The artwork spans fiberglassed wood installations, to paintings, to sculptural fiber nets.
The Hidden Specimen: Museum Collections Through the Eyes of Local Artists Curated by Madison Mayfield
A collaboration between the Puget Sound Museum and the Kittredge Gallery, The Hidden Specimen is a science art exhibit featuring the work of local artists and Puget Sound students inspired by the museum's specimens and collections.
10 a.m.–7 p.m. | Kittredge Gallery
Nate Clark, Yellow and White Net temporarily installed at Isle Royale National Park during artist residency, 2019
8 a.m.–8 p.m. | Collins Memorial Library, First Floor
DREAMS: An international juried exhibition presented by 23 Sandy Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Collins Memorial Library. Jurors: Erin Mickelson, 23 Sandy Gallery, Sha Towers, Baylor University and Jane Carlin, former Director of Collins Memorial Library. The books in this exhibit showcase the cognitive, sensory, and emotional nature of dreams, your personal dreams, or dreams you hold for others.
Check in at the Registration table to receive your name tag and a schedule of events for the weekend!
Tacoma Regional Club Breakfast
8–9:30 a.m. | Wilson Welcome Center
Start your Saturday morning on campus bright and early with coffee, pastries, and conversation with fellow Puget Sound alumni!
Campus Tree Tour
9–10:30 a.m. | Jones Hall Steps
Take a walk through campus to learn more about Puget Sound's beautiful and expansive tree canopy! This tour will be led by Puget Sound Groundskeeper Bill Boggs.
Don Duncan Alumni Swim Meet
9:30 a.m. | Athletics and Aquatics Center
Calling all alumni swimmers! Dive into the pool for a morning swim and pay tribute to late swimming coach Don Duncan. Spectators are welcome.
Chalk Talk with Coach Jeff Thomas
10–11 a.m. | Wyatt Hall, Room 109
Head Football Coach Jeff Thomas will lead a brief discussion before the football game vs. George Fox University.
Continuing Student Residence Halls Tour: Current Students and Families
10–11 a.m. | Jones Hall Steps
Our Residence Hall tours are an opportunity for current students and families to see what their options are beyond their first year halls. This is a great chance to see the different kinds of living styles we have available in Oppenheimer, Smith, Thomas, and Trimble Halls.
Campus Tour
11 a.m.–Noon | Wilson Welcome Center
Join us to tour our academic, recreational, and residential buildings, and hear from current students about their experience at Puget Sound.
Sigma Nu 75th Anniversary Luncheon (by invitation)
11 a.m.–2 p.m. | Rasmussen Rotunda
Join fellow Sigma Nu brothers for this annual lunch and meeting.
Women's Soccer vs. Linfield University
Noon | East Athletic Field
Logger Pre-Game BBQ
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. | Event Lawn
Enjoy food, fun, yard games, music, and a photo booth before the Loggers take the field. Not going to the game? No worries! This BBQ is for everyone. Cost is $18 per person; $14 for young alumni (2014-2022) and students; free for Class of 2023 grads (but still need to register for a ticket).
Football vs. George Fox University
1 p.m. | Baker Stadium
Individual game tickets will also be available at the Baker Stadium gate on game day.
Men's Soccer vs. Linfield University
2:30 p.m. | East Athletic Field
Logger Post-Game Vines & Brews Tasting
4–6 p.m. | Event Lawn
Sample Logger brews and wines and mingle with old friends and meet new ones. Please note this event is 21+. Cost is $12 per person; $7 for young alumni (2014-2022) and students; free for Class of 2023 grads (but still need to register for a ticket).
Northwest High School Honor Choir, featuring guest conductor Anthony Trecek-King
4 p.m. | Schneebeck Concert Hall
Enjoy a performance by high school students from throughout the region in a culminating concert as part of the School of Music’s annual Northwest High School Honor Choir Festival. Featured guest clinician Anthony Trecek-King will conduct the choir. This event is free and open to the public. For more information about the festival, visit the Northwest High School Honor Choir website.
Women's Volleyball vs. Pacific University
6 p.m. | Memorial Fieldhouse
Ongoing Throughout Saturday
Campus Walking Tour (Self-Guided)
This walking tour will give you an introduction to all that Puget Sound has to offer. Our students, faculty, and staff members share information about our rigorous academics, supportive residential community, and commitments to diversity and social justice, and give you a glimpse inside our beautiful facilities. Follow the QR code decals on the map as you stroll the campus.
Artist Nate Clark shares a selection of pieces from the last 8 years of his art-making career. The artwork spans fiberglassed wood installations, to paintings, to sculptural fiber nets.
The Hidden Specimen: Museum Collections Through the Eyes of Local Artists Curated by Madison Mayfield
A collaboration between the Puget Sound Museum and the Kittredge Gallery, The Hidden Specimen is a science art exhibit featuring the work of local artists and Puget Sound students inspired by the museum's specimens and collections.
Noon–5 p.m. | Kittredge Gallery
Nate Clark, Yellow and White Net temporarily installed at Isle Royale National Park during artist residency, 2019
DREAMS: An international juried exhibition presented by 23 Sandy Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Collins Memorial Library. Jurors: Erin Mickelson, 23 Sandy Gallery, Sha Towers, Baylor University and Jane Carlin, former Director of Collins Memorial Library. The books in this exhibit showcase the cognitive, sensory, and emotional nature of dreams, your personal dreams, or dreams you hold for others.
Join fellow Loggers on this fun run through campus. Remember to wear maroon and white to show your Logger spirit!
Campus Walking Tour (Self-Guided)
This walking tour will give you an introduction to all that Puget Sound has to offer. Our students, faculty, and staff members share information about our rigorous academics, supportive residential community, and commitments to diversity and social justice, and give you a glimpse inside our beautiful facilities. Follow the QR code decals on the map as you stroll the campus.
1 p.m.–midnight | Collins Memorial Library, First Floor
DREAMS: An international juried exhibition presented by 23 Sandy Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Collins Memorial Library. Jurors: Erin Mickelson, 23 Sandy Gallery, Sha Towers, Baylor University and Jane Carlin, former Director of Collins Memorial Library. The books in this exhibit showcase the cognitive, sensory, and emotional nature of dreams, your personal dreams, or dreams you hold for others.
