Arches Magazine
Autumn 2023
Arches is the alumni magazine of Puget Sound, serving more than 40,000 Loggers worldwide.
Guided by the intellectually curious and humanist values of the liberal arts, Arches strives to capture and convey the ethos of the college through stories that are relevant to the times we are living in and that amplify the voices and experiences of Loggers in an effort to foster understanding and fuel connection within our community and beyond.
Features
To the Heights
Participants in a Community Summer class see the history of the Native American experience through the eyes of an Indigenous instructor.
Computer Science Professor David Chiu is focused on finding useful information in a world that’s drowning in data.
Professor Brett Rogers has been taking his students to Greece for years. In May of this year, he led a trip designed for alumni and friends.
Ecologist Drew Kerkhoff became Puget Sound’s new provost in July—and he’s thrilled to be back west, where the landscape and ecology sparked his academic career.
Women’s soccer coach Stephanie Cox brings an impressive pedigree—and an introspective approach—to the job.
Always a Logger
Carol Petrich Kalapus’ athletic pursuits go back to her college days, when the men’s team recruited her to play with them in one match.
Benita Ki ’11 never figured on staying in Tacoma after graduating from Puget Sound. But the city’s spirit of community drew her in, compelling her to put down some roots, and that same spirit has driven her to become something of an accidental entrepreneur.
Troy Anderson '91 initially went to law school, then shifted to helping at-risk girls and young women in Bangladesh.
Dorothy Sheldon Patton '71, MS'73 earned a career achievement award for her research on sexually transmitted infections.
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