Campus News
Puget Sound’s 2019 Senior Art Show Opens May 1
The University of Puget Sound will open its annual Senior Art Show with a reception on May 1, from 5 to 7 p.m., in Kittredge Gallery. The 2019 senior show, which will be on display through May 19, features artwork by each senior studio art major, culminating their development at Puget Sound. This year…
Puget Sound Physical Therapy Professor Jennifer Hastings Receives National Award
The American Physical Therapy Association recently announced that University of Puget Sound Professor of Physical Therapy Jennifer Hastings is the winner of the 2019 Henry O. and Florence P. Kendall Practice Award. Known in the physical therapy field for her pioneering work in spinal cord injury rehabilitation…
Puget Sound’s Senior Theatre Festival to Showcase Student Directors
University of Puget Sound’s Senior Theatre Festival (STF) will begin April 5-6 at Norton Clapp Theatre. Presented over three weekends, the festival features three plays directed by Puget Sound seniors Jack Aldisert, Hanna Woods, and Carly Dryden.
The series will kickoff with three performances of Henrik…
University of Puget Sound among Peace Corps’ top 10 volunteer-producing schools in 2019
Peace Corps announced today that University of Puget Sound ranked sixth among small schools on the agency’s list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. There are 13 Loggers currently volunteering in countries around the world.
Puget Sound has been named a top school nine of the…
Annual Fieldhouse Flea Market Returns to Puget Sound on March 23
Sponsored by the University of Puget Sound Women’s League, the annual Fieldhouse Flea Market will be held on Saturday, March 23. Offering everything from 100-year-old antiques to freshly baked bread, the Fieldhouse Flea Market regularly attracts roughly 4,000 visitors.
“This is a fabulous community…
Puget Sound’s Adelphian Concert Choir to Tour Colorado in March
University of Puget Sound’s Adelphian Concert Choir will be touring Colorado later this month. The four-city tour will include free concerts in Colorado Springs, Littleton, Denver, and a homecoming event in Tacoma, Wash. The concerts will include a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantata Christ…
National Higher Education Leader David Warren to Deliver Puget Sound Commencement Address
David L. Warren, Ph.D., president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), will give the Commencement address at University of Puget Sound’s 127th graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 19.
“Over the course of his distinguished career, Dr. Warren has been and continues…
Kittredge Gallery Opens New Exhibits by Kathy Gore Fuss and Student Curators
Kittredge Gallery at University of Puget Sound will open two new exhibits on March 11, each examining the relationship between humanity and the environment.
“The two shows may appear distant, as the artists are hundreds of years apart on opposite sides of the globe, but both examine how we see the world…
Poet Nikki Giovanni to Deliver Pierce Lecture at Puget Sound
Poet, educator, and activist Nikki Giovanni will speak at University of Puget Sound’s Schneebeck Concert Hall on Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. Giovanni’s appearance is part of the series of Susan Resneck Pierce Lectures in Public Affairs and the Arts.
Giovanni has won seven NAACP Image Awards,…
Yige Dong Named Suzanne Wilson Barnett Chair in Contemporary China Studies
University of Puget Sound recently announced the appointment of Yige Dong as the Suzanne Wilson Barnett Chair in Contemporary China Studies.
A standout Ph.D. candidate in sociology at Johns Hopkins University, Dong is a widely published writer and an acclaimed undergraduate teacher. Her teaching and…
Puget Sound Named a Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars
University of Puget Sound was once again named among colleges and universities that produce the most Fulbright Scholars.
The 2018–19 list was published by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs on Feb. 11, and was featured in the current issue of The Chronicle of Higher…
Provost Kristine Bartanen to Receive National Academic Leadership Award
University of Puget Sound Provost Kristine Bartanen will receive the American Conference of Academic Deans’ (ACAD) Award for Excellence in Academic Leadership on Friday, Jan. 25, at the organization’s annual meeting in Atlanta. The annual award recognizes academic leaders who exemplify excellence in…
Puget Sound Undergraduate Philosophy Conference Organized by Students, Open to the Public
Students and scholars of philosophy will gather in Tacoma on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 for the fifth Puget Sound Undergraduate Philosophy Conference. Hosted by the university’s Department of Philosophy and the Philosophy Club, the conference will feature presentations from students from all over the country…
Maimouna Youssef, aka Mumu Fresh, To Keynote MLK Day Celebration at Puget Sound
Grammy-nominated musician and activist Maimouna Youssef will deliver a creative keynote at University of Puget Sound's 33rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Thursday, Jan. 24. Free and open to the public, the event will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m., in Wheelock Student Center.
Vivie Nguyen…