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TACOMA, Wash. – Brian Cladoosby, chairman of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and one of the most senior tribal leaders in the Pacific Northwest, will be a keynote speaker at the 2018 Race & Pedagogy National Conference at University of Puget Sound, Sept. 27–29. Tickets are available at tickets…

TACOMA, Wash. – Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza will be keynote speakers at the 2018 Race & Pedagogy National Conference at University of Puget Sound, Sept. 27–29. Cullors and Garza are co-founders of Black Lives Matter, a viral Twitter hashtag and movement to end state violence that has grown to an…

TACOMA, Wash. – Renowned journalist and author Jeff Chang will be a keynote speaker at the 2018 Race & Pedagogy National Conference at University of Puget Sound, Sept. 27–29. Tickets are available at tickets.pugetsound.edu.

Chang has written extensively on culture, politics, music, and the arts. His…

TACOMA, Wash. – Valerie Jarrett, a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, will speak at the 2018 Race & Pedagogy National Conference at University of Puget Sound. Her talk will be on Friday, Sept. 28 at 4:30 p.m. in the fieldhouse. Tickets are available at tickets.pugetsound.edu.

Renowned…

Effort supported by $250,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations

TACOMA, Wash. – The University of Puget Sound will soon establish the Center for Speech and Effective Advocacy. Supported by a $250,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the center will provide a wide variety of…

This year’s honored sophomores, juniors, seniors, and recent graduates are funded for international travel, language acquisition, and teaching abroad

TACOMA, Wash. – Ten students and recent alumni of University of Puget Sound have been awarded prestigious national scholarships/fellowships and will teach…

TACOMA, Wash. – Uchenna Baker has been named the new vice president for student affairs and dean of students at University of Puget Sound, following an extensive and highly competitive national search. She will assume the position on July 17, 2018.

Baker comes to Puget Sound from Elon University in…

College strengthens its reputation as a center of excellence for the study of China; New chair honors professor emerita of history

TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound is excited to announce the establishment of The Suzanne Wilson Barnett Chair of Contemporary China Studies, a new endowed faculty…

April 25–May 13; Kittredge Gallery

TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound’s Kittredge Gallery opens its annual Senior Art Show Wednesday, April 25, with a reception starting at 5 p.m.   

The Class of 2018 exhibiting artists include: Kiri Bolles, Megan Breiter, Ian Chandler, Stephanie Clement, Sam…

Puget Sound will expand its summer internship program and launch ePortfolios

TACOMA, Wash. – The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded University of Puget Sound $800,000 to implement a transformative strategy that will ensure all undergraduates take part in meaningful, high-impact learning experiences…

Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language” in the Age of Pseudocracy;

TACOMA, Wash. – The co-authors of a new book about George Orwell’s iconic Politics and the English Language would have it that we readers completely missed the point.

Hans Ostrom and William T. Haltom tell us that we have been…

National Science Foundation funds work by Puget Sound biologist and microbiologist

TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound behavioral ecologist Stacey Weiss and microbiologist Mark Martin have been awarded $731,000 by the National Science Foundation to research the habits of egg-laying lizards and…

Distinguished professor of music history is gearing down; Friday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.

TACOMA, Wash. –  Geoffrey Block is a trailblazing scholar of Broadway musicals; he publishes endlessly; he’s the composer of four musicals; and he has made characters from music’s history—Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart…

Pierce Lecture; Wednesday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m.

TACOMA, Wash. – Robert Gates, U.S. secretary of defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will speak at University of Puget Sound.

The highly decorated statesman, scholar, and best-selling…

A dinner and show for all the family; Saturday, April 14, 5 p.m.–8:30 p.m.

TACOMA, Wash. – With the beloved mountain poking occasionally through the rain clouds, you could say that spring is back in the South Sound. That means more sunshine ahead, warmer evenings—and the chance to again indulge in the…