Campus News

Campus Receives 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education® Recognition

Tacoma, Wash. – University of Puget Sound was honored with a 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education® recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management.

"Tree Campuses and their students set examples…

Three Puget Sound students were awarded highly competitive grants and fellowships in recognition of their contributions in the fields of mental health research, social justice, and art history. This spring, Samantha Lilly ’19 was awarded a Fulbright grant, Jaylen Antoine ’22 received a Frederick Douglass…

Tacoma, Wash.— Following an extensive and highly competitive national search, University of Puget Sound has named Lorna Hernandez Jarvis, Ph.D., as the institution’s first vice president for institutional equity and diversity effective July 1, 2021. She comes to Puget Sound from Whitworth University…

Tacoma, Wash. — University of Puget Sound has partnered with MultiCare Health System to open a new respiratory clinic on the school’s campus this week.

The clinic is an extension of MultiCare’s primary care services and is designed to evaluate patients who are not feeling well but are not sick enough…

Tacoma, Wash. – At yesterday’s Annual Meeting and Advocacy Day of the National Association for Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), University of Puget Sound President Isiaah Crawford was elected chair of the board of directors. He will take office for a one-year term beginning July 1, 2021…

Tacoma, WA [Jan. 11, 2021] – Cara Frankenfeld, associate professor and former director of graduate studies at George Mason University’s College of Health and Human Services, has been appointed as the inaugural director of University of Puget Sound’s new Master of Public Health (MPH) program.  Applications…