President Ron Thomas Shares 125th Anniversary News With Pierce County

Opinion piece in The News Tribune looks to the heights!

TACOMA, Wash. – “Tacoma is on the move again. You can feel it,” wrote President Ronald R. Thomas in an opinion piece published in The News Tribune on Jan. 16, 2013.

The University of Puget Sound president highlighted many of recent advances seen in Pierce County—pointing out that “a great city endures and rises to the challenge in tough times.” The same can be said about venerable institutions, he wrote, and this year we celebrate the 125thanniversary of one of them: the University of Puget Sound.

Read the article “Tacoma and UPS march arm-in-arm to the heights”: www.thenewstribune.com/2013/01/16/2437181/tacoma-and-ups-march-arm-in-arm.html

Read about Puget Sound’s 125th Anniversary: www.pugetsound.edu/125/

Read a biography of President Ronald R. Thomas: www.pugetsound.edu/about/office-of-the-president/biography/

Photo: President Ron Thomas chats to students near the Jones Hall arches. By Scott Areman.

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