Stories

Amanda Dougherty ’24

Community, Students

Birds, Climate, and Redlining Intersect in University of Puget Sound Student’s Research

It’s 6 a.m. in Tacoma’s North End neighborhood, and everything is quiet except for the whistling of…

Kris Hay

Campus, Community

Ask the Expert: Kris Hay

Kris Hay, who has worked in Career and Employment Services for more than 20 years, has compiled a…

Chloe Pargmann-Hayes ’24

Community, Students

University of Puget Sound student advocates for Black voices

In early August, with the summer sun high overhead downtown Tacoma, Chloe Pargmann-Hayes ’24…

College Success Foundation group photo in front of its campus house

Campus, Community

College Success Foundation Finds New Permanent Home at University of Puget Sound

TACOMA, Wash. – College Success Foundation (CSF), a national nonprofit organization that helps…

Capriana Jiang ’22 (right) with a visitor of Tacoma's Neighborhood Clinic

Community, Students

Puget Sound Pre-Med Student on a Mission To Provide Equal Access to Health Care

On a typical weeknight, you can find Capriana Jiang ’23 at the Neighborhood Clinic in Tacoma’s…

Philip M. Phibbs

Campus, Community

University of Puget Sound Mourns the Death of Former President Philip M. Phibbs

TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget…

Graduates sit on Peyton Field for Commencement 2021

Campus, Community

State Supreme Court Justice G. Helen Whitener Named University of Puget Sound Commencement Speaker

G. Helen Whitener TACOMA, Wash. –…

Angela Weaver

Campus, Community

Five Questions With Puget Sound Librarian Angela Weaver

As Collins Memorial Library’s fine and performing arts librarian, Angela Weaver manages the…

Illustration: Thure De Thulstrup—Library of Congress

Community, Faculty, Arches

Where Is Tacoma's 'Chinatown'?

Tacoma had fewer than 1,000 residents in 1876, when Tak Nam and Lum May opened their mercantile…

Two female students hold a large water-filtering apparatus on a dock at the Puget Sound

Community, Arches, Students

Where Is the Methane in the Ocean Coming From?

Clarissa Troutman ’22 has spent a lot of time on the Puget Sound, hanging out with friends, but…

Salmon at the South Prairie Creek Restoration site

Alumni, Community, Faculty, Arches, Students

Salmon Stories

Perched on a log above the Mashel River a few miles from the Puget Sound campus, Daniel Sherman…

Julie Davidson ’96

Alumni, Community, Arches

6th Avenue Brewer

In March 2020, Julie Davidson ’96 made a pivot. A certified facilitator, coach, and consultant—and…