Illustration of Hallie Bateman ’11
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Listen to Hallie

Bateman ’11 explains that, according to…
Tony Gomez ’93 (holding a Neapolitan tambourine called a tammorra)
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A Nonlinear Career

Today, he’s associate director of education at Tacoma Arts Live, but his career also has included…
Tracy Doyle
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Tracy Doyle's Musical Mission

When most people think of a music composer, Tracy Doyle knows they usually think of a European…
Andrew Lofton ’72
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A Career of Civic Commitment

Overseeing the organization that serves more than 40,000 low-income residents and tenants was…
Matthew Boyce
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Ask the Expert: Matthew Boyce

Matthew Boyce, Puget Sound’s new vice president for enrollment, has seen the admissions process…
Close-up photo of a black, green, and yellow butterfly specimen from Slater Museum of Natural History
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The Colors of Spring
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Taking His Time

The most daunting moments of Eric Mercer Jr.’s career have arrived in relative quiet, far from any…
T'wina Nobles
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New Voice in the State Senate: T'wina Nobles ’06, MAT'07

Until 2020, T’wina Nobles had no intention of running for the state Senate. She was doing work she…
Brick building with flowers in front
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Risky Business

On the day in July 2014 that the U.S. evacuated its embassy in Tripoli amid heavy violence in Libya…
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Notes From the Road

The tourists at Yellowstone National Park on that September day in 1905 gaped at Abby Williams Hill…
Bryan Johnson ’96, M.A.T.'97
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Classroom Innovator: Bryan Johnson ’96, MAT'97

Johnson ’96, MAT’97 teaches at the Grant Center for the Expressive Arts, part of Tacoma Public…
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The Importance of Mentors: John Monroe ’79

Monroe, 74, has been doing that since 2003, when he retired from Boeing and became a volunteer with…