Stories

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The World Through Music

Growing up in Toronto as a South Asian Ismaili Muslim, Ameera Nimjee saw the connections between…

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Finding the Helpers

Now, as a clinical assistant professor in Puget Sound’s Master of Education in counseling program…

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Interviewing a Place

For hundreds of thousands of people, it is a source of industry, sustenance, livelihood, and…

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Cultivating Wonder

When she’s not cultivating squash and cabbage in her garden, Megan Gessel is tending to the next…

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Start Me Up

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Coordinating COVID-19 Research: Janell O'Leary Cain ’16

Cain’s grandparents had instilled in her the importance of education, and she attended a reputable…

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Music Maker: Jeffrey Haydon ’97

“Music,” he says, “is a universal language that inspires each of us to come together, to listen…

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Writing for the Love of It: Karen Meyer Eisenbrey ’85

And she appreciates that success all the more for coming when it has. “If I had written a decent…

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Black Lives, Black Voices

For people of color, what happened wasn’t new—it was merely a reminder of what they have seen and…

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A Small World After All

Carey would soon find out that she and Ebert weren’t the only Loggers in this small seasonal…

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Making Space

Aimee Roseberry ’21 stepped off the plane in Taiwan and panicked. As a double major in sociology…

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Wind Dell Woods: Where Theater and Hip-Hop Meet

When we caught up with Wind Dell Woods over the summer, he was stuck at home with his wife and 5-…