Two Time Grammy nominee Nathan Breedlove brings his trumpet and his stellar musicians - Randy Halberstadt (piano), Phil Sparks (drums) nand Jamael Nance (bass) for a free lunchtime jazz session. Presented by ASUPS Student Programs/Northwest Sounds. Free to the public

The Puget Sound Museum of Natural History presents Night at the Museum: Spring to Life!

Come see dead things come alive and join us for a celebration of all things Spring. Learn stories from our docents of symbiosis, migration, nests and eggs, plants, pollinators, and more!

Join us March 5, 6 - 7:30 p.m. at the University of Puget Sound Campus (located at 1500 N Warner St, Tacoma, WA 98416) in Thompson Hall room 295.
This is a free, family-friendly, drop-in event.

The Mortar Board Last Lecture Series chooses a retiring faculty member to give a talk on a topic of their choice. Dr. Lisa Nunn will be retiring this spring after a career teaching in the Economics department, from which she earned her bachelor's degree.

Regarded as Seattle's premiere and most-booked entertainer, Powers brings his custom guitar and expansive repetoire for lunchtime entertainment.

Blues Vespers is a long-time Tacoma tradition that happens roughly once a month, inviting campus and community members to gather and hear great local live Blues, a poem or two, and a little something to think about.  Our April Vespers welcomes back Tacoma's own Stephanie Anne Johnson, performing with Seattle guitarist Jeff Fielder. Hosted by the University Chaplaincy with Blues Vespers founder Pastor Dave Brown.

For members of the campus community (and guests) who observe Ash Wednesday, University Chaplain Dave Wright will be available to distribute palm ashes in the lobby of Wheelock Student Center from 8:30-10 am.  If you would like to receive the imposition of ashes that day but cannot make that time, please email Dave (dwright@pugetsound.edu) to arrange an alternative time between 10 am-3:30 pm.

Blues Vespers - great music, a poem or two, and a little something to think about - continues our spring series by welcoming back Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons.  Ben and Joe (https://www.benjaminhuntermusic.com/benjoemusic) focus on bringing music from voices often silenced in American culture.

The PES National Honor Society is pleased to have Dr. Joel Eklof giving our annual spring lecture. His topic will be "Everything I need to know, I learned from playing outside". Refreshments will be provided.

To close out Black History Month, African American Studies is proud to host nationally and internationally renowned researcher and educator, Dr. Joy Angela DeGruy, on the Puget Sound campus. Dr. DeGruy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication, a Master's degree in Social Work (MSW), a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology, and a PhD in Social Work Research. She authored the book entitled “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing”, which addresses the residual impacts of trauma on African Descendants in the Americas.

African American Studies hosts alum and founder of the Black Student Union, Louis Smith ‘69, to share insights from his experiences as one of the first Black student-athletes at Puget Sound during the Civil Rights Era of the 1960s. The conversation will be moderated by African American Studies alum Donovan Wilson '22.