Events only open to the campus community

Terri Lyne Carrington Lecture/Master Class

Celebrating 40 years in music, NEA Jazz Master and four-time GRAMMY® award-winning drummer, producer and educator, Terri Lyne Carrington started her professional career in Massachusetts at 10 years old when she became the youngest person to receive a union card in Boston. She was featured as a “kid wonder” in many publications and on local and national TV shows.

Celebration for Dr. Lorna Hernandez Jarvis

We hope you will join us as we come together to celebrate our inaugural Vice President for Institutional Equity and Diversity, Dr. Lorna Hernandez Jarvis, in advance of her concluding her service to the university on June 30. We look forward to honoring her work and all that she has contributed to our campus community over the past five years.

Presidential Search Listening Sessions

A critical early step in this process is engaging broadly with our community to ensure that the priorities, aspirations, and values of the university are fully reflected in the leadership profile for our next president. To that end, we are pleased to announce a series of listening sessions with our search consultants.

These sessions are designed to provide faculty, staff, students, alumni, and other stakeholders with an opportunity to share perspectives on:

Lecture: Marie Vallejo, author of "Dauntless"

Historian and author Marie Vallejo shares her research into the making of her ground-breaking book “Dauntless,” an account of the heretofore untold stories of pre-WW2 Filipino-American immigrants and how men working in the fields of California and Hawaii, the canneries of Alaska and Washington, serving in wealthy homes or attending college transitioned into the First and Second Filipino Infantry Regiments, the Congressional Gold Medal American fighting force which would infiltrate their homeland, occupied by the Imperial Japanese forces immediately following Pearl Harbor.

Puppet Parade

Sculpture students in ARTS 102 are presenting a PUPPET PARADE! 

Please join us on the route of our campus parade to witness these wearable sculptures! 

Natural History Trivia Night

The Puget Sound Museum of Natural History presents our third annual Natural History Trivia Night! Join us to test your knowledge of natural history and pop culture. Come with a team of friends or join one at the event! Open to all Tacoma & UPS community members. Sign-up is required to attend this event.