Do you like playing outside? Well you’re in luck!! 

Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society will be hosting our annual Spring Faculty Lecture, where Professor Joel Eklof will be presenting “Everything I Need to Know, I Learned From Playing Outside.” Refreshments will be provided, and remember, all PES members get 50 points for attending, and extra points for bringing a friend (or two… or three!). This event is open to ALL!

We can’t wait to see you there!

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.

Join us on Monday, February 23 and Tuesday, February 24, from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. in Rasmussen Rotunda in Wheelock Student Center for Grad Fair 2026. Stop by to check out all the services in place to help you get ready for Commencement.

Enjoy complimentary treats while you pick up your Commencement tickets, order your cap and gown, and receive your senior gift. You’ll also be able to take professional graduation portraits, talk to the Registrar’s office, check out grad programs, learn about becoming alumni, enter to win prizes, and more!

Join us on Monday, February 23 and Tuesday, February 24, from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. in Rasmussen Rotunda in Wheelock Student Center for Grad Fair 2026. Stop by to check out all the services in place to help you get ready for Commencement.

Enjoy complimentary treats while you pick up your Commencement tickets, order your cap and gown, and receive your senior gift. You’ll also be able to take professional graduation portraits, talk to the Registrar’s office, check out grad programs, learn about becoming alumni, enter to win prizes, and more!

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.

Blues Vespers @ Kilworth Chapel kicks off its 2026 season with a harmonica showcase. Coordinated by guitarist Tim Sherman, with Mark Dalton on bass and Conrad Ormsby on drums, the Showcase will feature harmonica performances by Stacy Jones, Joe Cook, and Jonathan Pittman.

Blues Vespers is a monthly campus/community event that combines blues artists with poetry and a little something to think about.