Events only open to the campus community

CHWS Topic Tuesday

Stop by the CHWS table in the Sub and learn about our October outreach theme: Harm Reduction & Substance Misuse Prevention.

Loggers CARE: Suicide Prevention Education [Sep. 2024]

Join a member of the campus Suicide Prevention Task Force for the suicide prevention presentation, "Loggers CARE." Loggers CARE is a suicide prevention framework that helps conceptualize how to recognize and respond to someone in crisis or at risk of suicide, and care for yourself after assisting them. This training is open to all campus members, and will be offered monthly.

Opioid Education and Naloxone Administration Training

Join CHWS for an informative presentation and current opioid use data and trends, how to recognize an opioid overdose/fentanyl poisoning, and how to respond to this emergency including how to administer naloxone. This session is open to all campus members.

Nathan Breedlove Jazz Quartet

Logger Late Nights and the Black Alumni Union present two-time Grammy Nominee Nathan Breedlove backed by his Jazz Trio. Come for an hour of original jazz which honors the traditions of our ancestors.

Nathan Breedlove is a twice Grammy-nominated jazz musician, composer and cosmic philosopher. Breedlove considers his music ‘storytelling’. Jazz music originated as the cry, joy and shout of the negro people. Nathan hears the calling to present this heritage throughout his life through love and music.

Blues Vespers: Stephanie Anne Johnson

In the midst of regional tours, performing at Bumbershoot, and opening for the Indigo Girls, Blues Vespers is thrilled to host an intimate performance by long-time favorite Stephanie Anne Johnson. Join campus and community guests for this special night of Stephanie Anne's music, poetry, and storytelling.

Blues Vespers is in its 26th year in Tacoma and 6th season hosted by the University Chaplaincy at Puget Sound. Vespers combines great blues, meaningful poetry, and a little something to think about. The event is free and unticketed.

Blues Vespers @ Kilworth: Joe Cook Blues Band

The University Chaplaincy kicks off our Fall '24 series of Blues Vespers with a special show featuring Puget Sound alumnus Forest Beutel opening for the award-winning Joe Cook Blues Band - with Richard Sherman as special guest on guitar! 5-6:30pm in Kilworth.

Blues Vespers is a free campus & community collaboration that brings in local and regional blues musicians, and shares meaningful poetry and a little something to think about. This Vespers starts the 26th season in Tacoma, and the 6th season at Kilworth Memorial Chapel.

Remembering the Fall of the Wall: 35th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Sponsored by the Department of German Studies, all campus community members are welcome to join this special presentation from Visiting Professor Kirsten Christensen who was in Berlin when the wall came down, has since been able to read her own Stasi file in the former Soviet-occupied zone, and will share her own pieces of a wall that was both a physical barrier and a cultural symbol. Refreshment served at 4 p.m., with talk and q&a to follow.