From the classroom to the Capitol, the University of Puget Sound is making its voice heard. On Jan. 30, students and faculty joined a statewide advocacy day in Olympia, meeting with legislators alongside representatives from more than 100 colleges to champion sustained higher education funding and programs like the Washington College Grant. The experience offered students a firsthand lesson in civic engagement and the critical role of state support in their education.
The University of Puget Sound offers a highly accessible and rewarding 10-week internship program known as the Summer Fellowship Internship (SFI). This program allows students to immerse themselves in a field of interest, gain real-world experience and professional connections, and develop valuable skills for future careers and personal growth. All students accepted into the program receive stipends and are eligible to apply for on-campus housing.
If you ride a bike anywhere around Puget Sound, maybe this will sound familiar. You could be on Vashon Island, or sailing down 30th Street, or heading home from Mount Rainier. There might come a moment, a stretch of road, a bit of path. Maybe it lasts a few seconds, maybe a minute. You might cover half a block or half a mile. Dirt path or winding tarmac. You might be with friends or on your own. Often, it’s on the slightest of downhills, a feeling intensified if you’ve already gone up.
The University of Puget Sound has been ranked in the top 17% of the World University Rankings for International Students by StudyAbroadAid, a comprehensive global university database.
COPE Health Solutions (CHS) is excited to announce our partnership with the University of Puget Sound, a premier liberal arts institution in the Pacific Northwest, to enhance career pathways in healthcare through the COPE Health Scholars’ clinical experiential learning programs across the state of Washington.
Ishaan Gollamudi ’26 spent his summer participating in a highly coveted internship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Maryland. This prestigious opportunity allowed the Molecular and Cellular Biology major to apply his research skills, honed in the Thines Lab, and explore his passion for therapeutic applications in medicine.
History, art, culture — and a typhoon.
When five University of Puget Sound students and two faculty members traveled to China in July 2024, they encountered it all.
During their 10-day trip, Typhoon Gaemi hit Fuzhou, the port city in southeastern China where Puget Sound visitors were staying on the campus of Hwa Nan Women’s College. As the storm poured constant rain for several days, “everything closed,” recalled Noah Hornecker ’26.
Multiple programs at the University of Puget Sound have been recognized by Intelligent.com, a widely respected source for higher education rankings and research. The university has been awarded top honors across several disciplines, reinforcing its status as a leader in higher education.
This year, the University of Puget Sound will hold its first-ever induction ceremony for the highly anticipated and discussed Tri-Alpha honors society. Members of the First-Generation Loggers Committee have had this project in the works for some time now, and are excited at the new possibilities this society will bring students at the university.
