Last week, on Tuesday, Oct. 30th, approximately 200 students from the class of 2013 gathered in Marshall Hall to kickoff the Senior Class Gift Campaign, where President Thomas and Phonathon manager Shannen Riede ‘13 introduced soon-to-be alumni to the Puget Sound Fund. As of now, the senior class has achieved approximately 10 percent participation in the campaign. According to Clay Ross, Assistant Director of Annual Giving and class of ‘09 alumnus, this is unprecedented; other classes did not achieve this 10 percent until January, typically. “This year’s event was so...

Consistently one of the top producers of volunteers and participants for both Teach for America and the Peace Corps, the University encourages students to consider these alternative non-profit, service-oriented opportunities for post-graduation. With application deadlines approaching, it is important that students, especially graduating seniors, understand their options and utilize available resources on- and off-campus. Upcoming deadlines for Teach for America are Jan. 11, 2013 and Feb. 15, 2013. According to the Teach for America website, the advantages to applying earlier are: earlier notification of admission status; access to more available...

Consistently one of the top producers of volunteers and participants for both Teach for America and the Peace Corps, the University encourages students to consider these alternative non-profit, service-oriented opportunities for post-graduation. With application deadlines approaching, it is important that students, especially graduating seniors, understand their options and utilize available resources on- and off-campus. Upcoming deadlines for Teach for America are Jan. 11, 2013 and Feb. 15, 2013. According to the Teach for America website, the advantages to applying earlier are: earlier notification of admission status; access to more available...

Puget Sound students, faculty and staff welcome families, friends, alumni and members of the community for Homecoming and Family Weekend 2012, which begins today and continues until Sunday, Oct. 28. “I see this weekend as an opportunity for members of the Puget Sound family to realize that their involvement with Puget Sound is a lifetime investment, not just a four-year experience.  It is a chance for alumni to reconnect with campus and with all they love about it,” President Ronald Thomas said. Today, Puget Sound alumni and parents will be...

This year, the Associated Students of Puget Sound executive officers are hard at work continuing the projects of past ASUPS officers, as well as undertaking new projects of their own. The ASUPS executives are comprised of President Brian Ernst, Vice President Rachel Borsini, Director of Technology Services Daniel Bahr, Assistant Director of Technology Services Lukas Janssen, Director of Media and Outreach Allie Gorton and Director of Business Services Scott Miller. “ASUPS will continue its excellent work this year by providing students ways to become involved, have their voices heard and...

After evaluating Puget Sound’s sustainability efforts in the past year, the Sustainability Advisory Committee (SAC) will be using the assessment to create short- and long-term priorities for university sustainability endeavors and goals, according to John Hickey, co-chair of the SAC. The SAC hopes to have the new Center for Health Sciences building be LEED certified. According to www.usgbc.org, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified means that a building has been internationally recognized as a “green” building. Puget Sound currently has two LEED gold certified buildings: the Facilities Services...

Puget Sound students have always shown a concern for their community, both on a campus level and from a city-wide standpoint. Recently, students have been reaching even further in response to the recent natural disasters that devastated Japan. According to students Imari Romeo and Melissa Merrigan, the Japan Support Coalition, headed by Skylar Bihl, consists of the Japanese cultural groups on campus, the Office of Spirituality, Service and Social Justice (SSSJ), Circle K and Interfaith Coordinators. “Because the earthquake occurred at the beginning of spring break, we weren’t able to...