Resident Community Coordinators (RCCs) sponsored a new event on campus in conjunction with ResLife called the “New Voters Campaign” on Wednesday, Feb. 29. According to RCC Brendan Trosper, the New Voters Project’s main goal is to register students to vote and to mobilize their voice in local politics. “Statistics show that citizens aged 18-25 are showing up on the polls less and less,” says Trosper, “by registering to vote in the state of Washington they can create and maintain a relationship with the community outside of our beloved ‘bubble’ while...

Due to recent ASUPS support, the Puget Sound Sailing Team is now able to enjoy the use of several new boats out on the waters of Gig Harbor. This is the group’s fifth year as a club, but only their first of practicing for competition in regional conferences in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. Students are now able to sail in Gig Harbor because of a recent partnership with the Gig Harbor Yacht Club, which has allowed all of the roughly 25 Puget Sound students in the club to use...

On Wednesday, Nov. 9, RSA partnered with the offices of Spirituality, Service, & Justice (SSSJ) and Multicultural Student Services (MCSS) to host a forum for discussion regarding the most recent Trail article about the Underground Christian Fellowship (UCF). RSA Student Leader Hannah Smith felt inspired to create the event, entitled A Conversation about the Intersection of Faith and Sexuality at Puget Sound after reading the article in Oct. 30’s edition of The Trail. Students from both the LGTBQ and religious communities on campus, as well as faculty and staff, came...

Saturday, Oct. 29, the University announced the public phase of a $125 million capital campaign, the most ambitious in Puget Sound’s 123-year history.  Additionally, President Ronald Thomas announced on the same day that Dr. Gwendolyn H. Lillis P’05 and Dr. Charles M. Lillis P’05 of Castle Rock, Colorado gave an $8 million gift to the campaign, placing the Lillis family among the lead donors and bringing the total amount raised so far to $74 million. This number includes three anonymously donated gifts of $5 million or more each. The $125...

On Wednesday, Oct. 27, from 4 to 7 p.m. Puget Sound held its biannual career fair in Marshall Hall.  At this semester’s Career Fair, 18 organizations were represented, with 12 Puget Sound alumni attending to represent their respective employers. Each semester, Career and Employment Services (CES) invites a wide range of organizations to participate—and as always alumni are encouraged to come to network with current students. This Career Fair had opportunities for students interested in marketing, graphic design and art, IT, writing, economics, environmental issues, working abroad, teaching, management, consulting,...

Today, Friday, Oct. 28 from 5 to 7 p.m., the University will be officially dedicating the newest academic building on campus with the Grand Opening and Dedication of Weyerhaeuser Hall.  The whole of the campus community is encouraged to come join faculty, staff and students at the ceremony, and tours of the four-level 42,500 square foot facility will be offered. The $21 million dollar building is located on the north side of N. 11th Street, between Alder St. and Union Ave., across from the Memorial Fieldhouse. Designed by architect Peter...

The Underground Christian Fellowship (UCF) is taking steps to be reinstated as an official campus organization after being placed on suspension last spring by the University’s Integrity Code Board (ICB). Before the suspension, the group was known as the University of Puget Sound Christian Fellowship (UPSCF) and functioned as a chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, a national campus ministry organization. Associate Dean of Students Donn Marshall issued formal sanctions against UPSCF after the Integrity Code Board revealed that the club had violated University policies. He stressed that no constitution may...

Puget Sound was recently accepted as one of 250 schools across the nation to participate in President Obama’s “The President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenege.” The challenge began in June of 2010 when, at the recommendation of the President’s Advisory Council for Neighborhood and Faith-Based Initiatives, the White House invited a group of leaders (including our own University Chaplain, David Wright) from the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) and the Association of College and University Religious Affairs (ACURA) to explore how the White House can partner with institutions of higher...