Arches is the alumni magazine of Puget Sound, serving more than 40,000 Loggers worldwide.
Guided by the intellectually curious and humanist values of the liberal arts, Arches strives to capture and convey the ethos of the college through stories that are relevant to the times we are living in and that amplify the voices and experiences of Loggers in an effort to foster understanding and fuel connection within our community and beyond.
More than 700 alumni came back to campus in June for Summer Reunion Weekend. In addition to attending the Logger Barbeque and Reunion Dinner, they took tours of Tacoma, played pickleball, connected with students, learned at Alumni College sessions, and more.
Summer Reunion Weekend
Commencement speaker Kevoni Neely ’25 on leadership, learning, and building something better.
Classes for a Changing World is a new regular feature in Arches that will spotlight one of the scores of inspiring, innovative, and timely courses offered each semester at Puget Sound.
Professor of Sociology Jennifer Utrata shares how older women are becoming essential caregivers in today’s families.
It was December 1974, and while Tacoma may have been icy, the stage lights were hot! Campus members could shake off the chill at the Inside Theatre (now the Norton Clapp Theatre) while catching Peter Shaffer’s one-act farce Black Comedy, where darkness and full light are reversed for the cast.
Comedy Takes Center Stage
Mollyrose Dumm ’07 developed the idea for Comfort Animal, a service to help people facing their pet’s life-limiting diagnosis or chronic condition, after watching her own dog grow older and losing several members of her human family.
Doug Landreth ’73 worked as a commercial photographer for 35 years and was an early adopter of digital technology.
Jennifer Al-Abboud ’86 and her husband, Fareed, opened the Medzo Gelato Bar in Tacoma in 2023. She recently published a memoir on their business journey titled The Scoop on Mom and Pop.
Fulbright scholar Kyra Lee ’24 is a part of a research team designing computing technologies modeled after the human brain at Western Sydney University in Australia.
HOMECOMING IN EVERY COLOR The University of Puget Sound changed the school colors from maroon and white to green and gold in 1968 to mark its entrance into the NCAA. In an all-school election, the students voted overwhelmingly in favor of the color change, and the “Green and Gold Era” was launched. While the green and gold are remembered fondly, the archives remind us the colors were technically changed to dark green and ice blue with gold highlights.
According to the Nov. 8, 1968, issue of The Trail, the new school colors received “raised eyebrows, startled glances, and hearty approval” from fans when first introduced at fall sporting events. The Green and Gold Era lasted until 1999, when the colors changed back to the original maroon and white. Today, the green and gold appear on Logger gear in the bookstore and are worn across campus during Reunion and Homecoming weekends, when alumni return to celebrate our shared legacy.
Grab your favorite Logger gear and join the entire Puget Sound community in celebrating Homecoming and Family Weekend Oct. 10 to 12. Get all of the details at pugetsound.edu/hfw.
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