Winter 2023

 

Arches Winter 2023 Cover

 

 

 

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.

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To the Heights

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Courtney Thatcher

Students use math, geography, and other disciplines to examine the way electoral maps are drawn.

A Close Look at Redistricting
Assistant Professor of Music Education Tina Huynh
Q&A

In the classroom, in the choir, in a children’s book, in a documentary: Tina Huynh is always finding new ways to preserve and share the importance of music.

Spreading the Joy
Austin Glock ’23 loved searching for exoplanets under the direction of faculty member Tsunefumi Tanaka.

Austin Glock ’23 spent his nights last summer in the Puget Sound observatory atop Thompson Hall, looking for planets outside our solar system.

Searching Among the Stars
Tom ’59 and Meg ’56 Names

$10 million commitment is the biggest single gift in Puget Sound’s history.

A 'Transformational' Gift
Lo Sun “Lotus” Perry has taught Chinese language and culture at Puget Sound since 1986 and serves on the board of the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation in Tacoma.

Chinese language and culture instructor Lo Sun "Lotus" Perry shares the origins and traditions of the Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year

Always a Logger

Madyson Willoughby '19

Madyson Willoughby ’19 used her business degree to start a vintage clothing shop in Tacoma.

Michael Pili Pang ’84

Michael Pili Pang ’84 preserves the indigenous art form of hula by teaching it to others.

Erin Peterson ’00, DPT’03

Erin Peterson ’00, DPT’03 balances her primary job as a physical therapist in Seattle with a side hustle as a softball umpire.

Matt Loewen '08

Matt Loewen ’08 puts his Puget Sound education to work studying active volcanoes.

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