dispatches: goings-on around campus

We Got This, Loggers

Virtual backgrounds of campus scenes for your next Zoom meeting? Coloring sheets, featuring Grizz, to help keep the kiddos busy? A curated playlist of songs that remind Loggers of campus? Recipes to make some of your favorite dishes from The Diner at home? We’ve got you covered. As Loggers come together (virtually) during the pandemic, visit pugetsound.edu/wegotthisloggers and watch Puget Sound social media for fun challenges and digital swag. Share what you’re doing to stay home, stay positive, and stay sane with #WeGotThisLoggers!

Seen and Heard: Puget Sound in the spotlight

Puget Sound was again named a top producer of Fulbright scholars, with five Loggers receiving Fulbright awards in 2019–20.
School of Music alumni Sam Faustine ’13 and Patrick Schneider ’13 each won Grammy Awards for projects they worked on in the past year. Faustine sang on Kronos Quartet’s Sun Rings album, named Best Engineered Classical Album, and Schneider is a member of the Houston Chamber Choir, which earned Best Choral Performance for Duruflé: Complete Choral Works.
The Peace Corps named Puget Sound to its list of the top 10 volunteer-producing small colleges in the nation. Prior to being recalled due to the coronavirus pandemic, 12 Loggers were serving in the corps around the world.
Nancy Bristow, professor of history and author of American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic, has become a go-to resource for news media looking to provide historical context for the coronavirus pandemic. She appeared on NPR’s Hidden Brain and was quoted in pieces produced by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, Smithsonian Magazine, and The History Channel, among others. Her new book on the 1970 Jackson State shootings (see p. 8) also got some ink in The New Yorker.

glass container unusual instrument — Intriguing Instruments: Composer Harry Partch (1901–74) had a thing for creating unusual musical instruments. The Harry Partch Ensemble continues his legacy today, and during the ensemble’s five-day campus residency in early February, students, faculty, and the public had a chance to view the instruments up close and hear both an informal recital and a concert. Shown here: ensemble member Sarah Kolat with Partch’s “cloud chamber bowls,” made out of glass containers from the University of California Radiation Laboratory.

The Voice: In 2019–20, Jef Lucero, a familiar voice for Puget Sound sports fans, celebrated 10 years as the public address and play-by-play announcer for Logger football, volleyball, and men’s and women’s basketball. A frequent announcer in gyms and stadiums throughout the Pacific Northwest, Lucero has called a wide range of sporting events at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels, including the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games, held in Seattle. In February, the Seattle Storm announced that he would join the club’s in-game entertainment team as the public address announcer. Congratulations, Jef! We can’t wait to hear your booming voice again, when the Loggers are back in Memorial Fieeeeeeeellllddd Hooooooooooooouse! Intriguing

Crawford in DC — Our Man in Washington: President Isiaah Crawford and other university presidents from Washington state hit the nation’s capital in February to talk about college affordability and student aid with members of Congress. They also met up with several Capitol insiders, including (at left) David Muir of ABC’s World News Tonight. Also in the photo, from left: Terri Standish-Kuon (Independent Colleges of Washington), Beck Taylor (Whitworth University), and Andrew Sund (Heritage University).

dog — Oh, Snap: Challenge Accepted. Colorado pup Denver showed out for #LoggerDayChallenge2020, inspiring pals on two legs and four to give back and share their Puget Sound pride. @denverdoingstuff

Jeopardy question — Oh, Snap: What is Puget Sound? That was the million- dollar question (or, at least, the $200 answer) on a recent episode of Jeopardy! @univpugetsoundces

cherry blossoms — Oh, Snap: Cherry [Blossoms] on Top. The beauty of campus can make it difficult to focus any time of year, but especially in the springtime. @prettygrittytours

Finding a Way

Kaela Hamilton ’20 presented her senior thesis research in biology in late April from a room in her boyfriend’s house in Tempe, Ariz. Using her laptop and Google Meet software, she showed a series of slides about her research…

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Ask the Expert: Inside the Election

Michael Purdy ’76, M.B.A.’79 still owns a copy of his favorite book from childhood, Facts About the Presidents. He didn’t pursue a career as a historian, but he never lost his passion for presidential history. Now retired from…