Homecoming & Family Weekend 2024

Welcome & Check-In

8 a.m.–5 p.m. | Wheelock Student Center, Lobby

• Check in at the registration table to receive your name badge and a schedule of events for the weekend!

Open Class for Alumni & Parents

8 a.m.–5 p.m. |Various Campus Classrooms

• Alumni and parents are invited to attend select classes throughout the day.
• The list of open classes will be available to review in mid-September.

Alumni Council Executive Committee Meeting (ACEC ONLY)

8–11:45 a.m. | Collins Memorial Library, McCormick Room

• Alumni Council Executive Committee members are invited to the October meetings.

Campus Tour

10–11 a.m. | Wilson Welcome Center

• Join us to tour our academic, recreational, and residential buildings, and hear from current students about their experience at Puget Sound. 

Parent Workshop: Experiential Learning Overview

11 a.m.–Noon | Trimble Hall, Trimble Forum

• Join the Experiential Learning Team to discover the range of resources available to students, including Summer Research, Internships, Community-Based Learning, and Study Abroad opportunities. Learn how you can actively support and enhance their educational journeys. 

Campus Tree Tour

11–12:30 p.m. | Wheelock Student Center, Sequoia Tree

• Take a walk-through campus to learn more about Puget Sound's beautiful and expansive tree canopy! This tour will be led by Puget Sound Groundskeeper Bill Boggs and Sarah Low from the Tacoma Tree Foundation.

All Alumni Lunch & Assembly

Noon–3 p.m. | Thomas Hall, Tahoma Room

• All alumni are invited to join the Alumni Council Executive Committee for lunch and an afternoon program designed to help alumni reconnect with one another and Puget Sound faculty. 

Logger Lore: Fall Traditions at Puget Sound Exhibit Tour

1–3 p.m. | Collins Memorial Library

• Join archivists Jane Connelly and Olivia Inglin for a guided tour of Loggers Lore: Fall Traditions at Puget Sound, a new exhibit celebrating the back-to-school traditions that build community and camaraderie on campus. Explore the history of Homecoming, discover unique student clubs, celebrate academic excellence, and learn about camps publications from The Trail (our amazing student newspaper!) to alternative newsletters and zines. Featuring rare photographs, artifacts, and documents from the university's Archives, Logger Lore examines how our campus traditions have evolved and aims to inspire Loggers to create the future traditions of Puget Sound. 
• After viewing the exhibit, visitors are invited to join Jane and Olivia for an optional tour of the Archives & Special Collections department to learn how the Archives acquires, preserves, and shares the historical records of University of Puget Sound.

Museum of Natural History: Open House

1–3 p.m. | Thompson Hall, Room 295

• The Museum has one of the Pacific Northwest’s significant natural history collections, with over 100,000 research specimens. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the collection and learn about how Puget Sound undergraduates get to be involved in the museum.

Parent Workshop: Being Well at Puget Sound

1:30–2:30 p.m. | Trimble Hall, Trimble Forum

• Please join us for a presentation put on by professional staff in the Center for Student Support (CSS) as well as Counseling, Health, and Wellness Services (CHWS). These staff members will provide strategies and tips to help you support your student and review the services that exist on the Puget Sound campus in order to help students when they face personal, academic, physical health, or mental health challenges. A detailed review of the primary care, laboratory services, pharmacy, and counseling services offered by CHWS will be included.

Campus Tour

3–4 p.m. | Wilson Welcome Center

• Join us to tour our academic, recreational, and residential buildings, and hear from current students about their experience at Puget Sound. 

Residence Hall Tour: Current Students & Families

3:30–4:30 p.m. | Jones Hall Steps

• Our Residence Hall tours are an opportunity for current students and families to see what their options are beyond their first-year halls. This is a great chance to see the different kinds of living styles available in Oppenheimer, Smith, Thomas, and Trimble Halls.  

Alumni & Student Mixer

3:30–5 p.m. | Thomas Hall, Tahoma Room

• All alumni are invited to reconnect with fellow alumni and interact with current students. This is a great opportunity to network, share your experiences, and strengthen your ties with the Logger Community. Sponsored by the Maroon Society and the Alumni Council.

School of Business Greetings Across Generations: Business Students, Alumni, Faculty Social & Scholarships

4–5:15 p.m. | McIntyre Hall, Room 107

• Join us in celebrating our current students who are receiving scholarships for 2024-25. Learn about their accomplishments. Following our Scholarship Ceremony, connect with students, faculty and alumni from BLP, Business Administration, International Business, Accounting, and Public Administration. Refreshments will be provided.
   

Volunteer Recognition Reception (by invitation)

4:30–5:30 p.m. | President's Residence

• Join President Isiaah Crawford as he hosts our dedicated Alumni volunteers and officially welcomes alumni back to the campus community for Homecoming & Family Weekend. Enjoy an evening of engaging conversation, music, and hors d'oeuvres as we celebrate you and the contributions you have made to the Puget Sound community.  

Welcome Reception

5:30–7 p.m. | Event Lawn

• Kick off the weekend with your classmates and enjoy food, drinks, and music in a festive atmosphere. Join President Isiaah Crawford as he hosts a reception on the Event Lawn. All alumni, parents, students, faculty, and friends are invited to enjoy conversation, live music, and hors d’oeuvres.

An Evening with Stephen Kramer Glickman

7:30 p.m. | Schneebeck Concert Hall
Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show begins at 7:30 p.m.

• Join us for a special evening of music and laughter with Stephen Kramer Glickman, best known for his iconic role as Gustavo Rocque on Nickelodeon's hit series "Big Time Rush." This intimate evening, sponsored by ASUPS, will feature a blend of music and storytelling, offering a unique glimpse into the life and career of this versatile entertainer. Glickman recently made waves with his viral cover of Gnarls Barkely's "Crazy," which surpassed one billion plays on TikTok. Beyond his Nickelodeon fame, he has also starred alongside Jennifer Aniston and Andy Samberg in the Warner Brothers animated film "Storks." Enjoy a unique evening of performance and storytelling, and get up close and personal with the start behind Nickelodeon's Gustavo Rocque.

Ongoing Throughout Friday

Kittredge Gallery
War and Passion: Selections from Georges Rouault’s Miserere in Context
Co-curated by Kelsey Eldridge and Peter Stanley

• Between 1914 and 1948, the French artist Georges Rouault produced a monumental series of prints entitled, Miserere (“Have Mercy”) in response to the horrors of World War I. Combining Christian iconography with frank depictions of wartime cruelty, the darkly expressionistic works were Rouault’s attempt to grapple with the reality of the senseless loss and destruction wrought by war and those who wield power.
• War and Passion: Selections from Georges Rouault’s Miserere in Context places Miserere into conversation with pieces from the University’s collection and sculptures by John McCuistion. Together these modern and contemporary works provide an invitation to reflect on the timelessness of Rouault’s project and the inhumanity of interminable war. 

Kittredge Gallery
 

Interactive Campus Tour (Self-Guided)

• Use this interactive tour to explore our 97-acre residential campus, names one of the 20 "Most Beautiful Campuses in America" by Princeton Review.

Interactive Tour

Welcome & Check-in

8 a.m.–2 p.m. | Wheelock Student Center, Lobby

• Check in at the registration table to receive your name tag and a schedule of events for the weekend!

All Alumni Breakfast

8–9:00 a.m. | Wilson Welcome Center

• Alumni are invited to start your Saturday morning on campus bright and early with coffee, continental breakfast, and conversation with fellow Loggers! Sponsored by the Tacoma Regional Club.

Alumni Travel Information Session

9–9:30 a.m. | Wilson Welcome Center

• All are invited to attend this session to learn more about how Puget Sound's Alumni Travel Program is expanding. Building upon our first trip to Greece in 2023, this information session will discuss the opportunities to join faculty-led trips to Germany, England, and Iceland being planned for 2025 and beyond.

Campus Tree Tour

9–10:30 a.m. | Wheelock Student Center, Sequoia Tree

• Take a walk-through campus to learn more about Puget Sound's beautiful and expansive tree canopy! This tour will be led by Puget Sound Groundskeeper Bill Boggs and Sarah Low from the Tacoma Tree Foundation.

Don Duncan Alumni Swim Meet

9:30 a.m. | Athletics & Aquatics Center, Wallace Pool

• Calling all alumni swimmers! Dive into the pool for a morning swim and pay tribute to late swimming coach Don Duncan. Spectators are welcome.

Chalk Talk with Logger Football Coach Jeff Thomas

10–11 a.m. | Wyatt Hall, Room 109

• Head Football Coach Jeff Thomas will lead a discussion on this year's football season and game day strategy before the game against Pacific University for alumni, parents, and Logger football fans.

Campus Tour

11 a.m.–Noon | Wilson Welcome Center

• Join us to tour our academic, recreational, and residential buildings, and hear from current students about their experience at Puget Sound.

Homecoming Pep Rally

11 a.m.–1 p.m. | Event Lawn

• Get fired up for the big game at the pep rally, sponsored by Greek Life! Join us to make signs for the game, enjoy light refreshments and snacks, and show your Logger spirit. Let's come together and cheer our team to victory!

Sigma Nu Luncheon (by invitation)

11 a.m.–2 p.m. | Wheelock Student Center, Rasmussen Rotunda

• Join fellow Sigma Nu brothers for this annual lunch and meeting. 

Logger Football vs. Pacific University

1 p.m. | Baker Stadium

• Get ready to cheer on the Logger Football team to victory! This year, we're excited to announce that we'll be hosting a beer garden during the game. The gates open at noon. Purchase your ticket now or individual game tickets will be available at the Baker Stadium gate on game day.

Logger BBQ

3:30–5:30 p.m. | Event Lawn

• We invite the Logger community to join us for a BBQ featuring food, yard games, live music by the Steve Aliment '79, P'10, P'12 and Annie O'Neill Band, and a photo booth. This event is open to all.

Generations: Jewish Life at Puget Sound

6–7:30 p.m. | Thomas Hall, Tahoma Room

• Jewish families and alumni are invited to this casual gathering with current Jewish students to snack, sing, and be together in community. As we come together as Loggers during these Days of Awe, we hope you'll join us for this chance to share memories, talk about the present, and dream about the future of the Jewish community at Puget Sound!

Creating a More Just, Caring, & Sustainable World: A Conversation

7 p.m. | Wheelock Student Center, Rasmussen Rotunda

• Both local and national alums have created a deep and lasting ripple effect while using liberal arts to pursue passion and to champion sustainability. The Black Alumni Union invites all alumni to participate and engage in this conversation. 
• Featured Panelists: Pat Chandler '77 and Ed Horne '70.
• Moderator: Kevoni Neely, ASUPS President

Ongoing Throughout Saturday

Kittredge Gallery
War and Passion: Selections from Georges Rouault’s Miserere in Context
Co-curated by Kelsey Eldridge and Peter Stanley

• Between 1914 and 1948, the French artist Georges Rouault produced a monumental series of prints entitled, Miserere (“Have Mercy”) in response to the horrors of World War I. Combining Christian iconography with frank depictions of wartime cruelty, the darkly expressionistic works were Rouault’s attempt to grapple with the reality of the senseless loss and destruction wrought by war and those who wield power.
• War and Passion: Selections from Georges Rouault’s Miserere in Context places Miserere into conversation with pieces from the University’s collection and sculptures by John McCuistion. Together these modern and contemporary works provide an invitation to reflect on the timelessness of Rouault’s project and the inhumanity of interminable war. 

Kittredge Gallery

Interactive Campus Tour (Self-Guided)

• Use this interactive tour to explore our 97-acre residential campus, names one of the 20 "Most Beautiful Campuses in America" by Princeton Review.

Interactive Tour

14th Annual Logger 5K

8 a.m. Check-in & Onsite Registration | Wheelock Student Center, Lobby
9 a.m. Race Starts

• Join fellow Loggers, students, campus members, and the community on this fun run through campus. Remember to wear maroon and white to show your Logger spirit! All participants will receive a commemorative Logger 5K shirt.
• Sponsored by the Maroon Society and the University of Puget Sound Running Club.

Ongoing Throughout Sunday

Interactive Campus Tour (Self-Guided)

• Use this interactive tour to explore our 97-acre residential campus, names one of the 20 "Most Beautiful Campuses in America" by Princeton Review.

Interactive Tour