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.
President Isiaah Crawford on what alumni returning to campus (including the incoming Arches editor) won’t want to miss.
Homecomings
Katherine Smith on how history provides students with tools to imagine a better future.
With the 2024 presidential election hitting the home stretch, we asked Robin Jacobson, professor of politics and government, about trends in polling, the challenges of battling disinformation, and just how polarized we really are.
Frank Reed ’05, MAT’08 came to Puget Sound to play basketball and become a marine biologist. Instead, he wound up becoming a teacher and an innovative school principal.
Vidal Meza, who grew up in South America, wants to heal the environment by becoming a scientist while staying true to her ancestral and cultural roots.
The three Loggers who recently opened Grit City Books in Tacoma hope it becomes a gathering space for those who love learning.
Brothers Jeff ’02 and Josh Jones ’98 combine their academic backgrounds in order to examine mental health in movies and TV.
IMAGINING THE JOURNEY Lucia Harrison was one of 13 local artists who created works for a recent exhibit commissioned by Archives & Special Collections to commemorate painter Abby Williams Hill. Harrison created a colorful artist’s book tracing Hill’s 1895 expedition to Mount Rainier and Hood Canal.
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