Alumni, Community, Arches

The impact of beloved high school principal Bernadette Ray ’99, MAT’01 is felt throughout the region.

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One Load at a Time

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6th Avenue Brewer

In March 2020, Julie Davidson ’96 made a pivot. A certified facilitator, coach, and consultant—and president and CEO of her own consulting company, The JD Group— Davidson…
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Salmon Stories

Perched on a log above the Mashel River a few miles from the Puget Sound campus, Daniel Sherman explains the complex and often harrowing plight of perhaps the most iconic…
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A Bite of Tacoma

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Music Maker: Jeffrey Haydon ’97

As the new president and CEO of the Ravinia Festival, the country’s oldest music festival, Jeffrey Haydon ’97 is guided by a singular mission. “Music,” he says, “is a…
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Yearning to Breathe Free

Preparing for a new baby during COVID-19 was not what Jamilia Sherls-Jones ’05 had hoped for. She wanted to touch the soft cotton of newborn onesies, turn over car seats to…
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Point of Pride

Late into the night of July 11, 1997, Jenn (DeLury) Ciplet ’98 and a group of friends were dipping Styrofoam cups into bright colors of paint. They were members of the…
Tacoma Refugee Choir

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The Language We Share

Erin Guinup ’96 was at church, listening to a sermon about the growing refugee crisis in Europe, when she was inspired to take action. She couldn’t help the thousands of…
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The Drunken Tenor

Robert McPherson ’91 has been singing since he was a very young boy. “I was a preacher’s kid. I grew up singing gospel,” he says.  Decades have passed since he…
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