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The lap pool in the Athletic and Aquatics Center.

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His Toughest Challenge

Brett Kolb’s breakout freshman swim season came with an odd aftermath: He couldn’t keep hydrated. Kolb ’23 would go to the Diner on campus and drink a 64-ounce cup of water…
The James Robert Hanssen, an ocean-going fiberglass row boat, is rowed across Port Townsend Bay to be decommissioned and recycled in 2013.

Alumni

Farewell to a Good Boat

The James Robert Hanssen, the world-record-setting 29-foot rowboat that crossed the Atlantic twice (almost), ended its storied life at a boatyard in Port Townsend, Wash., on…
Hand rolling a die

Alumni

Slaying the Monster of Social Anxiety

But the monster’s two heads would not stop arguing with each other, and time was wasting. One head of the monster insisted on a swift attack while the…
Ben Reuler ’99

Alumni

Making Connections

As a home visitor for behavioral health nonprofit LifeWorks NW, his mission was to secure safe and affordable housing, work, and food for families who were holed up there,…
swimmer carrying fish

Alumni

Citizen of the Salmon World

View of a brick building in golden sunlight

Alumni

Global Health Advocate: Ali Hoover ’13

Hoover, an international political economy major at Puget Sound, has been working with reproductive health programs around the globe for more than six years. Last year, the…
Illustration of Hallie Bateman ’11

Alumni

Listen to Hallie

Bateman ’11 explains that, according to her mother, Alive people are present and a “little bit shiny,” while Not…
Maria Kolby-Wolfe ’92

Alumni

To Make It Better

COMMON THREAD  Equal access is a theme running through the varied nonprofits where Maria Kolby-Wolfe ’92…
Francisco Menendez ’85, photo by Eric Ita

Alumni

Alumni Awards: A Career in Film

When Francisco Menéndez ’85 was a young boy, his aunt took him to see his first film in a theater: The Wizard of Oz. Things started out well enough: He was already…
Girls in the Speak Up program in Bangladesh. Photo courtesy of Troy Anderson ’91.

Alumni

From Poverty to Hope

Some of the teenage girls Troy Anderson ’91 has met in Bangladesh and Thailand were trafficked and forced to work…