TACOMA, Wash. – The University of Puget Sound will host the 2025 Washington State Legislative Preview on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, from 5:30–8 p.m. in Wheelock Student Center’s Upper Marshall Hall. This event brings together policymakers, community leaders, and experts to discuss the key issues shaping the upcoming legislative session.
In partnership with the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber and KNKX, Puget Sound is honored to welcome a distinguished panel of experts, including Rep. Laurie Jinkins, House Speaker (D-27th Legislative District); and Sen. John Braun, Republican Leader (R-20th Legislative District). The discussion will be moderated by Austin Jenkins, Staff Writer at Pluribus News and host of Inside Olympia on TVW. Kristin Ang ’00, president of the Port of Tacoma Commission, will deliver opening remarks to set the stage for this important conversation.
This event is free for the University of Puget Sound campus community and $10 for the public. Advanced registration is required to secure your spot. To learn more and register, please visit pugetsound.edu/walegpreview.
About Puget Sound
A nationally ranked residential liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington, University of Puget Sound enrolls 1,600 undergraduate students from across the country and around the world, as well as 250 graduate students in education, counseling, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and public health. A low student-faculty ratio provides Puget Sound students with personal attention from faculty members who have a strong commitment to teaching and offer 1,200 courses each year in more than 50 areas of study. Puget Sound graduates include Rhodes and Luce scholars, notables in the arts and culture, scholars and scientists, entrepreneurs and elected officials, and leaders in business and finance locally and throughout the world. A top producer of Fulbright scholars, Puget Sound is the only nationally ranked independent liberal arts college in Western Washington, and one of just five independent colleges in the Northwest granted a charter by Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society. As part of its commitment to expanding access to higher education, Puget Sound offers the first accredited bachelor’s degree program in a prison in Washington state.
