Alumni + Family

Join us for a music recital featuring young students and adults from the Community Music Department. Solo classical music will be performed on violin, voice, organ, and piano in Kilworth Memorial Chapel.

Admission is free. No tickets required.  

Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award-winning actress, singer, and dancer Rita Moreno will deliver the Susan Resneck Pierce Lecture in Public Affairs and the Arts on Monday, April 10 at 7 p.m. in Schneebeck Concert Hall. Tickets for the event are $45 and can be purchased at tickets.pugetsound.edu.

The U.S. has lived through a half century of a neoliberal model of economic governance and economic inequality and now stands at a level not seen since the Roaring Twenties. Americans are more divided today than at any point in recent history along the lines of ideology, politics, and race. Just how serious is the legitimation crisis facing the elites and just how hostile are we to each other? What are the causes of these conflicts? Pierce County People’s Project is investigating these questions through a mixed-methods study of a random sample of county residents.

The Community Music Department partners with Symphony Tacoma to present the Mini Maestros music concert series for young children, ages 2-8 years old, and their familes. Each concert highlights a different "family" of instruments in the orchestra using a curriculum prepared by Early Childhood Learning experts and introduced by educator and emcee, Shay Ryan. There is an instrument petting zoo prior to the concert, which gives children an opporutinity to explore the instruments up close. 

The Community Music Department partners with Symphony Tacoma to present the Mini Maestros concert series for young children and their families. Prior to the concert, there is an instrument petting zoo to give children an opportunity to explore the musical instruments up close. 

The Community Music Department partners with Symphony Tacoma to present the Mini Maestros music concert series for young children, ages 2-8 years old, and their families. Each concert highlights a different family of instruments in the orchestra and is narrated by an Early Childhood Educator. There is also an instrument petting zoo prior to the concert, giving children an opportunity to explore the musical instruments up close.  

According to its creators, Grit City magazine “was founded on the notion that Tacoma has good stories to tell.”  On Tuesday, March 21 from 3-4pm, editor-in-Chief Sierra Hartman will be on-site to discuss journalism, publishing, and Tacoma’s rich history.  Issues of Grit City will be available to enjoy.  Location: Archives & Special Collections Seminar Room, 2nd floor, Collins Memorial Library

Matt Brehe is a Seattle based private collector of manuscripts and incunabula.  A member of the Book Club of Washington, an organization dedicated to the culture of the book, Matt will bring several treasures to share including a book of hours, hand lettered music sheets and a number of manuscript leaves.

Archivists Jane Connelly and Olivia Inglin will display and discuss University of Puget Sound’s unique costume collections, which include a vintage band uniform, 1920s bathing suits, and the costumes of Broadway star Carol Lawrence.  View these rarely-seen artifacts from 3-4pm on Tuesday, April 11 and learn about the history of fashion on and off campus.

We are so excited to invite you to campus to celebrate Summer Reunion Weekend, June 9–11, 2023.