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T o p F i v e T h i n g s

1. Stories of the Season

The annual Festival of Lessons and Carols provides an all-ages celebration of the narrative traditions of the Christmas story—plus, the Adelphians.

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2. Down to Earth

Featuring the premiere of “The Automatic Earth,” the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band present a multimedia performance about the environment, Dec. 5.

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3. The VP of People

Psychology prof. Jill Nealey-Moore uses her expertise in the intersection of mental and physical health to cultivate a healthy culture at local startup Humming Inc.

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4. Worth the Read

Dozens of campus and community members were on hand to “check out” living books and engage in meaningful conversations during the Human Library event.

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5. Meet the (Grant)Maker

On Dec. 6, campus hosts the South Sound Funders Forum, where local nonprofits have the opportunity to connect with representatives from 15 Washington foundations.

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P e o p l e o f P u g e t S o u n d

A World of Opportunity
Carmen Eyssautier urges students to take advantage of opportunities to explore new things and dive deeper into their interests and academic pursuits. As study abroad coordinator in Puget Sound's Office of International Programs, she helps students determine the best programs to fit their fields of study and assists with the application process. “We strive to make study abroad fit into a student’s academic plan,” she says.

EXPLORE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

HACKS & CHOPS Art history professor Linda Williams received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to co-direct a project with Penn State art history and anthropology professor Amara Solari. The project will focus on fragile religious murals painted by Christianized Maya artists in Yucatán, Mexico, between 1550 and 1750, and will result in a scholarly book and interactive website with the goal of providing students and artists around the world access to images of the murals.

I n s i d e S c o o p

Study Abroad
By their senior year, nearly 40% of Puget Sound students study abroad through a variety of short-term, summer, semester, and full-year programs in more than 40 countries. If you’re thinking about making international study part of your academic experience, now is the time to prepare. The deadline to apply is Jan. 24.

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D i d Y o u K n o w ?

Learning From Destruction
In the days following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, an estimated 540 million tons of ash drifted up to 2,200 square miles, eventually settling over seven states. Receiving the full force of the eruption’s blast, Spirit Lake was decimated, becoming a toxic mix of ash, debris, and volcanic gases. Today, Spirit Lake is recovering, and Alex Barnes ’20 gathered bacteria from the lake’s famous floating logs to learn how.

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Illustrations by Stacy Milrany

U p c o m i n g E v e n t s

Dec. 5
Art+Sci Salon: “Biomimetic Insectoid Mechatronics: Combining Open-Source Technology With Entomology,” John Espey ’01

Dec. 6
Swimming: Logger Invitational

Dec. 6
Organ at Noon: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: The Great ‘O’ Antiphons, Wyatt Smith, organist

Dec. 7–8
Performance: WinterFest, Adelphian Concert Choir and Voci d’Amici

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P u g e t S o u n d i n P i c t u r e s

SPARKS FLY Students in Professor Michael Johnson’s Sculpture/Metal class explore form, mass, structure, surface, and scale using steel as the primary medium. Through problem-solving assignments, they apply and practice techniques in forging and welding.

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