News, events, and stories from the University of Puget Sound
T o p F i v e T h i n g s
1. Poetry Pair
Glenna Cook ’94 graduated from Puget Sound at 58. A finalist for this year’s Wash. State Book Awards in Poetry, she will read her work, with Claudia Castro Luna, on April 1.
It’s Japan Week! Check out the kimono dressing demonstration, tea tasting, film series, mochi making, taiko performance and workshop, and more April 1–5.
If you’ve seen his time-lapse video with the Foucault pendulum, captured in 28 hours straight, you’ve watched the world turn. Now meet Kurtis Baute, scientist on a mission.
Logger Day Challenge was a huge success! In 24 hours, more than 1,760 Loggers raised more than $240,000 for scholarships, academics, athletics, and more. Thank you!
Fifth-grader Theo Sullivan, son of Grace Sullivan ’19, led Tacoma’s Youth Climate Strike. He spoke to The News Tribune, which also quoted Lisa Grimm ’20 of Eco Club.
Helen Engle, who dedicated her life to preserving wild places, has died at age 93. She helped save many natural lands and served on environmental task forces and commissions. She studied nursing at Puget Sound and was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in 2011.
DID YOU KNOW? The Zimbabwean musical instrument mbira is sometimes called a thumb piano by Westerners, but it’s much more intricate to play than it sounds. Each mbira piece is unique, much like jazz, and the performance is expressive of the present moment.
Green Dot Bystander Training How many green dots will it take to reduce power-based personal violence on campus and beyond? Let’s find out. The next Green Dot Bystander Training session is April 5.
Safe Space Kremwerk, an underground electronic music club in Seattle, carved out a niche by specializing in progressive dance music and drag shows—kings and queens—and declaring itself a safe space for the queer community. Associate Manager and Queer Programming Director Jeanne-Marie Joubert ’15 makes sure of it.
