Provides support to faculty advisors and resources for students and recent alumni as they make academic plans.
Howarth 114, 253.879.3250, academicadvising@pugetsound.edu
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Access Programs are designed to expand college opportunities and success for youth traditionally underrepresented in higher education; encourage academic success for these underrepresented students; and improve the retention of those students who choose to attend the University of Puget Sound.
Howarth 215A, 253.879.3927, access@pugetsound.edu
African American (AFAM) studies is interdisciplinary, with focal fields such as history, sociology, English studies, communication studies, political science, psychology, social theory, art, music, economics, education, and even natural sciences, including environmental science, with a social justice lens.
Jones 300, 253.879.3372, mbirmingham@pugetsound.edu
Information and services for prospective students.
Welcome Center, 253.879.3211, admission@pugetsound.edu
Programs, services, and events for alumni and parents/families.
Jones 102, 253.879.3245, alumoffice@pugetsound.edu
The Department of Art and Art History offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in Studio Art and Art History.
Kittredge 117, 253.879.2806, art@pugetsound.edu
The Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC) Program, a component of the Asian Studies Program, offers majors, minors and courses of interest to all undergraduates at Puget Sound.
Wyatt 110, 253.879.2995, asianstudies@pugetsound.edu
The Asian Studies Program provides courses on Asian cultures, civilizations, and societies, in a broad range that includes East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, as electives for all students.
Wyatt 110, 253.879.2995, asianstudies@pugetsound.edu
Student government, better known as ASUPS.
Wheelock Student Center, 253.879.3600, dhope@pugetsound.edu
Varsity sports, athletic facilities, intramurals, and more.
Athletics & Aquatics Center, 253.879.3140
Auxiliary & Business Services encompasses the Dining & Event Services, the Logger Store, and Mail Services.
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The Biology Department offers a breadth of courses in modern biology for science majors and courses on contemporary topics in biology for non-majors.
Thompson 223A, 253.879.3121, lstrong@pugetsound.edu
The mission of the School of Business and Leadership is to provide students with a unique and innovative business education that prepares them for success as leaders in a complex and dynamic global environment.
McIntyre 111, 253.879.3153, sbl@pugetsound.edu
The bioethics program encompasses work in the fields of biology, natural science, neuroscience, religion, philosophy, literature, sociology, psychology, politics, economics, and business.
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Work study, internships, cooperative education, resume and interview preparation, and more.
Howarth 101, 253.879.3161, ces@pugetsound.edu
Catering for on-campus community events.
Wheelock Student Center 240, 253.879.2785, catering@pugetsound.edu
The center is designed to address the curricular and co-curricular needs of a wide variety of classes and campus groups, and provides a collaborative space to practice and refine the skills of public speaking, argumentation, advocacy, and persuasion.
Peer tutoring in writing across the curriculum and in subject-specific content, classes and workshops, academic counseling, and foreign language proficiency assessments.
Howarth 105, 253.879.3395, cwl@pugetsound.edu
Writing and subject tutoring appointments: Howarth 109, 253.879.3404, cwlappointments@pugetsound.edu
Spiritual life of the campus community.
Wheelock Student Center Suite 203, 253.879.3322, chaplain@pugetsound.edu
The Chemistry Department offers a broad-based curriculum designed to meet the needs of a variety of students, from those taking only one or two chemistry courses in order to broaden their liberal arts background to those majoring in chemistry in preparation for a career in the chemical sciences.
Thompson 355, 253.879.2848, hjones@pugetsound.edu
The Civic Scholarship Initiative supports programs that join together the south Puget Sound region and the University of Puget Sound's faculty and students in projects of mutual concern.
253.879.3136
The pioneer of the interdisciplinary approach, the field of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies encompasses the languages, literature, philosophy, and history of the Mediterranean from the second millennium BC to the fifth century AD. The Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies Department presents as wide a range of courses as possible in this diverse but fundamentally unified field.
Wyatt 139, 253.879.3781, tinguyen@pugetsound.edu
All activities related to commencement.
Jones 102, 253.879.3245, parents@pugetsound.edu
Students majoring in Communication Studies examine the human, social, political, institutional, and mediated dimensions of human communication practices and processes.
Jones 300, 253.879.3334
A year-round program that provides non-credit musical instruction to students of all ages and skill levels.
Music 113, 253.879.3575, communitymusic@pugetsound.edu
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science offers courses in support of students who need a general introduction to these fields and students who need specific tools and techniques in support of their own fields of study.
Provides resources to assist in procuring grant funds to support research, programs, projects, and initiatives to achieve the university's mission.
Jones Hall, 253.879.3610
Counseling services, health care, wellness programs, insurance and immunization information, and more. CHWS is part of Student Affairs.
Wheelock Student Center 216, 253.879.1555, chws@pugetsound.edu
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Student Affairs Department
Wheelock Student Center 208, 253.879.3360, dos@pugetsound.edu
Annual giving, gift planning, corporate & foundation relations, and donor relations
Jones 215, 253.879.8799
Information on campus cafés, the Diner, and the Cellar, including current menus, as well as information on catering and using campus facilities for events.
Wheelock Student Center 240, 253.879.3262
Works to implement diversity initiatives campus-wide.
Howarth 215, 253.879.2827, vpdiversity@pugetsound.edu
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The mission of the Economics program is to educate undergraduates in the fundamental concepts and methods of economics and to help them become better informed and more productive citizens through enhanced understanding of the economic underpinnings of society.
McIntyre 213, 253.879.3136
The M.A.T. program is a carefully designed cohort program that requires a full-time commitment and your full engagement in the transformative process of becoming a teacher. The M.Ed. program leads to K-12 school counseling certification in Washington state and can be completed part-time, in the evenings. And the Education Studies program offers our undergraduate students a chance to minor in education.
Howarth 300, 253.879.3375, kstump@pugetsound.edu
Provides services and resources to faculty, students and support staff in the use of technology and digital media services to enhance teaching, learning and research.
Collins Memorial Library Lower Level
Media Checkout Desk: 253.879.8585, media@pugetsound.edu
Educational Technology, edtech@pugetsound.edu
The university's emergency plans in case of a crisis or natural disaster.
To meet the educational needs of students interested in becoming engineers and who also want a significant liberal arts component to their education, the University of Puget Sound has responded with a Dual Degree Engineering Program.
Thompson 152, 253.879.3815, worland@pugetsound.edu
The English Department aims to promote critical thinking, historical awareness, and effective communication through the study of literature and writing.
Wyatt 335, 253.879.3235
The Environmental Policy and Decision Making Program is an interdisciplinary minor program designed to help students integrate their major area of study with an understanding of how individual and collective decisions interact with the environment.
Wyatt 333, 253.879.2862
The mission of the Department of Exercise Science is to deliver a program that applies the scientific foundations of human movement to help graduates understand the complex relationships among work, physical activity, health, and realizing human potential.
Weyerhaeuser 325, 253.879.2894
Our expectation and aspiration is that every student who graduates from Puget Sound will have developed a coherent experience that builds and integrates a meaningful set of experiential learning activities in preparation for a successful and fulfilling personal, civic, and professional life.
Howarth 005, 253.879.3124, experiential-learning@pugetsound.edu
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Operation, maintenance, repair, and construction/renovation of campus facilities.
Facilities Complex, 253.879.3713
Office: 253.879.3231
External scholarships, fellowships, and other special support for postgraduate travel, research, and study.
Howarth 114J, 253.879.3329, fellowships@pugetsound.edu
Encompasses the Office of Finance, Business Services, Facilities Services, Human Resources, and Technology Services, and is led by the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Jones 107, 253.879.3204, lljohnson@pugetsound.edu
Payment processing (accounts payable), accounting, budgeting, tax, analytical, and financial reporting services.
Jones 018, 253.879.3224 finance@pugetsound.edu
Student Financial Services coordinates student applications for financial assistance, including scholarships, loans, and student employment.
Jones 019, 253.879.3214, 800.396.7192, sfs@pugetsound.edu
The French & Francophone Studies Department offers distinct majors that combine the study of language, culture and literature with international affairs, communications, music, theater and art, as well as a minor.
Wyatt 233, 253.879.3186, rsizerwilliams@pugetsound.edu
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As the home to one of the nation's first Women's Studies programs, the University of Puget Sound has a long tradition of exploring issues pertaining to gender and sexuality. The current Gender & Queer Studies program enriches and expands the college's curriculum by illuminating the ways in which gender and multiple other converging axes of identity frame every aspect of life.
Wyatt 333, 253.879.2649
Supports the university and its senior leadership in the work to advance Puget Sound’s distinctive educational mission and strategic goals by anticipating legal and governance issues, managing risk, and facilitating the university’s compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.
253.879.2735
The Geology Department at Puget Sound consists of five faculty members and roughly 25 majors. Our size enables us to offer a broad spectrum of classes while at the same time maintaining a close-knit and collegial learning environment.
Thompson 117, 253.879.3814, llevenson@pugetsound.edu
In the age of globalization, the cultural experience of the migrant is defining more and more what it means to be human. This is why the German Studies faculty believes that sustained immersion in a different culture is essential to a modern education, regardless of major.
Wyatt 233, 253.879.3186, rsizerwilliams@pugetsound.edu
The Global Development Studies (GDS) Program offers an interdisciplinary minor that focuses on the transformations associated with development.
Provides resources to assist in procuring grant funds to support research, programs, projects, and initiatives to achieve the university's mission.
Jones 219, 253.879.3610
Eight fraternities and sororities in which students may participate.
3209 N. 15th St., 253.879.3317, greeklife@pugetsound.edu
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Advising program for students considering any of several health professions, including medical, dental, or vet school.
Thompson 203, 253.879.2708, healthprofessions@pugetsound.edu
The Department of Hispanic Studies offers a sound educational experience centered on the study of the language as well as the literary and cultural production of Iberian, Latin American, and U.S. Hispanic cultures, from their origins to the present time.
Wyatt 233, 253.879.3186, rsizerwilliams@pugetsound.edu
Convinced that the study of history is an essential component of a superior education in the liberal arts and sciences, the Department of History offers a strong academic program in a number of areas within the discipline of history.
Wyatt 135, 253.879.3166, fphillippi@pugetsound.edu
This intensive four-year program for students selected on the basis of their academic performance includes an option to live in the Honors residence house, Langlow.
Wyatt 139, 253.879.3781, honors@pugetsound.edu
Employment opportunities, training, and benefits at Puget Sound.
Howarth 016, 253.879.3369, hr@pugetsound.edu
Interdisciplinary studies in Humanities offers courses that draw upon the disciplines of history, literature, philosophy, religion, communication studies, art history, and music history to explore fundamental and enduring questions regarding the human condition.
Wyatt 333, 253.879.3649
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Supports institutional management, planning, and decision-making by providing reports about Puget Sound's students, faculty and staff, instructional activities, and finances.
Library 120, 122, 124; 253.879.3104
The International Political Economy (IPE) Program offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of international and global problems. International Political Economy encourages the integrated analysis of these problems and issues using tools and methods of political science, economics, and sociology as informed by an understanding of history and tempered by appreciation of culture and cultural differences.
McIntyre 213, 253.879.3136, ipe@pugetsound.edu
Student study abroad programs, international students, international visiting faculty
Howarth 215, 253.879.2515
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Used for campus events including religious services in the manner of a New England meeting house.
N. 18th Street, 253.879.2751, kilworthchapel@pugetsound.edu
Gallery displaying a variety of art, including two student shows each year.
Kittredge Hall, N. 15th St. & N. Lawrence St., 253.879.3701
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The Latin American Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Latin America. Drawing on courses from foreign language, Politics and Government, business, art history, and History, students minoring in Latin American Studies gain an in-depth understanding of the region and different analytical tools and perspectives for understanding its past and present.
A key objective of Latina/o Studies is to integrate the body of knowledge pertaining to these populations into the United States' understanding of itself.
Wyatt 233, 253.879.3186, rsizerwilliams@pugetsound.edu
Collins Memorial Library offers over 550,000 volumes of books and paper journals, as well as music CDs, movie DVDs, online access to journal articles and state and federal documents.
253.879.3669, libref@pugetsound.edu
The Logger Store carries course materials and supplies, as well as general interest books, technology products, personal care items, drinks, snacks, Puget Sound clothing, gifts, and more.
Lower Level, Wheelock Student Center, 253.879.2689, books@pugetsound.edu
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Post or pick up a package at Mail Services!
Wheelock Student Center 003, 253.879.3315, mailservices@pugetsound.edu
Arches alumni magazine, photographer, media relations, publications, graphic design, and website management.
Marketing & Communications House, 1314 N. Alder St. (back door)
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science offers courses in support of students who need a general introduction to these fields and students who need specific tools and techniques in support of their own fields of study.
The Puget Sound Museum of Natural History provides a collection of specimens to be used for research and education.
Thompson 295, 253.879.3357, pugetsoundmuseum@pugetsound.edu
As an undergraduate program at a liberal arts college, we are dedicated to the tradition of training musicians for successful professional careers in music and to supporting students who wish to study music, regardless of major.
Music Building, 253.879.3700
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The Neuroscience program offers a general introductory course in neuroscience as an elective for all students, and also offers a curricular concentration (interdisciplinary emphasis) that may serve as an enhancement of, or complement to, any major of a student's choice. This interdisciplinary emphasis provides additional opportunities for students to develop skills necessary to become successful scientists and is recognized with a designation on the transcript upon graduation.
Weyerhaeuser 307, 253.879.3307, sramakrishnan@pugetsound.edu
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The School of Occupational Therapy offers high quality educational opportunities at the master's level for individuals seeking to become an occupational therapist (entry level) as well as for occupational therapists who seek to advance their knowledge and skill level (post-professional level).
Weyerhaeuser 204, 253.879.3514, ot@pugetsound.edu
Puget Sound Outdoors coordinates a variety of adventure-based outdoor opportunities for the campus community.
1506 N. Alder St., 253.879.3403, expy@pugetsound.edu
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Resources for parents of Puget Sound students.
Jones 102, 253.879.3245, parents@pugetsound.edu
Philosophy can be described as the application of reason to the most general and fundamental questions of human concern, in order to give them the best justified possible answers. Students find that courses in the Philosophy Department develop an unusual range of intellectual abilities.
Wyatt 333, 253.879.2649
The School of Physical Therapy offers a three-year program leading to a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree.
Weyerhaeuser 204, 253.879.3180, pt@pugetsound.edu
The Physics department addresses the needs of physics majors, Dual Degree Engineering students, and other science majors. The department also supports the university's liberal arts emphasis by providing coursework for students majoring in all areas, in order to broaden their intellectual reach.
Thompson 165, 253.879.3127
Politics is about the struggle over power, authority, freedom, security and peace-the core issues of public life. The Department of Politics and Government trains students to understand these issues at the local, national, and international level, by providing a wide-ranging yet integrated study of politics and governance.
Wyatt 231, 253.879.3165
Advising program for students considering a profession in law.
Howarth 108B, 253.879.3569
Jones 109, 253.879.3201
Print & Copy Services provides digital printing for departments, clubs, and personal projects for all faculty, staff, students, and neighbors; provides stationery order processing (letterhead, envelopes, and business cards); manages and provides support for Konica Minolta copiers placed around campus.
3210 N. 15th St., 253.879.3737, copyservices@pugetsound.edu
Office of the Provost, academic information and services.
Jones 111, 253.879.3205, acadvp@pugetsound.edu
Psychology is the study of human thought and behavior. The psychology faculty and curriculum represent many of the major subdisciplines in psychology (e.g., development, clinical, cognition, learning, sensation, perception, biopsychology, personality, social, and industrial-organizational).
Weyerhaeuser 307, 253.879.3307
The Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) is a professional degree that prepares students as practitioners who are responsive to contemporary challenges in public health at local, regional, national and global levels.
- Master of Public Health website for prospective students
- Master of Public Health website for current students
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The Race and Pedagogy Initiative is a collaboration of the University of Puget Sound and the South Sound community, which educates students and teachers at all levels to think critically about race and to act to eliminate racism.
Howarth 209C, 253.879.2435, raceandpedagogy@pugetsound.edu
Course registration, credit transfer, athletic eligibility, transcripts, and other university records.
Jones 013, 253.879.3217, registrar@pugetsound.edu
The Department of Religious Studies seeks to help students understand the nature and importance of the world's great religious traditions in historical context and to glimpse some of the profound questions and answers about human nature and destiny that these traditions offer.
Wyatt 137, 253.879.3745
Student housing applications and services.
3209 N. 15th St., 253.879.3317, reslife@pugetsound.edu
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Science and technology are not isolated activities: they are inextricably linked to every other aspect of human experience. Science and technology have important connections to literature, philosophy, religion, art, economics, and to social and political history. Science, Technology, and Society courses explore the connections between the sciences and other parts of the human endeavor.
Thompson 165, 253.879.3127
Serves the safety, security and parking needs of the campus community.
McIntyre Hall, Suite 011, 253.879.3311
The disciplines of sociology and anthropology provide the foundation for an integrated curriculum in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Puget Sound.
McIntyre 213, 253.879.3136
The Sound Policy Institute builds the capacity of our campus and regional community to engage in environmental decision making and address systems of inequality and exclusion.
Thompson Hall 210, 253.312.6266
Student Accessibility and Accommodation provides program access and appropriate support services to individuals with disabilities.
Howarth 103A, 253.879.3399, saa@pugetsound.edu
The Division of Student Affairs consists of the Dean of Students offices, as well as the Center for Student Support, Student Involvement & Programs, Residential Experience, and the University Chaplaincy.
Wheelock Student Center is a central hub that offers a variety of services and amenities for the campus community's students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests.
253.879.3236, scomstock@pugetsound.edu
The Student Diversity and Social Justice Centers (SDC and SJC) support student success through programs and shared spaces that bring awareness to, honor, and uplift all students’ identities, but especially those who identify as historically underrepresented by way of ethnicity, race, gender, religion, documentation status, socioeconomic class, first generation in college, and LGBTQ+ identities.
3211 N. 15th St., northeast of Wheelock Student Center
Student Accounts and Financial Aid & Scholarships
Jones 019, 253.879.3214, 800.396.7192, sfs@pugetsound.edu
Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound, better known as ASUPS.
Sustainability efforts on campus, including those sponsored by the Sustainability Advisory Committee.
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Computer use and network services on campus, including the Technology Service Desk, documentation, and training.
Collins Memorial Library, 253.879.8585, servicedesk@pugetsound.edu
Theatre Arts offers courses and activities in which students learn to make, understand, and evaluate theatrical events.
Jones 101, 253.879.3330, theatre@pugetsound.edu