Ps: The Puget Sound Podcast

Coach Shelton shares his Puget Sound story and how he became the head coach for the Men's Basketball team with Elena, in this episode from July 2019. It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

In this episode, originally recorded in October 2019, Carrie Woods, associate professor of biology, talks with Elena about her research in plant community ecology. It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Hana tells Elena what it was like to move to Tacoma from San Jose, her experience as a Division 3 softball player, and why she chose Exercise Science for her major.  It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Kate just completed a communications internship with the Governor of Utah and she and Elena talk about what she learned, including how her work in Utah compared to her classmates’ experiences interning in Washington State. Later, Kate and Elena talk about her involvement on campus – including in the Repertory Dance Group, which Kate calls the “Super Bowl of Puget Sound.” It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there. 

Ale talks about transferring to Puget Sound, what she was looking for in her new school, and what Orientation was like as a transfer student. (Spoiler alert -- it's where she made her best friends.) Then she tells Elena about the evolution of her academic interests, and how she arrived at a double major in Economics and Environmental Policy and Decision Making.  It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there. Lastly, the Puget Sound Podcast is taking a brief summer break. We'll be back in your feeds in mid-July. 

How does a liberal arts degree grow with you? Joel and Elena discuss the many and varied skills he's drawn on throughout his career in banking and bank supervision. Later, Joel notes what impresses him about Puget Sound students and explains why he has remained so involved with his alma mater over time. It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Kelsie tells Elena why she decided to attend a school so close to home and, later, they discuss her interest in a career in medicine -- and the many steps she's already taken to make that happen. It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Sophie, a double major in politics and government and international political economy, describes her course of study and she and Elena talk about how you can have a full plate but "the size of everyone's plate is different." Later, Sophie describes the curriculum she's developing for a class on family planning and the far-reaching global implications of women's access to birth control.  It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Romi and Elena talk about the silver linings of distance learning, Romi's work on campus as a Peer Ally, and the many different leadership opportunities at Puget Sound. It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Kelly is the Community Outreach and Volunteer Engagement Manager at University Beyond Bars, a nonprofit organization providing a range of college coursework (as well as transferable AA and BA degrees) to incarcerated individuals at the Washington State Reformatory. In addition to their discussion of UBB's work, Kelly and Elena also talk about Kelly's experience in college with Freedom Education Project Puget Sound, and the ways that this work has transformed Kelly's understanding of what education is and can be. It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Maya, getting her master's in social work at the University of Minnesota, explains what drew her to that field and what her work is like. She also describes her decision to attend Puget Sound, and then Maya and Elena talk about finding your place in college organically -- and how it's okay if that changes over time.  It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Sam and Elena talk about reaching the "halfway point" of college, and what distance learning has been like. (Spoiler: lots of things are still the same.) Then Sam, a history major, describes the many ways that history transcends the past, and tells Elena about the unlikely way he got involved in the School of Music. It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Anna joins the podcast to talk about her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated field (she's a double major in Economics and the Business Leadership Program with a minor in Mathematics). She fills Elena in on how virtual office hours work and, later, describes putting her finance skills to the test as one of two student representatives on the university's Budget Task Force.  It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Lily is studying evolutionary anthropology via a Special Interdisciplinary Major that allows her to combine courses from the Biology, Sociology and Anthropology, and Psychology departments. She explains how it all started with an interest in monkeys, and then Lily and Elena discuss the transition to distance learning and the ways that her first year of college exceeded her expectations. It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Professor White, director of Gender and Queer Studies and visiting assistant professor of Religious Studies, joins the podcast for a discussion of the surprising parallels between queer studies and religious studies. Later, Professor White describes a typical course and explains the simple steps faculty can take to ensure that all students feel comfortable in the classroom. It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Nick, now a master's student in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, talks about his research interests in Eastern Europe and seeing Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch speak this spring. Later, Nick and Elena talk about building community at Puget Sound, the best-known athlete who followed his KUPS sports talk show on Twitter, and his co-founding of Puget Sound's History Club. It's always a great day to be Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there. 

Emma, a double major in English and Theatre Arts, describes how those two majors intersect and explains her journey from being anti-Greek Life to founding a sorority. Later, she gives Elena a sneak peak at her senior thesis about the history of pronouns in the English language.  It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there. 

Hayden and Elena talk about about getting outside in the Pacific Northwest, and then Hayden explains why math is beautiful. Listen carefully for a couple of secret (for now) hiking recommendations! It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Want to know how to liquefy a rock? Robyn walks Elena through the methods she used for her summer research project studying volcanism in the southwestern Cascades, explains why a double major in Geology and International Relations makes more sense than one might think, and describes her dream job using geologic research methods to uncover politically sensitive information.  It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Aldrin explains the ways that his bioethics emphasis links natural sciences to the humanities and talks about his work as a Resident Assistant. Later, Aldrin and Elena find out that they've both taken the course "Sociology of Health and Medicine" and Aldrin shares his favorite thing about Puget Sound.  Prospective students are invited to visit us in Tacoma, Washington. We offer regular tours of our picturesque residential campus, and we'd love to show you around!