Push Navigation Toggle Mobile Search Form Toggle Push Menu Toggle Breadcrumb Home About Puget Sound History & Traditions HISTORY & TRADITIONS IN THIS SECTION To the Heights! Since its founding in 1888, the University of Puget Sound has fostered the transformational power of a liberal arts education for generations of students. Years before statehood, members of the Methodist Episcopal Church embarked on an ambitious plan to build an institution of higher education in Washington which would rival the best universities anywhere in the United States. From its first graduating class of four students, more than 40,000 Loggers have benefitted from a well-rounded Puget Sound education. The Color Post: In Karlen Quad stands an 12’ granite obelisk bearing a record of each graduating class. The original post was hewn from a large fir tree in 1917 and moved to our current campus in 1924. Every spring, seniors line up at the Color Post for Commencement before proceeding down Commencement Walk to Baker Stadium. 1 /5 EXPLORE MORE PUGET SOUND HISTORY INTERACTIVE TIMELINE Did you know the university was founded on March 17? Did you know that the university was originally supposed to be located in nearby University Place? Learn more about our long history and see a variety of old photos and ephemera in our interactive timeline. EXPLORE OUR INTERACTIVE TIMELINE A SOUND PAST A Sound Past chronicles through historic photographs the people, buildings, events, athletics, and campus environment that make Puget Sound such a unique place. The collection represents an ongoing effort to make photos from the archives available to a wider audience. VIEW MORE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AFFILIATION Did you know that University of Puget Sound was originally founded through the United Methodist Church? And that we retain a relationship with the organization to this day, though it has changed over the years. LEARN MORE BACK TO THE TOP VISIT APPLY GIVE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND 1500 N. Warner St., Tacoma, WA 98416 CONTACT US facebook Instagram linkedin twitter Youtube flickr CAMPUS MAP & DIRECTIONS SECURITY SERVICES EMERGENCY TITLE IX & EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT FOR THE MEDIA CONSUMER INFORMATION & DISCLOSURES OFFICES & SERVICES © 2021 UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND SLATER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY RACE AND PEDAGOGY INSTITUTE