Upcoming Events

This fall, Shakespeare fan Anna Andersen comes to Peninsula College to direct her own adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays: Macbeth, or as theatrical enthusiasts call it: “The Scottish Play.” Legend has it that if you say the word “Macbeth” while standing in a theater, you might just get bad luck.

This fall, Shakespeare fan Anna Andersen comes to Peninsula College to direct her own adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays: Macbeth, or as theatrical enthusiasts call it: “The Scottish Play.” Legend has it that if you say the word “Macbeth” while standing in a theater, you might just get bad luck.

Studium Generale will open its Fall 2025 series with the traditional Welcome Celebration, a partnership among the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and Peninsula College. Peninsula College recognizes and honors these traditional nəxʷsƛ̕áy̕əm’ lands.

Michael Drum, a Peninsula College and University of Washington graduate is an explosive welding engineer at High Energy Metals of Sequim. He will introduce some fascinating elements of the work he and his co-workers do, right here on the Olympic Peninsula. 

High Energy Metals specializes in permanently bonding dissimilar metals that cannot otherwise be welded by traditional means. Their unique products are used in a wide variety of applications, including aerospace, maritime, industrial, and particle physics.

Previewing an inclusive film event featuring films by, about, and featuring individuals with diverse abilities.

Studium Generalé is grateful to collaborate with the Clallam Resilience Project as we welcome Carmen Watson-Charles, a Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal member, the Lower Elwha Klallam Culture Manager, & Port Angeles School District Native American Liaison.

We are honored to welcome her as the Keynote Speaker for Resilience Month. For over 20 years Carmen has been advocating for her tribal community by sharing her Klallam culture and history in hopes of creating solidarity. She will share about her life experiences and how she perseveres with resilience and empathy.

Local cougars on the Olympic Peninsula are among the most inbred and genetically impoverished in the Pacific Northwest. They are also among the most conflict-prone populations in Washington, resulting in high levels of lethal removal by state wildlife agents following losses of poorly protected livestock in people’s backyards. How then, can we improve the conservation status of local cougars?

Join us for a presentation with artist Molly Troxler, who is Jamestown S’Klallam, Skokomish, and Squaxin Island. Molly is the current ʔaʔkʷustəŋáw̕txʷ House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse Guest Artist. During this artist lecture, she will share her inspirations, artistic style, and connections to family. 

All all are welcome to view a collective of her artwork, which will be exhibited in the Longhouse. 

My Heart is Good is an oral history of treaty rights told by Port Gamble S'Klallam elder and former tribal chair Ron Charles in his own words, with historic context and background provided by anthropologist Josh Wisniewski. My Heart is Good follows the history of the Port Gamble S’Klallam people from treaty signing, through the 1974 Boldt Decision and the subsequent 1994 court decision affirming the shellfish harvesting rights (Rafeedie Decision), to the growth of the modern S'Klallam commercial fishing fleet today.

Roundtable discussion with Peninsula College faculty, staff, and administrators on their experiences in the military.