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Join us as we celebrate Milgard Hall, the newest addition to the beautiful park that is University of Washington Tacoma campus! Learn about new academic options unique to UW Tacoma, plus Direct Admit, Husky Promise, scholarships and more.
FOOD TRUCKS - MARCHING BANDS - GLASSBLOWING DEMONSTRATIONS - DANCE TEAMS - HILLTOP ARTISTS - MUSEUM EXHIBITS - KIDZONE - UWT CAMPUS TOURS & SCAVENGER HUNT - WIN PRIZES AT THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE - SCIENCE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DRONE DISPLAY - GAME DEVELOPERS PANEL & MORE!
Win Prizes!
All are encouraged to enjoy our beautiful campus and hunt for specific buildings to receive DAWG PAW STAMPS in their PASSPORT. Once the DAWG BITES PASSPORT is complete "scavenger hunters" can Spin-to-Win prizes.
QUESTIONS? Contact Stan Emert: semert@uw.edu
MAP to campus, and more about admissions: https://apply.tacoma.uw.edu/register/dawgbites
FAMILY FUN AT FIRST-EVER DAWG BITES EVENT
FREE PARKING at 600+ CAMPUS PARKING SPACES (Must pay to park on city streets)
Noon-5pm
- Opening Ceremony
- Dawg Bites Scavenger Hunts begin
- High School Marching Bands arrive and perform short programs
- UW Alumni Band
- Dubs! At 2 PM. Get your cameras ready for a limited opportunity to pose with our famous Husky!
- Hendrix the 24-foot inflatable Husky
- Food Trucks
- Dick’s
- Stacks
- JustaPizzaMyMind
- Taco Cortes
- Campfire Coffee
- Bliss Ice Cream Mini-Truck
- Learn about academic programs offered at UW Tacoma
- Find out how to become a Husky!
- KidZone
- Dance teams and performers
- Museum of Glass Hot Shop
- And more
Throughout the day visit Milgard Hall 110. Learn about Tacoma's historical significance in the completion of President Abraham Lincoln's Intercontinental railway challenge.
Historian Michael Sullivan presents "Saltwater by Christmas."
