Rudy Nevarez learned how to march until his feet hurt when he left school for the Navy at age 16. But he's waited a whole lifetime to do the kind of marching he'll do at the University of Washington Tacoma's Commencement ceremony on Friday, June 8.
UW Tacoma founding faculty member earns 2007 Distinguished Research Award.
Seven UW Tacoma seniors will present findings from their travels to locations ranging from south Indian villages and Denmark to East Africa and Japan.
Arabie Jaloway will travel to eight countries in eight months with a 2007 Bonderman Travel Fellowship.
Jance was selected as the Commencement speaker by a committee of students, staff and faculty, based on suggestions from the UW Tacoma community.
Dr. Beth Rushing served for the past six years as dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Georgia College and State University.
G. Kent Nelson, senior lecturer in the Milgard School of Business, is the 2007 recipient of UW Tacoma's Distinguished Teaching Award.
Michael Honey, professor of history and UW Tacoma founding faculty member, has been named the first recipient of the university's new Fred T. and Dorothy G. Haley Endowed Professorship in the Humanities.
Presented by the Milgard School of Business, recipients represent the South Sound's best business leaders.
Smoking at UW Tacoma is now restricted to six designated areas on campus.
