Brian Hayes of Rainier Connect, Diane Cecchettini of MultiCare and Greg Biersack of Burkhart Dental Supply are recipients of the 2011 Milgard School of Business Leadership Awards.
Nineteen grants in 2009 from two UW Tacoma endowments will help faculty, staff and students by supporting scholarship, research and campus improvements.
James A. Milgard and the Gary E. Milgard Family Foundation have made a $2 million donation to the University of Washington Tacoma to establish the campus' first endowed deanship.
UW Tacoma MBA alumnus Joseph Lawless will be the first executive director of the Milgard School of Business' Center for Corporate Leadership & Social Responsibility.
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.