UW Tacoma will hold its first conference on higher education and Native Americans, featuring presentations that highlight contemporary issues facing Indigenous people in higher education, such as the absence of Indigenous heritage and history in academic courses and literature.
For the first time, a University of Washington Tacoma student will join the UW Board of Regents as the student representative for all three campuses (Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma).
Nearly 900 graduating students will be honored at UW Tacoma's 18th annual Commencement ceremony Friday, June 13, at 10 a.m. in the Tacoma Dome.
UW Tacoma celebrated 891 graduates in the Class of 2008 at its 18th annual Commencement ceremony Friday, June 13 in the Tacoma Dome.
Dr. Annette Henry has received the Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award from the American Educational Research Association.
UW Tacoma Associate Professor Katie Baird has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture on economics and perform research on education policy at the University of Pais Vasco in Bilbao, Spain, during the 2007-2008 academic year.
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.
The University of Washington Tacoma has hired Dr. Joel Baker, a leading researcher of water pollution in marine environments, as the first holder of the Port of Tacoma Chair.
Two UW Tacoma students will have a chance to study journalism at Russia's Moscow State University as part of an intensive one-week travel opportunity in September.
