The Next Step Scholarship endowment provides significant support to allow one student each from seven local community colleges to complete their bachelor's degrees at the University of Washington Tacoma.
The UW Tacoma Convocation is both a revival of an early campus tradition (the last one was held in 1999) and the first one ever of its type, designed to demonstrate the campus's tight affinity with its community.
The Class of 2012 is the largest in UW Tacoma history, with 1,341 newly-minted alumni. At the ceremony in the Tacoma Dome, Susan Dreyfus will deliver the Commencement keynote address.
The KeyBank Professional Development Center will be led by Lisa Reeves, '92.
In just nine months, UW Tacoma supporters have raised enough funds to help 653 students continue their studies despite a steep and unexpected rise in tuition this year.
Luke Xitco of Associated Petroleum Products, Tony Panagiotu of Panagiotu Pension Advisors and John Peterson of Bellarmine Preparatory School will be recognized at the 11th annual awards event.
A $1 million scholarship initiative is more than half way to goal.
Rob Friedman comes to Tacoma from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he focused on merging humanities and technology.
The Amanda Dauron Memorial Scholarship is in memory of the daughter of UW Tacoma staffer Danelle Dauron.
Patti Banks, superintendent of the University Place School District, has been named the 2012 Washington State Superintendent of the Year.
