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.
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.
UW Tacoma Assistant Professor Marian Harris will be honored for service to the community with the Martin Luther King Jr. Volunteer Recognition/Community Service Award.