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Bengisu Cicek: Getting to Campus

A monstrous commute and a pandemic didn’t curb Bengisu Cicek’s desire to take part in campus life, as a writer for The Ledger, an officer with ASUWT and president of the Muslim Student Association.

June 11, 2022

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Chanise Jackson: The Fire Inside

UW Tacoma senior Chanise Jackson is getting ready to graduate, four years after a medical diagnosis threatened to end her college career before it started.

June 11, 2022

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The Class of 2022

In 2022 we are celebrating thousands of UW Tacoma grads from 2020, 2021 and 2022.

June 10, 2022

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The Living Poetry of Rena Priest

Washington Poet Laureate Rena Priest recently talked with students about writing and the rewards of poetry.

June 8, 2022

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An Organized Life

Mike Honey, a founding faculty member of UW Tacoma, may be retiring, but he will continue building on his legacy of 'telling the story, telling history, telling reality.'

June 1, 2022

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Labor Solidarity Project Hosts Seminar on 'Revolutionary Nonviolence'

The event will feature a screening of a documentary on Rev. James Lawson, spiritual advisor to MLK, plus a discussion of nonviolent organizing and labor education by Dr. Kent Wong of UCLA, and local labor leaders commenting on the state of organizing in the northwest.

May 16, 2022

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Cynthia Requa, '11, '21, Named CHEA 2022 Fellow

Requa, a graduate of the School of Education's doctoral program, will provide expertise to one of the nation's leading higher education accreditation advocacy organizations.

May 6, 2022

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Rain, Making It

A traumatic brain injury threatened to derail Rain Wilson's college career; but then she got the support she needed and she is now succeeding.

May 2, 2022