The elevator door opens - and in walks the CEO of the organization you admire most. What do you do? This question drove the IIGE’s 2025 Shared Futures event on February 19, which featured elevator pitch skits and networking for students with community leaders.
"Super lawyer” Craig Sims and educator Bonita Lee will keynote the event and the Dream Awards will recognize work to promote equity, justice and civil rights.
Inspired by their immigrant parents, ‘Thai Guys’ and UW alumni Nuk, Nut and Note Suwanchote are aiming to change the conversation on Asian culture.
The Violence Prevention and Transformation Research Collaborative, led by Dr. Eric Madfis, is calling for a new approach to prevent and assess threats of school and other mass violence.
The IIGE's Shared Futures networking event on February 28 featured Tacoma based entrepreneur, hip-hop artist, and author Philip “Sharp Skills” Jacobs, who provided a demo of Reveal the Elephant a game based on his book, Elephant in the Room.
She credits UW Tacoma with instilling in her the desire to give back to her community. She tells her story at the 2024 Unity Breakfast celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.
As UW Tacoma's student involvement maestro, Conor Leary combines a flair for the programmatic with his desire to help students get the most out of their on-campus experience.
Interested in furthering your education? Come learn more about graduate school and the MA in Community Planning at UW Tacoma’s annual graduate program night on November 30, 2023 from 4:30-6:30pm. Please RSVP for the event here.
Events and ceremonies include flag planting along the Prairie Line Trail, Sergeant Husky’s Operation Turkey Drop, the Wounded Warrior Project brunch, and an appreciation ceremony and dinner at the Museum of Glass.
A dozen students from eight Indigenous communities came together to burnish their research skills and create poetry, film and art during a week-long, hands-on institute.
