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A Decade of Uplifting Indigenous Voices
The Indigenous Speaker Series, created by Professor Michelle Montgomery in 2015, helps Indigenous communities tell their stories.
March 12, 2025
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New Faculty Brings Social Justice and Design Experts to the Classroom
New faculty Dr. Jaleesa Trapp, an MIT Media Lab alum and Tacoma native, brings expertise in community-centered design, STEM and computing education, and social justice to her Winter 2025 studio class in the Innovation and Design Minor.
March 8, 2025
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Bjorkheim honored with Health Leadership Award
The award honors his efforts on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic and involvement with the UW Department of Surgery, UW Transplant Advisory Council, American Society of Transplantation, demonstrating leadership, research, and advocacy to improve health outcomes across the state.
February 21, 2025
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Quiet On The Set
Professor Carolyn West says the quiet part out loud — speaking publicly and raising awareness on the often stigmatized topics of domestic violence and sexual assault.
February 4, 2025
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IIGE Orientation Launches Year of Impact
The Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement (IIGE) orientation on October 9, 2024, celebrated 20 years of Global Honors and featured an Ideathon to brainstorm themes for the 2025 Global Engagement Conference.
November 6, 2024
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Welcoming new faculty to UW Tacoma for 2024-25
Meet the 10 faculty members who are joining the UW Tacoma community during the 2024-25 academic year.
September 18, 2024
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The Students Become the Teachers
Alumni Ben Pauli and Vivian Kao (both SIAS ’05) have gone from one side of the classroom to the other. Their journey to becoming university professors started at UW Tacoma.
August 28, 2024
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The Decennialists
The UW Tacoma community was well represented on the City of Tacoma’s once-every-ten-years charter review.
July 2, 2024
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Welcome to the Class of 2024!
We are celebrating the amazing achievements of almost 1,800 newly-minted UW Tacoma degree holders.
June 6, 2024
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Global Innovation and Design Lab Awards micro credentials in Design Thinking
The Design Thinking Applied Project digital badge is awarded to students and community participants engaging in the full design thinking cycle on a project, internship, or academic course undertaken by the Lab.
June 5, 2024
