
Welcome to UW Tacoma
It's the start of the 2019 academic year. Students and faculty are back on campus. Pac Ave is busy again! See what it's like to kick off the new year.
Convocation

Move-in Day 2019


New suitemates Sam and Brandi and their parents share a moment of confusion and levity as they get settled into Court 17. The building opened in 2006, developed for UW Tacoma by Lorig & Associates as a public/private partnership. In 2016, the campus purchased the entire building outright, and about 300 students now make their homes in the complex.
New Student Orientation

Tacoma Reads

New Faculty

Written by John Burkhardt
Photos by Ryan Moriarty
Recent news
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A Foundation of Inclusivity
This year’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, Dr. Amy Maharaj Madeo, has built a career in education with inclusive excellence.
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From Campus to Community
Connected through their leadership roles at a family resource center, UW Tacoma alumni Amalia Perez, Bryan Neal and Roxy Magno are dedicated to serving their community both personally and professionally.
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Welcome to the Class of 2025
UW Tacoma is celebrating the amazing achievements of more than 1,750 new graduates this year.
UW Tacoma in the News
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Op-Ed: The War Over Tacoma’s Planting Strips
SIAS Associate Professor Ruben Casas says how the city uses planting strips along streets tells a tale of haves and have-nots, and of our differing standards.
The Urbanist
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Kula among four UW researchers named Fulbright Scholars
Michael Kula was selected to serve as Fulbright Writer-in-Residence at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. In addition to teaching courses in AMU’s Center for the Affirmation of Literature, he will be completing final research and revisions for his book, “The Long Alone,” a creative nonfiction account of the travels of Kazimierz Nowak, an amateur Polish journalist who bicycled alone across Africa in the 1930s.
UW News
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Promoting Purpose to Reduce Stop-Outs
A recent study from the University of Washington Tacoma finds that a student’s decision to leave higher education can be driven by a lack of goals or sense of self.
Inside Higher Ed
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