From a small town in Indiana and a floating city on the ocean, U.S. Navy veteran and social welfare student Megan Walker is ready to get people the help they need.
The Institute of Technology's Ka Yee Yeung has a growing collaboration with medical personnel in Madigan Army Medical Center, using bioinformatics to look for genetic markers of disease potential.
The degree, a collaboration with the Washington National Guard cybersecurity unit at Camp Murray, is the only such program outside the National Defense University.
UW Medicine's MEDEX Northwest will open a physician assistant training location at UW Tacoma to tap into the large pool of returning military veterans.
Patti Taylor, '93, '96, is one of two recipients of UW's first Distinguished Veteran Alumni award. She was one of the first graduates of UW Tacoma's Nursing program.