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Climb a Mountain, Start a Company
VIBE and Milgard School of Business alumnus Steve Buchanan, '13, '14, reaches another summit with the national rollout of ChooseVets.
January 25, 2015
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Shaping Environmental Policy from Tacoma to Washington D.C.
2014 Distinguished Alumni Award winner Sarah Ryker, ’94, took her UW Tacoma degree all the way to the White House.
December 16, 2014
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Katie Haerling Named Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar
Accompanying $350,000 grant will fund Haerling’s research in simulated learning activities for nursing students.
October 10, 2014
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Remembering Tacoma's Nihongo Gakko
UW Tacoma honors the story of the city's Japanese Language School with a memorial on campus, Maru, by Gerard Tsutakawa.
October 3, 2014
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Hacking Their Way to Cleaner Water
UW Tacoma’s Clean Water Challenge 2014 brings together community partners and problem solvers to tackle local environmental questions.
August 26, 2014
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A Champion for Change
Distinguished Alumni Award winner Jessica Gavre has fought for marriage equality and LGBT rights in Washington state for over a decade – all while earning both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at UW Tacoma.
August 1, 2014
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Merchant Receives Great Mind Award
Dr. Altaf Merchant of UW Tacoma's Milgard School of Business was honored for his research into the role of nostalgia in advertising.
June 18, 2014
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New Urban Studies Director Redefines Community
As the new director of UW Tacoma's Urban Studies program, Ali Modarres is a passionate advocate for the community-engaged university.
November 4, 2013
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Harrison, '03, Never Really Left UW Tacoma After Graduating
John Harrison, recipient of the 2013 UW Tacoma Distinguished Alumni Award, has invested at least as much time into UW Tacoma as he did in playing the trombone when he was a child.
June 18, 2013
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Garner has a vision for Federal Way: 2013 Community Engagement Award
Michelle Garner’s community engagement efforts blur the lines between her work as a faculty member of Social Work and her life as a resident of Federal Way. She is the recipient of the 2013 UW Tacoma Distinguished Community Engagement Award.
June 17, 2013
