For the first time, a University of Washington Tacoma student will join the UW Board of Regents as the student representative for all three campuses (Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma).
Tacoma has been chosen as one of Outside magazine's top five towns to live in - and the University of Washington Tacoma is credited with making a major contribution to the city's revitalization.
Nearly 900 graduating students will be honored at UW Tacoma's 18th annual Commencement ceremony Friday, June 13, at 10 a.m. in the Tacoma Dome.
UW Tacoma celebrated 891 graduates in the Class of 2008 at its 18th annual Commencement ceremony Friday, June 13 in the Tacoma Dome.
UW Tacoma will begin national search for a new Vice Chancellor for Advancement.
Dr. Michael Honey will be recognized for his book, "Going Down Jericho Road," at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. at a ceremony on May 27, 2008.
Dr. Annette Henry has received the Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award from the American Educational Research Association.
Dr. Michael Honey was awarded the Organization of American Historians' Liberty Legacy Foundation Award for "Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign."
Recipients, representing the South Sound's best business leaders, include Michael A. Tucci, Ben Pentecost and George Cargill.
A 1908 fire in UW Tacoma's GWP building, then occupied by Davis, Smith & Co., is commemorated by a photo display on the building's 3rd floor.
