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Global Honors Celebrates 20 Years of Excellence and Impact

Community leaders joined UW Tacoma leadership, alumni, staff, and students to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Global Honors and honor the long-standing support of the Bamford Foundation for the Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement

May 31, 2024
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IIGE Students Shine at National and Regional Conferences

The IIGE congratulates seven students across the NextGen Civic Leader Corps and Global Honors Programs for awards and conference acceptances nationally and regionally.

March 9, 2024
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When in Spain

A study abroad program helped a group of UW Tacoma students get the information they needed to build a new website for UW's León Center.

August 25, 2023
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Grant Funds Innovative Indigenous-Centered Study Abroad

The U.S. Department of State has awarded it’s first-ever IDEAS consortium grant to UW Tacoma for a program exploring tribal sovereignty and climate issues through an Indigenous lens.

June 30, 2023
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Chasing Her Dreams

UW Tacoma senior Angel Reddy's interest in science and travel opened doors for her both on and off campus.

March 1, 2023
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From the Heart

Alumna Amalia Perez’s choice of degrees and careers reflects her commitment to helping others.

February 14, 2023
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Kevin Yuan-Jie Liu: Puzzling Out a Path

Kevin Yuan-Jie Liu thought he wanted to be a diplomat, but the more he learned the more he thought law school a better fit for his gaming interests and personal style.

June 11, 2022
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Global Classroom: Video Chat with Vietnam

Students at UW Tacoma spent a quarter studying plastic pollution from a global perspective, working with students in Vietnam.

May 31, 2018
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Journalism Without Borders

For more than a decade, students from Moscow and Tacoma have been working together to develop an international understanding of journalism.

February 2, 2018
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Global Honors challenges students to engage with the world

Global Honors, UW Tacoma's undergraduate honors program, makes the world seem a smaller, more familiar place, according to its students.

September 19, 2011
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