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Honoring Divya McMillin, the Heart of Global Honors

Divya McMillin, the director of the UW Tacoma Global Honors program, reflects on the impact of asking students to look at the world from a completely different angle.

June 13, 2013
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The West Side is the Best Side

Dr. Carolyn West has been named the recipient of the 2013 Distinguished Teaching Award at UW Tacoma.

June 10, 2013
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How UW Tacoma faculty are enhancing teaching with technology

In a new report from the UW Provost's office, 16 UW faculty, including seven from the Tacoma campus, describe how they are embracing innovation to enhance their pedagogy.

March 3, 2013
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Geographers seek stories of Seattle's pre-AIDS gay communities

Larry Knopp, professor and director of interdisciplinary arts and sciences, and Michael Brown, a geography professor at UW in Seattle, are piecing together how policies related to alcohol and public health shaped gay and lesbian life in Seattle pre-AIDS.

June 14, 2012
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Bringing global media to the local audience

Dr. Divya McMillin, the recipient of the 2012 Distinguished Research Award, is a groundbreaking scholar in the field of international communication.

June 6, 2012
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Dr. Michael Honey noted for "Labor" work

Beacon Press is publishing a paperback edition of "All Labor Has Dignity," the collected speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr., edited by UW Tacoma's Michael Honey.

May 23, 2012
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Grant will help train teachers to teach ESL students

A $2 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education will establish the Communities of Practice for Teaching English Language Learners program.

May 21, 2012
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Homeless heavy drinkers imbibe less when housing allows alcohol

Michelle Garner, associate professor of social work, is part of a research team that studies a housing project that allows chronically homeless people with severe alcohol problems to drink in their apartments.

January 24, 2012
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New Institute of Technology director is right-brain-left-brain leader

Rob Friedman comes to Tacoma from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he focused on merging humanities and technology.

December 20, 2011
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