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Kendy Trinh: Building a Foundation

Kendy Trinh, '18 Ethnic, Gender & Labor Studies, is a proud first-generation college graduate who has helped many other students build their own foundations for success.

June 7, 2018
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Beck Adelante: Finding Their Way

Beck Adelante, '18 Arts, Media & Culture, learned to be brave at UW Tacoma, and translated that onto the stage and into a Husky 100 award.

June 6, 2018
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Fadumo Abdirahman: Doing Things First

Fadumo Abdirahman, '18 Communication, put her passion for human-centered design and diversifying STEM fields into practice as a member of the research team for Project EMAR.

June 6, 2018
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Youcef Bennour: Opportunity Can Change a Life

Youcef Bennour, ’18 Computer Science & Systems, wants to use his life experience to help others receive an education.

June 6, 2018
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Brit Barnhouse: Being Anti-Zenosyne

Brit Barnhouse, ’18 Writing Studies, immersed herself fully into an ocean of words, becoming editor of Tahoma West and mentoring writers at the Teaching & Learning Center.

June 6, 2018
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Ryan Hanley: Going His Own Way

Ryan Hanley, ’18 Environmental Science, sees how the earth’s many natural, social and political processes unite into one system.

June 6, 2018
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Emily Clouse: Relentless Curiosity

Emily Clouse, '18 Psychology, relates her experience in the U.S. military to her desire to improve the outlook for formerly incarcerated people and her interest in the moral foundations of war.

June 6, 2018
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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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Generating Buzz

Foraging the Hive, a new art installation by Senior Lecturer Tyler Budge and his artistic partner Sara Young combines bees, test tubes and discarded items.

May 30, 2018
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Jim Gawel: Learning From a Lake

When Jim Gawel looks at a lake, he sees an opportunity to learn--not just for the students he instructs, but for entire populations who rely on and reside by those water bodies.

May 25, 2018
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