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Social Work Associate Professor Janice Laakso honored for outstanding teaching.

March 12, 2009

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UW Tacoma holds conference on Native peoples in higher education

UW Tacoma will hold its first conference on higher education and Native Americans, featuring presentations that highlight contemporary issues facing Indigenous people in higher education, such as the absence of Indigenous heritage and history in academic courses and literature.

October 3, 2008

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Tacoma student named to UW Board of Regents

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).

July 15, 2008

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UW Tacoma to honor 900 at Commencement

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.

June 11, 2008

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UW Tacoma honors nearly 900 at Commencement

UW Tacoma celebrated 891 graduates in the Class of 2008 at its 18th annual Commencement ceremony Friday, June 13 in the Tacoma Dome.

June 11, 2008

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Henry honored for race and gender equity research

Dr. Annette Henry has received the Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award from the American Educational Research Association.

April 4, 2008

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Baird named Fulbright Scholar

UW Tacoma Associate Professor Katie Baird has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture on economics and perform research on education policy at the University of Pais Vasco in Bilbao, Spain, during the 2007-2008 academic year.

December 13, 2007

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UWT receives an additional $2 million for its first endowed deanship

James A. Milgard and the Gary E. Milgard Family Foundation have made a $2 million donation to the University of Washington Tacoma to establish the campus' first endowed deanship.

December 10, 2007

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UW Tacoma alumnus to head corporate social responsibility center

UW Tacoma MBA alumnus Joseph Lawless will be the first executive director of the Milgard School of Business' Center for Corporate Leadership & Social Responsibility.

September 5, 2007

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Faculty member hired for Port of Tacoma Chair

The University of Washington Tacoma has hired Dr. Joel Baker, a leading researcher of water pollution in marine environments, as the first holder of the Port of Tacoma Chair.

July 26, 2007

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