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National Science Foundation Awards UW Tacoma $1.5 Million for Phase Two of ACCESS in STEM Program

Over the next seven years, new cohorts of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need will get support from UW Tacoma to pursue STEM education.

March 7, 2022
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Rolling Up His Sleeves

Charles Emlet's experience as a social worker lead him to UW Tacoma and a career that changed our understanding of aging in vulnerable communities.

February 4, 2022
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Huatong Sun Wins Advancement of Knowledge Award

The Conference on College Composition and Communication will recognize Dr. Huatong Sun's scholarly work Global Social Media Design.

January 14, 2022
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The Accumulated Wisdom of Tom Diehm

After spending 24 years at UW Tacoma connecting social work students to agencies, Tom Diehm knows something about community building and the costs of field experience.

January 6, 2022
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New Faculty at UW Tacoma in 2021-22

Meet 20 faculty members who have recently joined the UW Tacoma community.

December 17, 2021
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UW Athletic Director Jen Cohen to Teach at UW Tacoma

Jen Cohen, UW Athletic Director and Tacoma native, will teach a course in sports enterprise management at the Milgard School of Business this winter.

November 3, 2021
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Creating a Community of Fixers

Dr. Emese Hadnagy and her new faculty colleagues are designing UW Tacoma’s new civil engineering program to be inclusive and engaged.

October 28, 2021
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Doing the Hard but Necessary Work

Kurt Hatch brings his skills and knowledge as an anti-racist educator to the School of Education's Educational Administration Program.

October 15, 2021
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Someone to Look Up To

Social Work & Criminal Justice Dean Keva Miller has become a person like those who nurtured and mentored her throughout her life — someone whom others look up to.

October 8, 2021
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Convocation Kicks Off the New Academic Year

Hear and see what it was like when we came together face-to-face as a community for the first time in 19 months.

September 30, 2021
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