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UW Tacoma offers first doctoral degree in Educational Leadership

A three-year Ed.D. program will launch in summer 2013. Enrolling 30 students, the program will offer three options: P-12 Superintendent, Nursing Education and Higher Education.

May 3, 2012
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  • Academic Affairs
  • Graduate education
  • School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership

Delilah Bruskas, Champion for Foster Children

Delilah Bruskas experienced first-hand the Washington foster-care system and is now helping to make connections between childhood experiences and adult health.

January 12, 2012
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Meet the 2011 Next Step Scholars

Each year, UW Tacoma awards scholarships to seven transfer students from the region's community colleges. The scholarship was created in 1998 through the generosity of 30 donors.

July 27, 2011
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  • Milgard School of Business
  • School of Engineering & Technology
  • School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
  • School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
  • School of Social Work & Criminal Justice
  • School of Urban Studies
  • Student Affairs
  • Student profiles

Thank you to UW Tacoma staff and faculty retirees

A slightly belated salute to faculty and staff who retired in 2010-11.

July 11, 2011
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Amazing grads from the Class of 2011

Six members of the Class of 2011 represent the determination, compassion, achievement and pluckiness that are the hallmarks of UW Tacoma alumni.

July 5, 2011
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  • Milgard School of Business
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Award-winning nurse believes in the Golden Rule

Jan Runbeck is the recipient of the UW Tacoma 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award. She was one of the country's first nurse practitioners, and generously volunteers her time and knowledge.

June 10, 2009
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Nursing profession celebrates a century of service in Washington

One hundred years of nursing history in Washington will be marked by a traveling history exhibit curated in part by UW Tacoma students, faculty and graduates.

April 13, 2009
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Doctors support nurses through new UW Tacoma scholarship

Thirty-one area physicians and other donors have established the Physicians' Nursing Scholarship Fund to help nurses continue their education.

February 26, 2007
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  • Scholarship profiles
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