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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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Wonderful women: Five UW Tacoma women honored

Julie Draper, Cheryl Greengrove, Kelly Kledzik, Bobbe Miller-Murray and Alina Urbanec were honored as outstanding University of Washington women.

March 19, 2009
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The films are alive with the sound of music

Dr. Claudia Gorbman has received the 2009-09 Distinguished Research Award, recognizing her research on film music.

March 12, 2009
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Changing the world, one student at a time

Social Work Associate Professor Janice Laakso honored for outstanding teaching.

March 12, 2009
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Professor earns Robert F. Kennedy Book Award

Dr. Michael Honey will be recognized for his book, "Going Down Jericho Road," at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. at a ceremony on May 27, 2008.

May 22, 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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History professor earns civil rights book award

Dr. Michael Honey was awarded the Organization of American Historians' Liberty Legacy Foundation Award for "Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign."

March 31, 2008
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Three to be honored with Business Leadership Awards

Recipients, representing the South Sound's best business leaders, include Michael A. Tucci, Ben Pentecost and George Cargill.

March 6, 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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UW Tacoma receives award from Citizens for a Healthy Bay

The "Bay Hero Award, Excellence in Environmental Education" recognizes the proposed Urban Waters program now under development.

October 8, 2007
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