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Meet some of our terrific students: Dawit Bekele

A senior in the Milgard School of Business accounting program, Dawit Bekele is a Milgard Scholar and a recipient of the Husky Promise and Next Step Scholarships.

July 19, 2011
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  • Milgard School of Business
  • Scholarship profiles
  • Student Affairs
  • Student profiles
  • Undergraduate education

Meet some of our terrific students: Gladys Mondragon

A junior in UW Tacoma's social welfare program, Gladys Mondragon is a recipient of several scholarships, including the Husky Promise.

July 19, 2011
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  • Scholarship profiles
  • School of Social Work & Criminal Justice
  • Student Affairs
  • Student profiles
  • Undergraduate education

Meet some of our terrific students: Malia Ramos

A Next Step Scholarship recipient and a junior in urban studies and communications, Malia Ramos has found skills she never realized she had.

July 19, 2011
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  • Scholarship profiles
  • School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
  • Culture, Art & Communications
  • School of Urban Studies
  • Student Affairs
  • Student profiles
  • Undergraduate education

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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  • Advancement
  • Alumni
  • Milgard School of Business
  • School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
  • School of Social Work & Criminal Justice
  • Student Affairs

Alternative Spring Break Changes Lives

A group of volunteers spent a week in Sacramento, Calif., working with Habitat for Humanity and Boys & Girls Clubs on community housing projects.

April 25, 2011
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  • Community partnerships
  • Student Affairs
  • Center for Student Involvement

Space shuttle Discovery's last voyage carries UW Tacoma MSL students' signatures

Signatures of 20 middle- and high-school students from UW Tacoma's Math, Science, Leadership (MSL) will be lofted into space as part of Lockheed Martin's and NASA's "Student Signatures in Space" program.

November 1, 2010
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  • Community partnerships
  • Student Affairs
  • Student Transitions & Success

Enrollment up, transfers up, students finishing degrees

For the sixth straight year, autumn enrollment at UW Tacoma was up from the previous year. Autumn 2010 enrollment stands at a headcount of 3,331 students.

October 18, 2010
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  • Academic Affairs
  • Administration
  • Advancement
  • Student Affairs
  • Registrar

Helping students help others

Students taking part in UW Tacoma's Spring Breakaway program are partnering with Habitat for Humanity to help build houses.

August 18, 2010
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  • Community partnerships
  • Student Affairs
  • Center for Student Involvement

UW Tacoma opens its first Student Health Services

In partnership with Franciscan Medical Group, a staffed facility will open in Laborers Hall.

August 5, 2010
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  • Campus facilities
  • Student Affairs
  • Recreation and wellness
  • Student governance

Student healthcare clinic to open this summer

Tacoma-based Franciscan Medical Group will provide outpatient and preventive medical care at a new UW Tacoma student clinic.

May 19, 2010
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  • Campus facilities
  • Student Affairs
  • Recreation and wellness