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The Class of 2021

Members of the Class of 2021 can hold their heads high as survivors and achievers. Through pandemic and polemic, they have completed the next stage of their journeys through life. We present a sampling of their stories.

June 10, 2021
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  • Alumni
  • Campus events
  • Equity & Inclusion
  • First Gen
  • Global Affairs
  • Graduate education
  • Milgard School of Business
  • School of Education
  • 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
  • Undergraduate education
  • Veteran & Military Affairs

Giving Voice, Securing Rights

This year’s Commencement student speaker, Davina Pasillas wants to encourage people to use their voices. She wants to inspire her siblings and her kids to shoot for the stars.

June 10, 2021
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  • School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
  • Social and Historical Studies
  • Student profiles
  • Undergraduate education
  • Veteran & Military Affairs

Service to Family and Military

Renée Guzman knows what it is like to grow up as a military child, from a family for whom service is a calling. With her degree in social welfare, she hopes to carry that service forward.

June 10, 2021
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  • School of Social Work & Criminal Justice
  • Student profiles
  • Undergraduate education
  • Veteran & Military Affairs

Ivan Lievanos: From Dream to Reality

Ivan Lievanos is using his experience in the National Guard to help veteran-connected students succeed in college.

May 21, 2021
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  • Alumni Profiles
  • First Gen
  • School of Urban Studies
  • Student Affairs
  • Student profiles
  • Veteran & Military Affairs

Taking Care

UW Tacoma alumna Joy Chang served as a medic in the army, an emergency room nurse at Tacoma General and now works as a nurse practitioner in a private practice.

March 19, 2021
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  • School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
  • Science and Mathematics
  • Student profiles
  • Veteran & Military Affairs

Founding Stories: The Black Student Union

Linda Ishem, Lisa Faircloth, Jamie McGee and Chana Lawson talk about the Black Student Union, the first student organization at UW Tacoma.

February 18, 2021
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  • Alumni
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  • Equity & Inclusion
  • Faculty Profiles
  • Library
  • School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
  • Student Affairs
  • Center for Student Involvement
  • Undergraduate education
  • Veteran & Military Affairs

The Best She Can Be

Alumna Chelsi Johnson took the strategic communications skills she learned at UW Tacoma to the D.C. National Guard and the Department of Defense.

February 3, 2021
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  • School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
  • Culture, Art & Communications
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After Prison

Omari Amili spent time in prison before earning three degrees from UW Tacoma. He interviews 10 other people who graduated after they got out.

December 18, 2020
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  • Community support
  • Faculty Profiles
  • Milgard School of Business
  • School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
  • Social, Behavioral & Human Sciences
  • School of Urban Studies
  • Student profiles
  • Veteran & Military Affairs

Kathryn Davidson: Launching into Space

As one of the first to serve in the newly-created U.S. Space Force, Kathryn Davidson, ’20 B.S. Math, is honoring her mother’s legacy by ensuring a future for herself.

September 17, 2020
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A Giant Leap

Every student's journey to a degree is unique, and the great leap they take into the world beyond. Read about four 2020 grads: from psychology to cybersecurity to space!

September 16, 2020
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  • Alumni
  • Global Honors
  • Graduate education
  • Milgard School of Business
  • School of Education
  • School of Engineering & Technology
  • School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
  • Culture, Art & Communications
  • Politics, Philosophy & Public Affairs News
  • Science and Mathematics
  • Social and Historical Studies
  • Social, Behavioral & Human Sciences
  • School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
  • School of Social Work & Criminal Justice
  • School of Urban Studies
  • Student profiles
  • Undergraduate education
  • Veteran & Military Affairs