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Kendy Trinh: Building a Foundation

Kendy Trinh, '18 Ethnic, Gender & Labor Studies, is a proud first-generation college graduate who has helped many other students build their own foundations for success.

June 7, 2018
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Multiple Versions of the Same Person

UW Tacoma faculty member Michelle Montgomery explores identity in her book about mixed-race American Indians.

May 9, 2018
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'To the Promised Land'

Dr. Martin Luther King's message of economic justice is the subject of a new book by UW Tacoma historian Michael Honey.

March 29, 2018
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Jay Novelo, '17, Ethnic, Gender & Labor Studies

A first-generation student, Jay Novelo is one of the Husky 100 and plans a career as a high school teacher.

June 9, 2017
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"Love and Solidarity" on screen in Tacoma, Seattle

Co-produced by Mike Honey and Errol Webber, and funded by the Fetzer Institute, the documentary "Love and Solidarity" ties together civil rights, immigrants and labor organizing.

October 22, 2015
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Dr. Michael Honey noted for "Labor" work

Beacon Press is publishing a paperback edition of "All Labor Has Dignity," the collected speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr., edited by UW Tacoma's Michael Honey.

May 23, 2012
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Exploring Tacoma's last historic frontier: South Tacoma Way

A project that began in a UW Tacoma classroom reveals the lively, but largely forgotten, stories of some of Tacoma’s oldest buildings in one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods.

December 27, 2011
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New majors in history, writing and Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences

The new degrees continue an ongoing shift in academic focus, away from concentrations and toward disciplinary majors.

October 5, 2011
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Guggenheim award supports study of Depression-era songwriter

Dr. Michael Honey, Haley Professor of Humanities at UW Tacoma, will record an oral history project on John Handcox, "an important but little-known figure in African American and labor history."

April 13, 2011
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