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.
Nineteen grants in 2009 from two UW Tacoma endowments will help faculty, staff and students by supporting scholarship, research and campus improvements.
Social Work Assistant Professor Michelle Garner is a co-author of a new study of a "housing-first" approach to chronically homeless individuals with severe alcohol problems.