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Global Classroom: Video Chat with Vietnam

May 31, 2018

Students at UW Tacoma spent a quarter studying plastic pollution from a global perspective, working with students in Vietnam.

Alumna Sarah Rolfing cutting a ribbon on a new bathroom surrounded by children in Kenya

Global Studies alumna Sarah Rolfing making a difference in Kenya

January 12, 2017

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