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IIGE Welcomes Record Enrollment; Students Explore North Star

Students, faculty, and community members packed the GID Lab for the IIGE's Fall Welcome on October 3, 2025. A fun and interactive session with Advisory Board members Tim Strege, Jennifer English, Elizabeth Donkervoort, and Phil Jacobs drew out career experiences and aspirations.

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Global Innovation and Design Lab tackles global, national issues

Summer and Fall 2024 brought exciting projects to the UW Tacoma Global Innovation and Design (GID) Lab, as clients in business, industry, government, education, and non profit sectors grappled with moving policies to action and removing barriers to critical resources.

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Inaugural NextGen Civic Leader Corps Graduates

NextGen grew steadily from 11 to 34 students during its inaugural year, attracting enthusiastic students from 12 majors. A dozen graduated this Spring. Next year a Student Organization will strengthen connections across UW campuses and 19 universities in the NextGen network.

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Global Engagement Conference draws record attendance

The 5th Annual Global Engagement Conference on May 22 was a tremendous success with around 200 attendees including over 60 undergraduates across five area institutions presenting research and projects connected to the theme, "Sustainable Solutions for our Interdependent World."