News Stories

Andre Jimenez: Reset and Redefine

ASUWT President Andre Jimenez sees the pandemic as an opportunity to rethink the student experience at UW Tacoma.

Selena Caldera: On a 'Quixotic Quest'

Military veteran Selena Caldera has been a political activist and labor organizer and says a law and policy degree and, soon, law school are a natural progression.

Bengisu Cicek: Getting to Campus

A monstrous commute and a pandemic didn’t curb Bengisu Cicek’s desire to take part in campus life, as a writer for The Ledger, an officer with ASUWT and president of the Muslim Student Association.

The Class of 2022

In 2022 we are celebrating thousands of UW Tacoma grads from 2020, 2021 and 2022.

An Organized Life

Mike Honey, a founding faculty member of UW Tacoma, may be retiring, but he will continue building on his legacy of 'telling the story, telling history, telling reality.'

Labor Solidarity Project Hosts Seminar on 'Revolutionary Nonviolence'

The event will feature a screening of a documentary on Rev. James Lawson, spiritual advisor to MLK, plus a discussion of nonviolent organizing and labor education by Dr. Kent Wong of UCLA, and local labor leaders commenting on the state of organizing in the northwest.

Alumna Runs for Tacoma Municipal Court Judge

Dee Ann “Dee” Sonntag is the embodiment of grit and advocacy. A graduate of both the University of Washington Tacoma (UWT) and the University of Washington Seattle (UW Law School), Sonntag is currently pursuing a position as a Municipal Court … Continue reading →

PPPA Capstone Class: Policing and Imprisonment in the US

Winter quarter 2022, Dr. Emily Thuma taught the PPPA seminar class (TPOLS 480) on the theme of Policing and Imprisonment in the United States. The TPOLS 480 seminar class is a requirement for all majors within the Division of Politics … Continue reading →

Call for Self-Nominations for the Annual PPPA Paper Prize

Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs (PPPA) students are invited to nominate a paper for this year’s PPPA Undergraduate Paper Prize award. This year there will be two prizes, one for papers of 15 or more pages and one for papers … Continue reading →