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Motion to Admit

The recently launched Legal Pathways Initiative aims to build a pre-law pipeline at UW Tacoma.


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LeShawn Gamble: Portrait of an Artist

UW Tacoma student LeShawn Gamble has overcome traumatic injury and incarceration to become a leading voice and artist in the community.


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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.


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Emily Clouse: Relentless Curiosity

Emily Clouse, '18 Psychology, relates her experience in the U.S. military to her desire to improve the outlook for formerly incarcerated people and her interest in the moral foundations of war.


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Isabell Murray: Best Foot Forward

UW Tacoma junior Isabell Murray is using her status as Miss Pierce County to help raise awareness about juvenile incarceration.


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Telling Their Stories

Assistant Professors Rachel Hershberg and Vanessa de Veritch Woodside are using interviews to understand the effects of detention on immigrants and refugees in the South Sound.


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Serious About Play

UW Tacoma Lecturer Luke Perone uses play in the classroom to encourage learning and development.