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GID Lab in Review: Spring 2025
Seven community design workshops as well as the Tri-Campus NextGen Civic Leader Corps Community of Practice made for an exciting Spring 2025 quarter in the Global Innovation and Design Lab
May 6, 2025Main Content
A Decade of Uplifting Indigenous Voices
The Indigenous Speaker Series, created by Professor Michelle Montgomery in 2015, helps Indigenous communities tell their stories.
March 12, 2025Main Content
The Thai Guys
Inspired by their immigrant parents, ‘Thai Guys’ and UW alumni Nuk, Nut and Note Suwanchote are aiming to change the conversation on Asian culture.
May 23, 2024Main Content
Omari Amili: Navigating the Post-Prison Pathway
Omari Amili, 2023-24 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and new Husky Post Prison Pathways program director, shares his vision for welcoming and supporting previously incarcerated people like himself.
March 28, 2024Main Content
School of Education Welcomes First Undergraduate Students
The B.A. in Education degree begins a new era in the school’s 32-year history.
March 22, 2024Main Content
Tabitha Espina: Writing the Invitation
As UW Tacoma’s new writing director, Tabitha Espina wants to celebrate students in all their strengths.
March 15, 2024Main Content
UWT NextGen Civic Leader Corps Program Builds Impact
The NextGen Civic Leader Corps Program expands to 24 students in just two quarters, with government and non profit partnerships opening up experiential learning in civic engagement.
March 9, 2024Main Content
Shared Futures Tackles Organizational Racism with Philip "Sharp Skills" Jacobs
The IIGE's Shared Futures networking event on February 28 featured Tacoma based entrepreneur, hip-hop artist, and author Philip “Sharp Skills” Jacobs, who provided a demo of Reveal the Elephant a game based on his book, Elephant in the Room.
March 7, 2024Main Content
IBJ's THRIVE CENTER TAKES FORM IN GID LAB
The Institute for Black Justice envisions a multicultural, integrated services delivery hub to serve communities in need. Design workshops and prototype testing from November 2023-February 2024 facilitated by the GID Lab produced a prototype of the THRIVE CENTER.
March 5, 2024Main Content
Courtney Acoff, ‘10, is a Community Cornerstone
She credits UW Tacoma with instilling in her the desire to give back to her community. She tells her story at the 2024 Unity Breakfast celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 12, 2024