Starting Sept. 1, Dr. James W. Harrington will support the academic dean and directors, and ensure integrity of the tenure and promotion process.
Each year, UW Tacoma awards scholarships to seven transfer students from the region's community colleges. The scholarship was created in 1998 through the generosity of 30 donors.
A Next Step Scholarship recipient and a junior in urban studies and communications, Malia Ramos has found skills she never realized she had.
A community collaboration created the Zina Linnik Project in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood.
The Urban Studies program is holding an open forum, The Urban University, to examine how universities interact with their host cities.
Dr. Mark Pendras, assistant professor of urban studies, will receive the 2010 UW Distinguished Teaching Award.
Nineteen grants in 2009 from two UW Tacoma endowments will help faculty, staff and students by supporting scholarship, research and campus improvements.
For the first time, a University of Washington Tacoma student will join the UW Board of Regents as the student representative for all three campuses (Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma).
