Jan Runbeck is the recipient of the UW Tacoma 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award. She was one of the country's first nurse practitioners, and generously volunteers her time and knowledge.
Julie Draper, Cheryl Greengrove, Kelly Kledzik, Bobbe Miller-Murray and Alina Urbanec were honored as outstanding University of Washington women.
Dr. Claudia Gorbman has received the 2009-09 Distinguished Research Award, recognizing her research on film music.
Social Work Associate Professor Janice Laakso honored for outstanding teaching.
Dr. Michael Honey will be recognized for his book, "Going Down Jericho Road," at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. at a ceremony on May 27, 2008.
Dr. Annette Henry has received the Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award from the American Educational Research Association.
Dr. Michael Honey was awarded the Organization of American Historians' Liberty Legacy Foundation Award for "Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign."
Recipients, representing the South Sound's best business leaders, include Michael A. Tucci, Ben Pentecost and George Cargill.
UW Tacoma Associate Professor Katie Baird has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture on economics and perform research on education policy at the University of Pais Vasco in Bilbao, Spain, during the 2007-2008 academic year.
The "Bay Hero Award, Excellence in Environmental Education" recognizes the proposed Urban Waters program now under development.
