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Merchant of Nostalgia

Dr. Altaf Merchant can tell you why that grainy, black-and-white ad you just looked at turned you into a consumer.


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Student Leader Halfway around the World

A military-contracted fuel specialist completes his business course work with classmates while abroad in Afghanistan. Bernard Higgins is a role model in how he makes time to advance his education while serving our country.


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"Teamwork Makes the Dream Work"

It may be over, but the 2019 UW Tacoma Commencement lives on in video, photos and stories, proving (to crib from the poet John Donne) that no one is an island.


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2019 Honorees Set a High Bar

Students and faculty individually recognized at UW Tacoma's 2019 Commencement represent accomplishments in scholarship, community engagement and contributions to the campus and university.


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The Husky Family

The UW Tacoma Class of 2019: a passionate, tenacious and diverse group of graduates that are already out in the world making an impact. We present a sampling of their stories.


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Christie Peralta: Finishing the Puzzle

If life is a puzzle, Christie Peralta, '19, Business Administration/Management, is figuring out how it all fits together. She wants to help others puzzle it out.


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Justin Cabanos: Enabling Success

Justin Cabanos, '19, who comes from a long line of college graduates, knows that "success is never truly your own."


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Earth Day Brings a Swap Meet

A new UW Tacoma tradition may have started this Earth Day as students, faculty and staff launched a community-driven goods exchange rooted in an age-old tradition: the swap meet.