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Helping Students RISE

The Center for Equity and Inclusion's Levon Williams has developed a pilot program to help first-year students succeed.


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Making a Name for Herself

Robin Starr Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn brings an Indigenous perspective to the School of Education.


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Byron's Banishment

As recounted in UW Magazine, Byron Ragland’s encounter with police at a frozen yogurt shop shook his sense of belonging and reminded him that society’s doors still aren’t open to all.


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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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Bearing Witness

UW Tacoma Professor Marian Harris and graduate student Zea Mendoza recently spent a week helping asylum seekers held at the South Texas Family Residential Center.


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Reading for Social Justice

Real Lit[erature] bridges the gap between faculty, staff and students to cultivate conversations through literature about challenging issues facing our society.


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Higher (Education) Calling

Jimmy McCarty, UW Tacoma's new director of the Center for Equity and Inclusion, has a vision to make the space more creative, interactive and collaborative.