UW Tacoma announces fundraising plan to help provide scholarship aid

The University of Washington Tacoma on Wednesday launched a fundraising effort to provide scholarship help to cash-strapped students facing a 20 percent tuition and fee increase this fall.
The Step Up Scholarships will be awarded to UWT students based on both need and merit, said the university’s new chancellor, Debra Friedman.
She announced the drive in a speech Wednesday to the City Club of Tacoma. It was her first off-campus speech since she assumed her post July 1.