Want to know what it's like to work in Public Health? Join us for our first annual Public Health Practicum Symposium!
Hear from current students about their internship experiences with Fred Hutch, Multicare, Tacoma Pierce county Health Department and more.

Israel, Palestine, and Gaza have multiple, entangled, and conflicting pasts. Professor Halperin will help us understand some of the historical frameworks that can be useful for understanding current events and how things got to this point, and will discuss how several of the groups most invested in these issues stitch together histories of the past and present as they envision potential futures.

This is a campus community event only.

In this presentation, Professor Andrew Gardner describes an astonishing new preliminary interview conducted with a transnational migrant residing in the vicinity of Tacoma. What might we grasp from this singular data point? Let's have a group discussion about the issues and concerns that might inform subsequent interviews to be conducted for this project.

Since 2014, Trio Guadalevin has literally traversed the parts of the world which taken their unique sound to stages all across America, both entertaining and educating their audiences to the musical connections ranging from the Mediterranean to Mexico, employing a wealth of instruments and techniques which reimagine the musical dialogue between indigenous, European and African cultures.

This hour-long session will prepare participants to recognize and respond to emergencies such as alcohol poisoning, opioid overdose/fentanyl poisoning. This This educational workshop is recommended for all people who use substances such as alcohol and other drugs, as well as those who may present when others are using. Training on how and when to administer Naloxone (Narcan) will be included.

A community-based presentation that covers the general scope of suicide, the research on prevention, and what people can do to fight suicide. Participants will learn common risk factors and warning signs associated with suicide and how to keep themselves and others safe.

Singer/songwriter and 2014 and 2016 Native American Music Award winning Flute Player of the Year, accompanied by guitarist Bruce Witham, they've recorded four award-winning albums and have performed on stages nationwide and abroad. They have always said, "We will perform for 5 or 1,500", and have done both. For Rona and Bruce, it's all about blessing people's lives with the music...created with the intention to inspire, uplift, and fill the listener with peace, hope, and happiness, leading to visions of joy, love, and prosperity.

This hour-long session will prepare participants to recognize and respond to emergencies such as alcohol poisoning, opioid overdose/fentanyl poisoning. This This educational workshop is recommended for all people who use substances such as alcohol and other drugs, as well as those who may present when others are using. Training on how and when to administer Naloxone (Narcan) will be included.

Funmilola Fagbamila is a Nigerian-American playwright, performance artist and professor. Her internationally touring stage play “The Intersection” has been met with critical acclaim by thinkers and artists such as Angela Davis and Erykah Badu. As an international public speaker, Funmilola has delivered keynote addresses, lectures and performances at universities across the U.S. and Europe. Some of the venues include UCLA School of Law, Oxford University, Dartmouth, Stanford and Harvard.

In 2022, the US Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Have we returned to a pre-Roe legal landscape? A comparison between state statutes before Roe and after Dobbs, reveals some expected similarities, some significant differences, and some surprises.