The University of Washington Tacoma announced Thursday it will host a public memorial on Sat., Feb. 15, at 2 p.m. at William W. Philip Hall, 1900 Commerce St., on the UW Tacoma campus to honor Chancellor Debra Friedman, who died of lung cancer on Sun., Jan. 26 at the age of 58. In addition, the UW Foundation has established the Debra Friedman Memorial Scholarship Fund. Gifts to support student scholarships in her memory may be made online at tacoma.uw.edu/chancellor or by calling (253) 692-4753.

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• Friedman, UW Tacoma Chancellor, dies at 58 (Tacoma Daily Index, January 27, 2014)
• Convocation marks new academic year at UW Tacoma (Tacoma Daily Index, September 24, 2013)
• UW Tacoma: Design team selected for University Y Student Center (Tacoma Daily Index, July 22, 2013)
• Program offers UW Tacoma students paid internships at City Hall, United Way of Pierce County(Tacoma Daily Index, February 26, 2013)
• Tacoma City Council to discuss Tacoma Link expansion, UWT Prairie Line Trail (Tacoma Daily Index, January 18, 2013)
• UW Tacoma, YMCA to partner on new downtown facility (Tacoma Daily Index, January 16, 2013)
• $1B capital budget is boon for South Sound colleges (Tacoma Daily Index, April 24, 2012)
• UW Tacoma scholarship drive raises $525K (Tacoma Daily Index, February 1, 2012)
• A bird’s-eye view of UW Tacoma’s Tioga Library construction project (Tacoma Daily Index, September 22, 2011)
• UW Tacoma announces $1M scholarship program (Tacoma Daily Index, July 20, 2011)
• UW Tacoma chancellor arrives in July (Tacoma Daily Index, June 28, 2011)
• UW Tacoma selects new chancellor (Tacoma Daily Index, April 21, 2011)