The College of Arts and Sciences is proud to honor the recipients of the 2021 Student Awards, Departmental Awards, Department Honors, and Student Executive Council Teacher, Advisor, and Staff Member of the Year, and our graduating members of the Student Executive Council.
Undergraduate: Richard P. Hickey Award; Fr. William Le Roux, S.J. Leadership Award
Graduate: Leadership and Professional Engagement Award; Wallace Loh Academic Excellence Award; Social Justice and Community Engagement Award
Majors: Psychology and Philosophy with Departmental Honors
Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Portland, OR
Majors: Humanities and English with Department Honors
Minor: Writing Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Phoenix, AZ
Master of Social Work
Master of Nonprofit Leadership
Master of Arts in Psychology
At the core, none of us were meant to be common.
We were born to be comets,
Darting across space and time —
Leaving our mark as we crash into everything.
-- Donovan Livingston, poet, educator
Recognizing academic achievement and scholastic excellence across the many disciplines in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Each recipient receives a medal marking their accomplishment.
Major: Sociology
Minor: Spanish
Magna Cum Laude
Hometown: Pasadena, CA
Major: Anthropology with Departmental Honors
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Major: Cultural Anthropology
Hometown: Waimea, Big Island, HI
Major: Sociology
Minors: Japanese and Asian Studies
Cum Laude
Hometown: Milpitas, CA, and Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Major: Cultural Anthropology
Minor: French
Hometown: White Bear Lake, MN
Art and Art History
Major: Design
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Seattle WA
Art and Art History
Major: Visual Art
Hometown: Līhuʻe, Kaua'i, HI
Majors: Photography and Film Studies
Hometown: Spokane, WA
Majors: Art History with Departmental Honors and Philosophy
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Majors: Communication and Media, with Specialization in Strategic Communication and Political Science with Departmental Honors and Specialization in Legal Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: University Place, WA
Major: Communication and Media, Communication Studies Specialization
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Kirkland, WA
Major: Communication and Media, with Communication Studies and Strategic Communication Specializations
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Shanghai, China
Major: Criminal Justice Forensic Science Specialization
Hometown: Kent, WA
Major: Criminal Justice Criminology and Criminal Justice Theory Specialization with Departmental Honors, Minor in Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Hometown: Kirkland, WA
Major: Criminal Justice Forensic Psychology Specialization and Spanish
Hometown: Portland, OR
Major: Criminal Justice Administration of Justice Specialization, Minor in Psychology
Cum Laude
Hometown: Bothell, WA
Major: Criminal Justice Major Forensic Psychology Specialization
Minor: Psychology
Hometown: Auburn, WA
Major: English with Honors
Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Major: English, Creative Writing with Department Honors and Environmental Studies
Cum Laude
Hometown: El Cerrito, CA
Majors English with Department Honors and Humanities
Minor: Writing Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Major: Environmental Studies
Hometown: Davis, CA
Majors: Environmental Studies and Public Affairs
Minor: Biology
Hometown: Portland, OR
Majors: Environmental Studies and English Creative Writing with Department Honors
Hometown: El Cerrito, CA
Major: Film Studies and Interdisciplinary Arts
Hometown: Spokane, WA
Major: History with Department Honors and Philosophy with Department Honors
History, Philosophy, University Honors Program (Intellectual Traditions Track)
Hometown: Salinas, CA
Majors: History and Humanities for Teaching
Minors: Arabic and Art History
Hometown: Newbury Park, CA
Majors: History with Departmental Honors and Spanish
Minor: Latin American Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Hometown: Gig Harbor, WA
Majors: History with Departmental Honors and Spanish
Hometown: Redmond, WA
Major: Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Major: Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Southampton, MA
Major: International Studies
Minors: Women, Gender, and Sexualtiy Studies and Economics
University Honors
Hometown: Portland, OR
Major: Kinesiology with Department Honors
Hometown: Santa Clarita, CA
Major: Humanities for Teaching
Magna Cum Laude
Hometown: Glendale, CA
Majors: Matteo Ricci Institute Humanities and English with Department Honors
Minor: Writing Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Phoenix, AZ
Major: Accounting
Magna Cum Laude
Hometown: Pomona, CA
Majors: French and International Studies
Cum Laude
Hometown: Mabalacat City, Pampanga, Philippines
Majors: Spanish and International Studies with Departmental Honors
Hometown: Hayward, CA
Majors: Theatre and Arts Leadership with Departmental Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Grass Valley, CA
Majors: Theatre with Departmental Honors and Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Majors: Philosophy and Political Science
Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Majors: Philosophy and Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Corvalis, MT
Majors: Philosophy with Departmental Honors and Psychology
Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Portland, OR
Majors: Political Science and Theology and Religious Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Saint Paul, MN
Major: Political Science with Legal Specialization
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Majors: Political Science with Departmental Honors Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies with Departmental Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Sammamish, WA
Majors: Psychology and Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Half Moon Bay, CA
Major: Psychology
Minor: Spanish
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Arcadia, CA
Majors: Psychology and Philosophy
Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Portland, OR
Major: Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Kirkland, WA
Major: Psychology
Minor: Environmental Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Issaquah, WA
Majors: Psychology and Theatre with Departmental Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Major: Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Venice, FL
Majors: Public Affairs and Environmental Studies
Hometown: Portland, OR
Major: Social Work
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Charleston, SC
Major: Social Work
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Charleston, SC
Majors: Social Work and Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Sammamish, WA
Major: Social Work
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Jackson Hole, WY
Major: Social Work with Departmental Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Aguascalientes, Mexico
Majors: Theology and Religious Studies and Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Saint Paul, MN
Majors: Women and Gender Studies with Departmental Honors and Political Science with Departmental Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Hometown: Sammamish, WA
Majoring with departmental honors offers an opportunity for motivated and capable students to engage in extensive interaction with faculty and complete challenging directed study projects and research in their major.
Samantha Cremer / Karan Desai
Emma Ming Wahl
Sophia Evans / Alana Golding / Michela Richardson
Haley A. Beaver / Ella J. Campbell / Alia H. Fukumoto / Katherine P. Howard / Erin T. Hunley / Grace A. Kohler / Annika H. Le / Nicolas W. Loduca / Brandon A. McWilliams / Anna S. Petgrave / Sarah M. Salame / Elena L. Selthun / Joshua H. Wagner-Smith
Mary Sweeney
Rachel Adamek / Mindy Miller / Yasmin Shirzad
Jennifer Wong
Sophia Martin / Lily Noto / Talia Rossi
Mia Altieri / Hana Cooper / Neha Hazra / Genesis Williamson
Mia Altieri / Sarah Cerdena / Gabriella Fitz / Laurel Petrik / Pichpanharath Seng
Elizabeth Vargas
Olivia DiGiorno / Tayz Hernandez-Campero / Megan Oakes
Ariana Siddiqui Dennis / Natalie Rahn
Each year, the Student Executive Council invites all students in the College of Arts and Sciences to nominate the teachers, advisors and staff members that have made a significant impact on their education and life. This award honors a Professor, Academic Advisor, and Staff member for exceptional contributions made towards the intellectual and personal growth of Seattle University students.
Associate Professor, Communication and Media
Academic Advisor
Administrative Assistant, Communication and Media
Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.
The Arts & Sciences Student Executive Council is a student advisory board to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The undergraduate students each represent a different department or program in the College as well as the student body as a whole. The representatives act as the students’ voice to those who can make change happen in the College and in each department and program, working as a link between students, the Dean, and the leadership of each department.
Congratulations to the Class of 2021