On June 9, 2023, the Department of Geography celebrated over 130 B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. recipients at our annual Convocation Ceremony! Professor Bo Zhao, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, and Professor Suzanne Withers, Graduate Program Coordinator, announced the following honorees who received awards from the department and from other units at UW:
Graduate Awards & Recognitions
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Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching |
Xiaoqi "Steven" Bao, Danielle Lynn Brown |
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Edward L. Ullman Doctoral Award for Excellence in Scholarship |
Aja Marie Sutton |
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Edward L. Ullman Masters Award for Excellence in Scholarship |
Hanover Madison Williams Vale |
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Howard Martin Medal for Extraordinary Achievement in Scholarship, Teaching & Service |
Ellie Cleasby |
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Outstanding Departmental Service Award |
Olivia Orosco |
Undergraduate Awards & Recognitions
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Community Service & Public Engagement Award |
Mingao Johnny He, Eva Hudak |
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Outstanding Senior Award |
Collin Pucher, Natalie Roy, Ryan Anthony Singh, Aaron Thai Duc Jr |
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Dean's Medal Nominee |
Natalie Roy |
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Honors in Geography 2022-2023 |
Grace Abernethy |
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Husky 100 |
Katelyn Saechao |
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College of Arts & Sciences Burton Memorial Scholarship Award |
Kels Rizzo |
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Mary Gates Scholarship |
Eva Hudak |
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Geography Undergraduate Research Symposium, Live Lightning Talks Session I Prize |
Eva Hudak |
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Geography Undergraduate Research Symposium, Live Lightning Talks Session I Honorable Mention |
Haochen Miao, Calvin Standaert, Ronan White |
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Geography Undergraduate Research Symposium, Live Lightning Talks Session II Prize |
Yuantai Li |
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Geography Undergraduate Research Symposium Gallery Prize |
Karena Iliakis |
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Geography Undergraduate Research Symposium Gallery Honorable Mention |
Edward Kim |
Each year, graduating seniors have the opportunity to nominate an instructor for the Award for Faculty Excellence in Teaching. The recipient of this year’s award is Professor Bo Zhao. Geography majors shared their appreciation for Professor Zhao with their nominations:
- "Dr. Zhao allowed room for question and error as well as provided great insight into the Geography Data Science Option and why it is important!"
- "Professor Zhao helped me a great deal in learning about the applications of web programming for GIS. We met during office hours frequently, and he provided guidance and resources that enabled me to create a great web map/and learn a lot about web programming/mapping."
- "Bo Zhao's classes often pushed me to think critically about ethical and technological concerns. He allowed me the freedom to explore topics that were valuable to me while also giving me more experience with working in a team to achieve and end goal and deliverable."
- "Professor Zhao provided numerous resources to elevate the learning in his classes."
- "Professor Zhao made sure that every individual in his class excelled at every project completed. He gave us valuable insights into his research and experiences that really enabled my personal learning."
- "He incorporated a lot of trending topics in GIS into his teachings which really interested me."
The 26th Annual Geography Undergraduate Research Symposium remains live on the Department of Geography website and features the award winners noted above as well as many other impressive projects in the online Symposium Gallery.