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Student Awards
2023 Awards
2022 Awards
Awards & Recipients
The following awards are conferred annually to students for their outstanding work. To submit information with other student achievements, email uwturban@uw.edu.
Academic Excellence:
Altynbyek Kunbai
Brian Njoroge
Service to the School:
Raisa Baker
Ryan Wicklund
Service to the Community:
Rachel Bell
Matthew Chastain
Outstanding Research or Project:
Jennifer Hunt
Alan Butler
Catalyst Award for Academic Promise:
Gia Valentine
Previous years awards
2023 Jennifer Hunt, Urban Studies - Community Development & Planning
2023 Kristin Bauer, Urban Design
2022 Samantha June Smith, Sustainable Urban Development
2022 Taylor Ryan Braden, MS Geospatial Technologies
2022 Matthew Chastain, Urban Design
2022 Amanda Marie Pino, Urban Design
2021 Amanda L. Henritze, Urban Design
2021 Shaitan Wilson, Urban Studies – Community Development & Planning
2020 Olivia Snell, Sustainable Urban Development
2020 Whitney Emge, MS Geospatial Technologies
2020 Adam Nolan, MA Community Planning
2019 Raelin Goodwin, Sustainable Urban Development
2019 Virginia Phelps, Urban Studies – Community Development & Planning
2019 Lindsey Hannah, MS Geospatial Technologies
2019 Adam Nolan, MA Community Planning
2018 Corrine Armistead, MS Geospatial Technologies
2018 Elizabeth Higbee-Robinson, MA Community Planning
2018 Daniel Blinoe, Urban Studies – Community Development & Planning
2018 Shivani Lal, Sustainable Urban Development
2017 Kristine Coman, Urban Studies – Community Development and Planning
2017 Leslie Kirk, Sustainable Urban Development
2017 Anneka Olson, MA Community Planning
2017 Christina Chelf, MS Geospatial Technologies
2016 Taylor Jones, Sustainable Urban Development
2015 Kevin Bogue, Sustainable Urban Development
2014 Chris Lower, Sustainable Urban Development
2014 Hope St John, Urban Studies
2013 Clayton Wiebe, Sustainable Urban Development
2012 Susan McCleary, Sustainable Urban Development
2011 Dirk Fieldcamp, Urban Studies
2011 Oksana Shcherbina, Urban Studies
2010 Sarah Cutting, Sustainable Urban Development
2009 Elizabeth Johnson, Urban Studies
2008 James Mayhak, Urban Studies
2007 Molly Biehl, Urban Studies
2007 Robin Callow, Urban Studies
2023 Briana Kilmer, Sustainable Urban Development
2023 Ayush Joshi, MS Geospatial Technologies
2022 Amanda Henritze, Urban Design
2022 Peter Kaljian Combs, Sustainable Urban Development
2021 Antione H. Jordan, MA Community Planning
2020 Dennis Adjetey, Urban Design
2020 Alan Foote, Sustainable Urban Development
2019 Katrina Harris, Sustainable Urban Development
2019 Kimberly Miles, MS Geospatial Technologies
2019 Sarah McDaniel, Sustainable Urban Development
2018 Emily Casebeer, Sustainable Urban Development
2018 Anna McDermott, MS Geospatial Technologies
2018 Lauren Miles, MA Community Planning
2017 Jacob Cohen, Urban Studies
2017 Aleece Rose, Sustainable Urban Development
2016 Matthew S. Bufford, MS Geospatial Technologies
2016 Alecia Kuhl, Sustainable Urban Development
2015 Alecia Kuhl, Sustainable Urban Development
2014 Rachel Lindahl, Sustainable Urban Development
2013 Gina Owens, Urban Studies
2012 Natasha Boyde, Urban Studies
2012 Brian Boyd, Urban Studies
2011 Kathy O’Brien, Urban Studies
2010 Meghan Howey, Urban Studies
2009 Samantha Adams, Urban Studies
2008 Samantha Adams, Urban Studies
2007 Patrick Reed, Urban Studies
2023 Modou Nyang, MA Community Planning
2023 Daelen Gates, MS Geospatial Technologies
2022 Queenie P. Gipaya, Urban Design
2022 Michelle Burchett, MA Community Planning
2021 Angel L. Torres III, MA Community Planning
2020 Ainsley McCullough, MS Geospatial Technologies
2019 Charis Hnin, MA Community Planning
2019 Paulette Brown, Sustainable Urban Development
2019 Rebecca Dever, Sustainable Urban Development
2018 Amy Boucher, Sustainable Urban Development
2018 Leslie Kirk, Sustainable Urban Development
2018 Augustine Canales, GIS Certificate, BA Social Welfare
2017 Ben Fincher, MA Community Planning
2017 Mattie Wheeler, MS Geospatial Technologies
2016 Faith Ramos, Sustainable Urban Development
2015 Seth Lundgaard, Sustainable Urban Development
2014 Ursula Cheung, Urban Studies
2013 Leslie Young, Urban Studies
2012 Gabriel Rhee, Urban Studies
2011 Erich Dewald, Urban Studies
2010 Katherine O’Brien, Urban Studies
2009 Peter Baker, Urban Studies
2008 Jean-Paul Willynck, Urban Studies
2007 Clara Cheeves, Urban Studies
2023 Evan Mahnke, MS Geospatial Technologies
2023 Raisa Baker, Urban Design & GIS Certificate
2022 Liam Fisher, MS Geospatial Technologies
2022 Vanessa Umana, Urban Studies Community Development & Planning
2021 Ashleigh Williams, MA Community Planning
2021 Queenie Gipaya, Urban Design
2020 Kennedy Peterson, Urban Design
2020 Kevin Train, MS Geospatial Technologies
2019 Sarah Pyle, MS Geospatial Technologies
2019 Andrew Sorenson, MA Community Planning
2019 Ainsley McCullough, Social Work, GIS certificate
2019 Jennifer Nguyen, MA Community Planning
2019 Charis Hnin, MA Community Planning
2018 Anneka Olson, MA Community Planning
2018 Sarah Pyle, Sustainable Urban Development
2018 Matthew Seto, MS Geospatial Technologies
2017 Tim Barnes, GIS Certificate
2017 Chad Chambers, MS Geospatial Technologies
2017 Garrett Stone, MA Community Planning
2017 Chris Suh, Sustainable Urban Development
2016 Thomas Payne, Urban Studies
2016 Jeremy Trenhaile, MA Community Planning
2015 Woody Schaufler, Urban Studies
2015 Jasvir Singh, Urban Studies
2014 Savanna Nagorski, Sustainable Urban Development
2014 Alexa Brockamp, Sustainable Urban Development
2014 Kalon Thomas, Sustainable Urban Development
2013 Josh Jorgenson, Urban Studies
2012 Sarah Vanags, Urban Studies
2011 Lana Alisidairi, Urban Studies
2011 Natasha Boyde, Urban Studies
2010 Meghan Howey, Urban Studies
2010 Andrew Tangeman, Urban Studies
2010 Riley Rasmussen, Urban Studies
2009 Meleny Kirkish, Urban Studies
2008 Richard Cathcart, Urban Studies
2007 Lindsey Sehmel, Urban Studies
2007 Andrew Thompson, Urban Studies
2023 Mohamed Yusuf, Urban Design
2023 Sabien Adderley, Urban Design
2023 Danielle Hickman, Urban Community Planning
2022 Joslyn Brown, Sustainable Urban Development
2022 Oliyad Gamechu, MS Geospatial Technologies
2021 Susana Roman Ruiz, MA Community Planning
2021 Vanessa Umana, Urban Design
2020 Angela Suffia, MS Geospatial Technologies
2020 Queenie Gipaya, Urban Design
2020 Darryl Holman, Urban Studies – Community Development & Planning
2020 Aaron Garland, Urban Studies - GIS & Spatial Planning
2020 Lynette Crumity, MA Community Planning
2019 Darrell Wilson, Urban Studies
2019 Dennis Adjetey, Urban Design
2019 Henry Haro, MS Geospatial Technologies
2019 Azeb Hagos, Urban Studies – Community Development & Planning
2019 Rhasean Stephens, MA Community Planning
2018 Austin Jennings, MS Geospatial Technologies
2018 Adriana Meraz-Gonzalez, Sustainable Urban Development
2018 Gregory Mireles, Sustainable Urban Development
2017 Akeyla Jimerson, Urban Studies
2017 Rebecca Dever, Sustainable Urban Development
2017 Shijuan Haynes, Sustainable Urban Development
Scholarship Recipients
Matthew Chastain, Urban Design
Cindy Arias, MA in Community Planning
Miryan Manjarrez-Hurtado, Urban Design
Christina Gonzalez, Urban Design
Hieu Nguyen, Urban Design
Valentino Gomez Bernal, MA in Community Planning
Danielle Hickman, MA in Community Planning
Raisa Baker, Urban Design
Mikayla Jacobson-Brewer, MA in Community Planning
Luke Keser, Urban Design
Alexa Delgado, Sustainable Urban Development
Matthew Chastain, Urban Design
Raisa Baker, Urban Design
Ashley Jones, MA in Community Planning
Deborah Twite, MA in Community Planning
Hieu Nguyen, Urban Design
Rachel Bell, Urban Studies Community Development and Planning
Sean Lambird, Urban Studies Community Development and Planning
Brian Njoroge, Urban Design
Dakota Billops-Breaux, Urban Studies
Valentino Gomez Bernal, Urban Studies Community Development and Planning
Samantha June Smith, Sustainable Urban Development
Mork & Petty Endowded Scholoarship
Kristin Anne Bauer, Urban Design
Mork & Petty Endowded Scholoarship
Mikayla Jacobson-Brewer, MA Community Planning
Urban Studies General Scholarship Fund
Zhen Yingchong, Urban Studies Community Development and Planning
Urban Studies General Scholarship Fund
