Honors Huskies represent a fascinating diversity of professional and personal experiences, putting degrees from nearly every major on campus to work all over the world. Alumni model so many differences, but share one thing in common. It’s a mindset of collaborative engagement, complex ideas and methods of problem solving, service leadership and enthusiasm for lifelong learning.
Honors Huskies Helping Huskies
Honors alumni help drive educational innovation and student excellence as donors, friends, and volunteers to the UW Honors Program. Here are just a few of our alumni who are helping Honors Huskies succeed:
Kat Chow was a founding member of NPR’s Code Switch, a job that nobody imagined when she was in college. She took a risk anyway and dove into Asian-American representations in popular media. Eventually, Kat used material from her Honors project with her mentor, Shawn Wong, to jumpstart her now-published memoir: Seeing Ghosts. Kat spoke at Honors’ 2019 graduation as a Distinguished Honors Alumna and volunteers in our continuing Honors Scholarships review process.
Bobbe and Jon Bridge are among the first Huskies to graduate with College Honors. Former WA Supreme Court Justice Bobbe Bridge served as chair of the Honors Advisory Board for many years. While running the Center for Child & Youth Justice, Bridge also led board volunteers through projects to establish Honors Equity Scholarships. This work was amplified by Professor Roger Soder and his wife, Jane, when they gave $1 million towards equity scholarships.
In 2021, the Bridges made a foundational gift to Honors’ Leadership Fund: a uniquely flexible endowment for broad programmatic support.
Jamie Stroble graduated in 2010 with College Honors in international studies and environmental studies. Jaime leads major efforts to care for our planet, with attention to how people of color are represented in decision-making. Leading at Seattle’s Planning Commission, and Noio Pathways, Jaime also helps Honors Huskies transition into “life after college.”
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