Honors Huskies represent a fascinating diversity of professional and personal experiences, with degrees from nearly every major on campus, earned over the course of more than five decades. To graduate with Honors, these Huskies went above and beyond the requirements of their home departments to form broader, deeper connections, conduct original research, and collaborate.
Honors alumni are always welcome in our community! You’re invited to tune into our news and share your own great stories! Come back to campus to lead info sessions, visit classes, or be a point of contact for faculty, staff and students through our Alumni Network Portal.
Three ways to connect RIGHT NOW
Show Up
Join our online network, where we find class speakers, volunteers and mentors.
Come Back!
Come to one of many Honors community events and/or get involved as a volunteer.
Give Back
Did you love your Honors experience? Pay it forward and change the future by investing in today’s students.
Alumni connections by the numbers
15 events by/for for Honors alumni last year
129 alumni volunteers since 2015
24 scholarships made possible by alumni gifts last year
Honors Program Advisory Board
Participation on the Honors Program Advisory Board is a form of service to the entire UW community — supporting educational innovation and student excellence across all majors. Board members work closely with the Director and other staff as vital partners on events, awards, recruitment, scholarships and other special initiatives.
Distinguished Honors Alumni
Credit: Allison Shelley/NPR
This annual award recognizes UW Honors graduates who have exemplified collaborative engagement of complex ideas and methods of problem solving throughout their career and who model service leadership and public impact, reflecting the values of our Program.
Nominations are open to the community year round and a selection committee comprised of Honors students, alumni, faculty and staff determines who will win the award early in spring quarter each year. Find out who’s already been recognized and consider nominating someone wonderful for upcoming awards (rolling annual deadline of Feb 14 for consideration by that year’s committee).
Learn More / Make a Nomination
Honors couldn’t host (or fund) most of our special events without the efforts of our alumni volunteers and the generous donations from our Friends of Honors.