Henry Q Woods
UW Honors Graduates
Henry Q Woods

Mathematics
Designation: Interdisciplinary Honors
Honors Grads 2020/2021
Proudest Moment: I was awarded the 2018-2019 Slavic Undergraduate Excellence Prize by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures for a paper I wrote on Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov". The paper was my final for an Honors elective in the Slavic Literature department called "Russia's Big Books", which I submitted for the competition only after being encouraged to do so by my professor and TA in the class, not expecting anything to come of it. It was an enormous moment of validation for me, and I'm glad I participated in the Interdisciplinary Honors program if only for my exposure to awesome classes like the Russia's Big Books series.
henryqwoods@gmail.comI came into college not knowing what I wanted to study, what I wanted to do for a living, or how I would find my place in this sprawling daunting campus. In the thick of my time here, if you asked me if I had what it takes to finish my math major, I would have told you, "I guess we'll find out one way or another." Somehow I now find myself on the other side of these four years having made it through switching from a B.A. in Mathematics to a B.S. in my final year (a choice which required me to take on three 400-level math series simultaneously each quarter this year), having discovered a firm conviction toward becoming a math teacher, and having built a rich community of friends. My time at the UW has taught me that what comes next probably won't be how I imagine it now -- it will be full of breakthroughs, setbacks, and unexpected turns. I wouldn't have it any other way!