Stephen Anthony Chmelewski
UW Honors Graduates
Stephen Anthony Chmelewski

Political Science, Spanish
Designation: Interdisciplinary Honors
Honors Grads 2019/2020
Proudest Moment: Getting into Honors! I was not admitted when I applied as a senior in high school, but I reapplied at the end of my first-year year (after taking an Honors course during each of my first three quarters, despite not being in the program) and got in! Huzzah!
At heart, I'm just a pig-raising Eastern Washington boy who somehow found himself in the bright lights of big-city Seattle.
When I arrived at the ol' U Dubya, I knew deep down that I just wanted to study Political Science and Spanish. It was because of these two deep and abiding interests that I found some of the most formative experiences of my college career. My love for politics took me deep into the halls of power (or at least the front desk of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's office, where you could catch me on Friday afternoons fulfilling intern duties like shredding paper and answering phones). My affinity for the Spanish language took me all the way across the world (three whole flights! each way!) to the seaside Spanish town of Cádiz, where I spent the entirety of my junior year pretending to do homework while actually eating tapas, chatting with my host mom, and going to the beach every day. It was the life.
So what's up next for the Stephenator now that he's likely peaked and his glory days as an undergrad are coming to an end? Great question, and to be completely honest, y'all have as good of an idea as I do! Perhaps a lil' bit of traveling here, a lil' bit of applying to law school there. No one knows. Anyways, go Dawgs!