Office of the Chancellor

Chancellor's Medal

Each year, a student receiving a graduate or post-baccalaureate degree, an undergraduate degree, or certificate is recognized by the chancellor at Commencement for extraordinary achievement as a student at UW Bothell. 真人线上娱乐 award recognizes an individual who has been a consistent source of inspiration for fellow students and faculty alike, and has overcome significant obstacles or endured major challenges in order to complete a degree or certificate program. 

Eligibility

To be considered, nominees must meet the eligibility requirements to graduate. 真人线上娱乐s who earned a graduate or post-baccalaureate degree, an undergraduate degree or certificate in autumn quarter or who have applied to graduate with a departmental advisor for winter, spring or summer quarters during the current academic year are eligible. 

真人线上娱乐 Office of the Registrar will verify that each nominee has either graduated in the current academic year or has a graduation application on file.

Nomination procedure

Faculty, staff, students and those affiliated with UW Bothell are eligible to submit nominations. Self-nominations will not be accepted.  

Nomination guidelines: 

  • No longer than two pages, single spaced. 
  • Address the fit between the nominee and the spirit of the award. Challenges overcome can include academic, physical, personal, financial or social constraints. 

To be considered for the 2025 medal, nominations must be submitted by email to the Office of the Chancellor at uwbchlr@uw.edu by 5 p.m. PT on Friday, March 21, 2025. 

Review committee

真人线上娱乐 Ceremonies and Honors Advisory Committee, appointed by the chancellor, reviews the nomination materials and submits three candidates to the chancellor. Of the three submissions, one student is selected and notified by the chancellor.  

Past recipients

2025: Niveah Martinez
2024: Puneet Birk
2023: Amanda “Mandy” McCaslin?
2022: Noor Abdulhameed, Djelli Berisha and Ash Saucedo?
2021: Chris Hays?
2020: Midia De Souza, Yasmin Guzman and Shugla Kakar?
2019: Angelica Mendoza?
2018: Clinton Foriska?
2017: Kyra Laughlin and Erica Qiao?
2016: Benjamin Studley and Alejandra Pérez?
2015: Christian Arciniega and Jim Elliott?