The Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering's 2024 Graduation and Awards Ceremony was held on June 7, 2024, in the UW Husky Union Building.
2024 Graduation Address
Trish Milines Dziko
The 2024 Graduation speaker was Trish Millines Dziko, a change agent, mentor, and advocate for children of color. Trish is the cofounder, Executive Director, visionary and strategist behind the Technology Access Foundation (TAF) — one of the leading education non-profits educating children of color to their full potential. Through Trish’s leadership, TAF transitioned from out of school programs to become a statewide leader in public education, operating TAF Academy (a 6th to 12th grade, award-winning public school co-managed with the Federal Way Public School District), created TransformED that partners with public schools to transform them to create healthy and safe learning environments that center student voice and cultivate students into socially conscious and self-aware critical thinkers, problem solvers, ideators, creators, and leaders. In addition, Trish led TAF through the creation of the Network for EdWork designed to recruit, retain and develop teachers of color for our Washington State public schools.
View text of the graduation address
Awards of Excellence
HCDE faculty annually recognize outstanding students with Awards of Excellence. These awards honor students who have distinguished themselves by demonstrating greatness in Academic Excellence; Leadership and Engagement; Innovation; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Research; and Teaching and Mentorship.
Bachelor's Awards
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Tyler Bartholomew
Eileen Zhang
INNOVATION
Sam Ferguson
LEADERSHIP & ENGAGEMENT
Ava Lim
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
René Capella
Mia Oscarsson
Master's Awards
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Naomi Johnson
INNOVATION
Kunal Mehta
LEADERSHIP & ENGAGEMENT
Prerna Rao
Lily Yang
PhD Awards
LEADERSHIP & ENGAGEMENT
Jay Cunningham
Os Keyes
TEACHING & MENTORSHIP
Emma McDonnell
Spencer Williams
RESEARCH
Anna Beers
Regina Cheng
2024 Mikey Award
Andrew Davidson
Each year, the HCDE faculty select a recipient of the Myron L. White (aka "The Mikey") Award. The Mikey Award, named after a founder of the department, is given to a leader in the field and a dedicated friend of HCDE. The HCDE faculty unanimously voted to award Emeritus Associate Teaching Professor Andrew Davidson the 2024 Mikey Award, thanking him for his years of support of the Department. Davidson retired from HCDE in June 2023, after teaching in the program for eleven years. In HCDE, he taught a wide variety of courses, specializing in physical computing and prototyping. He served as the faculty director of the HCDE Bachelors Program for four years. He also founded and directed the department’s K-12 Outreach Program, which he continues to suport in retirement.
Congratulations to the HCDE Class of 2024! View messages to the graduates in the Graduation Kudoboard.