Honors and Awards

Prize winner Alysa Meng sitting in front of a red tractor and smiling.
Announcing the Winners of our Inaugural Undergraduate Essay Prize!
(August 8, 2024)
Photo of Associate Teaching Professor Samuel Jaffee
Prof. Samuel Jaffee Receives Distinguished Teaching Award
(May 18, 2022)
Cover of Book Polemics, Literature, and Knowledge in Eighteenth-Century Mexico
Prof. Robles Awarded Gottschalk Prize by ASECS
(April 12, 2022)
Gaudí’ s Casa Vicens in Barcelona, Spain
Society of Scholars Fellowship for Prof. Leigh Mercer
(January 26, 2021)
Eduardo da Silva
Spanish and Portuguese Faculty Receives the WAFLT "2020 Teacher of the Year Award" for Language Teaching
(October 30, 2020)
Chiara DeSantis
Spanish Graduate Named a UW Husky 100 in 2020
(May 21, 2020)
Maria Gillman with 2019 WAFLT award winners
Principal Lecturer Gillman Receives 2019 WAFLT Award
(November 20, 2019)
PhD Recipents Katherine M. King and Juan Felipe Arroyave
Two SPS Graduate Students Complete PhDs
(May 30, 2019)
Principal Lecturer María Gillman
Scholarship Named for SPS Principal Lecturer
(October 29, 2018)
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Portuguese Students Win Scholarships
(May 14, 2018)
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Student Success: SPS Major Named to Phi Beta Kappa
(May 8, 2018)
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Local Director of UW in Quito Program Granted Honor
(January 11, 2018)
DTA Recipient Raneda-Cuartero Honored during UW vs. Cal Game
DTA Recipient Inma Raneda-Cuartero Honored During UW vs. Cal Game
(October 9, 2017)
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SPS PhD Student Named 2017-2018 Graduate Fellow in UW Jewish Studies
(October 4, 2017)
Husky 100 Logo
Two SPS Students Selected for the Husky 100!
(April 20, 2017)
Inm Raneda-Cuarteroa
Senior Lecturer Inma Raneda-Cuartero Receives Distinguished Teaching Award
(March 30, 2017)
Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee
(February 20, 2015)
Distinguished Alumnus Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
(February 20, 2015)
Molly FitzMorris
MA Graduate Molly FitzMorris Named 2014-15 Jewish Studies Graduate Fellow
(June 11, 2014)
Joy Maa
Joy Maa Receives 2014 Dean's Medal
(June 3, 2014)
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Spanish Major Joy Maa Awarded Dean's Medal for Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences
(May 21, 2014)
Simpson Center awards Leigh Mercer Society of Scholars Fellowship
(January 15, 2014)
Prof. Ana Gómez-Bravo's Essay Selected Winner of the John K. Walsh Award
(November 13, 2013)
Luis Fernando Esteban, honorary consul in Seattle from Spain
Sephardic Leader Receives Public Service Award
(July 8, 2013)
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Alumnus Brent Carbajal Named Provost at WWU
(June 13, 2013)
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Maria Gillman receives Distinguished Contributions to Lifelong Learning Award
(June 15, 2005)