Student Success

MA Student Jessica Villar in a dark grey t-shirt, and wearing glasses
Jessica Villar's Portal Divino published in the Rio Grande Review!
January 27, 2026
David Cruz featured in interview by La Nación
Exciting News!  David Cruz's poem, Los inmigrantes, featured by the Academy of American Poets!
October 21, 2025
Eduardo and Ceci sitting at a picnic table, smiling.
Study Abroad Success!   Art, Activism, and the Environment in Brazil
October 10, 2025
Tatiana Benevides
Tatiana Miranda Benavides (MA, 2025) awarded the Graduate School's 2025 Distinguished Thesis Award!
August 28, 2025
Mid-century Royal typewriter on a maple and wenge desk.
Announcing the Winners of our 2024 - 2025 Undergraduate Essay Prize!
June 10, 2025
Jonathon Reyes standing with his sister Cecilia in the Quad.
Jonathon Reyes wins the 12th NSSHL Student Writing Contest!
May 1, 2025
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
Professor Liz Hochberg and two of our graduates
¡Felicidades! Congratulations to our Graduating Class of 2024!
July 9, 2024
Lexi Smith on a beach, smiling
Lexi Smith (PhD student, Spanish) awarded John W. Kronik Scholarship for doctoral research travel! 
May 8, 2024
Mikaela Peizer smiling, with arms crossed in front of her.
Mikaela Peizer (BA Spanish; BA Public Health-Global Health) named to HUSKY 100!
May 8, 2024
E-Book Cover Hyakunin Isshu. Cien poetas, cien poemas
SPS Alumni Releases E-Book of Japanese to Spanish Poetry Translations
February 10, 2021
UW Students
The Voice of Indigenous and Heritage Speaker Students at the UW
October 23, 2020
Brianna Salinas in Leni K.
Student Spotlight: Brianna Salinas
June 1, 2020
Chiara DeSantis
Spanish Graduate Named a UW Husky 100 in 2020
May 21, 2020
Sarah Slack in São Paulo
Portuguese Minor Studies in São Paulo on Grant
September 30, 2019
Student Sarah McKay with SPS Faculty
Student Presents “Palabras en acción” Honors Project
June 10, 2019
PhD Recipents Katherine M. King and Juan Felipe Arroyave
Two SPS Graduate Students Complete PhDs
May 30, 2019
Jewish scribes depicted in the famous Libro de los juegos (“Book of games”)
Shem Tov de Carrión: How a Jewish Poet from Medieval Spain Speaks to us Today
October 1, 2018
Portuguese Students Win Scholarships
May 14, 2018
Student Success: SPS Major Named to Phi Beta Kappa
May 8, 2018
Alfonso X, also known as the Wise, and his Jewish courtiers
What the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula Teach Us About Political Power & Minority Status
February 13, 2018
Erin McCoy
Student Success: Master's Program Graduate Erin McCoy
October 6, 2017
SPS PhD Student Named 2017-2018 Graduate Fellow in UW Jewish Studies
October 4, 2017
Cooper and Souriano
History in the Making: Life-long Portuguese Learners at UW
April 26, 2017
Husky 100 Logo
Two SPS Students Selected for the Husky 100!
April 20, 2017
Leonardo S. B.
Parça - Impacting Lives through a Mentorship Program with High School Students in Brazil
February 7, 2017
SPS Graduate Student Presents Survey Results on Study Abroad 
May 24, 2016
Influences of English on Spanish in Seattle
Spanish 404 Students Present Linguistic Fieldwork
March 23, 2016
Transfer Student Hit the Ground Running!
February 20, 2015
Ph.D. Student Applauds Program
November 19, 2014
Spanish Major Joy Maa featured in Perspectives Newsletter
July 16, 2014
Read the Spring/Summer Edition of the SPS Newsletter!
July 1, 2014
Graduation
2014 Graduation Celebration Photos
June 23, 2014
Molly FitzMorris
MA Graduate Molly FitzMorris Named 2014-15 Jewish Studies Graduate Fellow
June 11, 2014
UW Students Interviewed in León, Spain
June 9, 2014
The Friends of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
June 5, 2014
Letter from the Chair | Spring 2014
June 5, 2014
Joy Maa
Joy Maa Receives 2014 Dean's Medal
June 3, 2014
Special Funding for Students
May 27, 2014
Spanish Major Joy Maa Awarded Dean's Medal for Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences
May 21, 2014
Lisa Zeta, Rachel Brown, Michelle Vega
It's a Win-Win! | Staff Spotlight on Student Assistants Rachel Brown, Michelle Vega and Lisa Zeta
May 21, 2014
Learning by Performing--in Spanish | Perspectives Newsletter features SPAN 449 Drama Production
April 29, 2014
Doing UW Proud | Student Spotlight on Amanda Baker, Brandon Upton, and Josh Twaddle
April 29, 2014
Spanish Drama Production Featured in Beyond the Quad...
April 17, 2014
Escribo en Español Competition: 2014 Winners and Compilation of Essays
April 17, 2014
READ IT NOW: SPS Quarterly Newsletter | Winter 2014
February 28, 2014
Los títeres de Cachiporra
February 26, 2014
Anna Witte
A Passion for Theater | Faculty Rave, Anna Witte
February 21, 2014
Pragya Kc
A Teacher's Dream | Student Spotlight on Pragya Kc
February 21, 2014
Ladino Day confirms Seattle as vibrant hub of Sephardic culture
January 13, 2014