Last week students, parents, faculty, alumni and staff gathered to celebrate dozens of students who have earned scholarships and awards. The event included awards for the Foreign Intrigue and Olympia reporting programs, recognition of undergraduate research, a public speaking contest, and much more.

The Department of Communication held its 2012 Celebration of Excellence in CMU 120 on May 23. Here are the winners!

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• Scholarship Awards
• Pioneer Awards
• Kaplan Awards
• Nyquist Undergraduate Research Awards
• Nyquist Public Speaking Awards
• Judges

Scholarship Awards

Journalism Foreign Intrigue Endowed Scholarship

Katelin Chow

Kat is a senior in the University Honors and Department of Communication honors programs, studying journalism and Asian American studies. She’s excited to work for The Cambodia Daily in the summer and is passionate about reporting on immigrant communities. Recently, Kat worked for the Seattle Weekly as a food truck columnist and visual arts calendar editor. She is working with Allrecipes.com on creating its press website, and is interning with The Seattle Times’ digital news team. She recently jumped into political blogging with the UW Election Eye. Kat has also worked with NBC Universal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, KOMO News, the Seattle Review, Comcast, UWTV and The UW Daily. During her sophomore year, Kat helped create The Daily’s Double Shot, a bi-weekly, 30-minute news magazine show that’s still produced and aired statewide on UWTV. She also helps create and implement social media and public relations campaigns for the Pike Market Senior Center.

Erin Flemming

Erin is a junior majoring in Journalism. Currently, she is interning in the business section at the Seattle Times. Last quarter, Erin was a part of the department’s Olympia Program, in which she lived in Olympia for the legislative session and worked as an intern at TVW, where she got on-air experience on the Legislative Review TV show. This summer, Erin will be living in Amman, Jordan, and working as an intern at The Jordan Times through the department’s Foreign Intrigue program. Before moving to Olympia this past winter quarter, Erin worked at The Daily, where she has served as a writer and editor at the paper. Erin is a current member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Sigma Kappa sorority. After graduation, Erin hopes to work in either broadcast or print journalism.