Student Legacy Awards
The Highline College Student Legacy Awards is an annual campus celebration to applaud student contributions for both academic achievement and campus involvement.
The 2022 Student Legacy Awards was presented in a hybrid format. Presenters recorded a video of themselves presenting the award to their awardee, and a live event was held featuring staff and student speeches and a reading of all the awardee names. Below we have the award winners with links to their video recognition. You can view all the videos in a playlist below and on YouTube. The winners are also listed in the program.
Legacy Scholar Awards
- Kenny Nishino, Achieve
- Yahya Abdulmohsin, Computer Science
- Toan Quoc Tran Nguyen, Computer Science
- Mirian Mencias, English Department
- Faith Chao, Journalism
- Rika Deveney, Journalism
- Melody LaRue, Legal Studies
- Chanita D. McIntosh, Legal Studies
- Leena Kapadiya, Mathematics
- Andrew Nguyen, Mathematics
- Shay Larie Jones, Nursing
- Maddek Richardson, Public Speaking Center
- Rebecca Wambui Mwangi, Respiratory Care
Legacy Leader Awards
- Joseph Plummer, Achieve
- Obadiah Mirina, Achieve Peer Navigator
- Rosie Michelle Pound, Arcturus
- Jacob Shawn-Donavin Tucker, Campus View Student Housing
- Ly Chau, Career Services
- Nehha Hussain, Career Services
- Melat Akeza, Center for Cultural & Inclusive Excellence
- Samantha Atienza, Center for Cultural & Inclusive Excellence
- Noah Lindborg, Center for Leadership & Service
- Chau Tran, Center for Leadership & Service
- Yuna Kim, Computer Science Club
- David Pak, Computer Science Club
- Max Forrest, Cyber Competition Club
- Meghan Koester, Cyber Competition Club
- Julliannea Plummer, Global Co-Curricular Programs & Initiatives
- Olivia Natalia Brooks, Highline Book Club
- Yen Minh Ngoc Nguyen, Hospitality & Tourism Management (HOST)
- Furqan Qasim, Hospitality & Tourism Management (HOST)
- Karina Aragon-Madrigal, Math Resource Center
- Emily Hamilton, National Poetry Month Committee
- Yuna Kim, PHATT (Physicists of Highline – Association of Thinkers & Tinkerers)
- Alexander Robins, PHATT (Physicists of Highline – Association of Thinkers & Tinkerers)
- Kyla K. Feeney, Public Speaking Center
- Ja’ Shawna Brown, Respiratory Care
- Odessa Durante, Speech and Debate Club
- Severiano Jose Garcia, Thunderword
- Rebecca Zenger, Thunderword
- Mirian Mencias, TRIO
- Leslie Phin, TRIO
Special Honors:
- Jehnoah Wingo, Associate Dean of Student Life Award
- Ron Lytle, Student Employee of the Year
View the entire Student Legacy Awards ceremony on YouTube and below:
Special Acknowledgements
We’d like to thank all our presenters for recording the video presentations. Thank you as well to Latieya Thomas, who served as Chancellor of Ceremonies; to Gerie Ventura, staff speaker; to Samantha Atienza, student speaker; and to Dr. Jamilyn Penn, Interim Vice President of Student Services, for providing opening remarks.
Additional thanks to our MOD graphic designer Megan Smith for your beautiful designs and the entire CLS and CCIE professional and student staff teams. A huge thank you for logistical support from the Purchasing department, Print Shop, and Conference Services.
The Student Legacy Awards is funded by the student Services and Activities Fee as allocated by the Associated Students of Highline College.
If you have any questions or comments about the 2022 Highline Student Legacy Awards, please contact Amy Bergstrom, Interim Director of Center for Leadership & Service, at abergstrom@highline.edu or ext. 3537.