Public Information Office
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: June 8, 2006
CONTACT: Judy Yu, (206) 313-5533
Shoreline Community College
graduate
Heather Evans receives UW President’s Medal
 Shoreline, WA -
Heather Evans, a graduate of Shoreline Community College in 2003,
will receive the President’s Medal from University of Washington President Mark
Emmert this Saturday, June 10, 2006 at the university’s 131st
commencement ceremony. This award is given to one university transfer student
each year who demonstrates academic excellence while at the UW. Shoreline
Community College (SCC) Interim President Lee Lambert will join President Emmert
for this presentation. Professor Terry Taylor, invited by Heather, will also
attend as one of her former SCC advisors.
Evans is
currently a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at the university,
where she hopes to earn her Ph.D. in Sociology. She came to SCC as a student
who had taken a break from education after high school and who wasn’t sure she
would ‘fit in” at a large university as an older student.
Evans
comments, “My experience at Shoreline Community College was extremely positive.
I was very supported by my professors and those who advised me. At the time I
was looking to major in anthropology and wanted to work with professors such as
Sonja Solland and Lew Tarrant. I became very interested in history at the same
time.”
Professor
Terry Taylor says, “Heather was especially interested in how interpretations of
history vary over time. She was an outstanding researcher. She was also very
involved as a student and was a member of a faculty tenure committee. Heather
was the kind of student who always wanted to know more and understand where
present day concepts originated in the past. "
While at the
University of Washington, Evans received a number of scholarships, including the
Goddard and the Leona Hickman scholarships.
When asked
about her future plans, Evans admits that she is very focused on her educational
endeavors because she enjoys learning. She will complete her Ph.D. in the next
few years and will make decisions about her next step after that.
Shoreline
Community College is located at 16101 Greenwood Ave. North, just 10 miles north
of Seattle. Our website address is
www.shoreline.edu.
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