Awardee Will be Recognized at Commencement, June 12
Do you know a Highline College alum who is making an impact in their community? Now is your chance to honor them.
Nominations open Monday, March 3 for the 2025 Distinguished Alumnus Award and close Friday, April 25. This annual award honors former Highline students who have made notable achievements in their profession or society.
Seattle Mayor Norm Rice sits with Highline President Shirley Gordon before the 1990 commencement ceremony where he would receive the college’s first Distinguished Alumnus Award. Rice attended Highline during the 1968–69 academic year.
Last year's recipient was Rahma Rashid, founder of the nonprofit Muslimahs Against Abuse Center (MAAC), an organization that provides crucial programs and support to women and girls experiencing domestic violence.
This year's winner, to be selected this spring, will join 2023 winner Josias Jean-Pierre, motivational speaker and five-time author, and 1990 winner Norm Rice, the award’s first recipient and former mayor of Seattle. Rice attended Highline in 1968–69 and Jackson in 1980–82.
Other past recipients include Michele Pedicone, a respiratory care therapist and allied health professor in New York, Angela Sheffey-Bogan, a principal at a local elementary school, Ed Ramos, accountant and veteran, and Ann Rule, an internationally recognized crime author. Eligible nominees are former students who attended Highline five or more years ago (prior to the 2020–2021 academic year).
The college is looking for nominees who have made a significant contribution through community service, noteworthy professional achievement and/or recognized leadership. Nominations may be submitted by faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of Highline.
Nominees will be asked to submit a resume and personal profile questionnaire for review by a campus selection committee. The person selected will be recognized at Highline’s Commencement ceremony, June 12, 2025.
Online and PDF nomination forms will be available March 3. PDF nomination forms may be emailed to Tanisha Williams at twilliam@highline.edu or mailed to:
Highline College Alumni Relations
PO Box 98000 MS CV-3
Des Moines, WA 98198
Questions?
Contact Tanisha Williams at twilliam@highline.edu.