Scholarships and Awards

Department Scholarships

J. Donald Hubbard Family Scholarship in Computer and Information Science

Established in 2003 by the Hubbard family, this scholarship is awarded to a senior undergrad or a graduate student in Computer and Information Science. Preference is given to students who show an interest in human-computer interaction, computer graphics, or multimedia. Secondary criteria are significant contributions of time and energy to the department through volunteer efforts. Academic ranking is also considered, but is not the dominant factor in the determination of the scholarship recipient. Typically, awards are made for one year, but may be repeated for another year.

Past Hubbard Scholars

2023: Valerie Dagley, Nathan Koga

2022: Ginni Gallagher, Sabrina Reis

2021: Ellie Kobak, Sabrina A. Reis

2020: Stefan Fields, Audra McNamee

2019: Daniel Loyd, Bethany Van Meter

2018: Anisha Malynur

2017: Sam Gerendasy

2016: Jennifer Horn

2015: Frankie Gasparovic

2014: Miles Nerenberg

2011: Riley Harris

2010: Nicole DelRosso

2009: Kyle Vessey

2007: Aaron Parecki


Erwin & Gertrude Juilfs Scholarship in Computer and Information Science

Established in 2000 by John Juilfs in memory of his parents, Erwin and Gertrude Juilfs. Awarded to students who show exceptional promise for achievement as evidenced by GPA, originality of research or other applicable criteria.

Past Juilfs Scholars

2023: Eliza Black, Annika Huston

2022: Alex Anderson, Ben Backen, Ian McConachie, Doug Ure

2021: Max Aguirre, Nathan Malamud, Megan Walter

2020: Nick Henderson, Zeke Petersen

2019: Taylor Santos, Zoey Zhao

2018: Chase Craig, Chris Misa

2017: Maria Rodriguez, Yifei Wang

2016: Trace Andreason, Elizabeth Olson

2015: Masado Ishii, Erica Johnson

2014: John Povolny

2013: Zhuojun Zhang

2012: Sze Yan Li

2011: Casey Wilson

2010: Michael Volk

2009: Elijah Hamovitz

2008: Joseph Greer

2007: Scott Brooks, Jimmy Hastings

2006: Amanda Hosler

2005: Addie Beseda

2004: Minho Kim, Linda Sato

2003: Michael Smith

2002: Anna Cavender

2001: Jason Prideaux


Phillip Seeley Scholarship in Computer and Information Science

Established in 2007 by Phillip Seeley ('68, BS Mathematics), this scholarship is awarded for outstanding undergraduate students majoring in computer and information science at the College of Arts and Sciences. Candidates are evaluated based on the overall quality of their academic work, their commitment to learning, and their potential for further academic achievement. Preference is given to resident Oregon students.

Past Seeley Scholars

2023: Joey Le, Andrew Rehmann

2022: Ethan Dinh, Aleks Stevens

2021: Jared Knofczynski, Andy Nguyen, Gabriel Peery

2020: Brandon Bower, Donna Hooshmand, Andy Nguyen, Eugene Tan

2019: Chase Craig

2018: Alonzo Altamirano

2017: Ryan Case, Sam Elliott

2016: Kayla Looney, Alister Maguire, Alex Owen

2015: Cody Nault

2014: Douglas Beick

2013: Hanxiao Zhang

2012: Hannah Pruse

2011: Todd Holiday

2010: Michael Feldman

2009: Richard Suhr

2008: Robert Potter, Zachary Stark-MacMillan


Geoffery Eric Wright Outstanding Junior Award

Established in 1996 by Shari ('83) and Gary Wright in memory of their son Geoffery who died prior to spring term of his senior year. Geoffery would have graduated first in his class. This award was established to reward hard work and give encouragement during the senior year. Awarded to students upon completing their junior year of instruction. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of the overall quality of their academic work, their commitment to learning and a promise of further outstanding achievement in computer and information sciences and its applications.

Past Wright Scholars

2023: Isabella Harker

2022: Claire Collins

2021: Audra McNamee

2020: Max Terry, Simon Venter

2019: Jeanie Chen, Warren Elwood, Joseph Goh, Max Grice

2018: Laura Queen

2017: Randy Chen, Anisha Malynur

2015: Matthew Jagielski

2014: David Widder

2013: Maxwell Zeryck

2012: Peter McKay

2011: Alexandra Walton-Weston

2010: Xin Long Li

2008: Daniel Mundra, Anthony Wittig

2007: Willow Baumann

2005: Mike Allen Matloff

2004: Paul Knickerbocker

2003: Phillip Singer, Benjamin Vesco

2002: Christiano Salim

2001: Oliver Jacob Levine

2000: Heather Katherine May

1999: Scott Palmer Tucker

1998: William Nichelson

1997: Jae Hyoun Kim

1996: Mark Felt

Latin Honors

Graduating seniors who have completed most of their coursework in residence at the University of Oregon are eligible for graduation with Latin honors. These distinctions are awarded by the University of Oregon based on students' percentile rankings in their respective graduating classes.

Cum Laude

Students graduating in the top 10 percent of their class are designated cum laude.

Past Cum Laude Graduates

2023: Olivia Butler, Zane Globus-O’Harra, Thomas Joyce, Sarah Kitten, Daniel Knutsen, Josh Maruyama, Tien Nguyen, Angela Pelky, Milica Simovic, Teresa Tseng, Lauren Van Horn

2022: Cameron Cunningham, Samuel Gebhardt, Samuel Peters, Riana Valenzuela

2021: Genevieve Dorrel, Vincent Huynh-Watkins, Elliot Quinn Jim, Gabriel Mayer, Carter Perkins, Kristine Stecker

2020: Max Grice, Daniel Loyd, Adrian Scheuerell, Bethany Van Meter

2019: Adam Chen, Taisel Klasen, Laura Queen, Ethan Quick, Jonah Rose, Joseph Yaconelli

2018: Abdulaziz AL-Heidous, Carolyn Brewster, Jordan Lewis, Jinjie Li, Zhou Li, Sydney Lynch, Emily Wu

2017: Anupama Deodhar, Kai Huang, Xun Liu, Samuel Oberg, Elizabeth Olson, Andrew Smith

2016: Cody Hatfield Nelson

2015: Jeremy Klein, Johnathon Eskeldson, Marc Leef, Taikun Guo

2014: Andrew Scott Dixon, James Anthony Walden, Raleigh Francis Foster

2013: Alexandra Walton Weston, Todd Holiday, Willem Jager

2012: John Ceccarelli, Michael Feldman, Riley Harris

2011: Rasheed Rajabzadeh

2010: Charles Theobald

2009: Aaron David Parecki, Joseph Davis Greer

2007: Alexander Richard McCullough, Brian Dennis Vaughan

2006: Allen Shattuck Crowley, Amanda Lyn Hosler

2005: Jeffrey Allen Loiselle

2004: Daniel Abraham Ellsworth, Robert Michael Hoselton

2003: Christianto Salim, David Benjamin Depper, Frisca Petricia Tukimin, Kyle Arthur Roadman, Nicholas Brandon Munroe, Sasha Nicol Harlow, Sean Michael Duncan, Zachary Peter Buenau

2002: Gary Louis Malcolm, Kari Lynne Atkins, Ziming Huang

2001: Eric Gilbert Shoemaker, John M Oh, Maxim A Batalin

2000: Aaron Hale Reicher, Atsuko Tanaka, Ivan Arredondo-Castro, Kevin Johnson Redwine

1999: Micheal David Marr

1998: Teong Joo Ong

1997: Christopher J Heino, Hamilton Edmund Link, Hiroyuki Katsuyama, Jade F Rubick, Joshua Patrick Dyer, Matthew Charles Bowen, Nicholas Stuart Fogelson

1995: Brian Kenneth Okken, Geoffery Eric Wright

1994: Kenneth LeRoy Horton

Magna Cum Laude

Students graduating in the top 5 percent of their class are designated magna cum laude.

Past Magna Cum Laude Graduates

2023: Max Aguirre, Turan Bulut, Ginni Gallagher, Felice Lee, James Martin, Adrienne Mendoza, Aleks Stevens, Alex Thoren

2022: Brian Gunnarson, Cole Tritch, Megan Walter

2021: Joseph Goh, Vincent Huynh-Watkins, Jimmy Lam, Hongtao Yang

2020: Nitan Avivi

2019: Sierra Battan, Jiazhen Cao, Andrew Dalcher, Palmer Hogan, Halle King

2018: Trace Andreason, Ryan Case, Yubo, Zhang

2017: Kathryn Lovett, Alexander Owen, David Widder

2016: Atlee Jay Brink, Erica Danielle Johnson, Matthew C. Jagielski, Phillip Alexander Kriegel, Rui Qi Yu, Sage Thomas Berg, Skyler Isaiah Berg

2015: Douglas Beick, Nathaniel Potter, Sarah Yablock, Wesley Gyde

2014: Niklas Lars Gustvason-Falk

2013: Kyle Nystrom, Nicole DelRosso, Peter McKay, Ryan Roulston

2012: Elijah Hamovitz

2011: Richard Suhr, Xin Long Li

2009: Duheng Deng

2008: Johan Mulyono

2006: Jesse D. Jenkins

2005: Benjamin Clark Lemer, Eric Robert Schreiner, Jacob Henry Hine Voll, Michael Thomas Smith, Paul David Knickerbocker, Theodore Geoffrey Vossen

2004: Anna Cavender, Constantia Erika Tryman

2003: Arel Lee Cordero, Joseph Scott Travis, Monika Lucja Gieczys, Oliver Jacob Levine, Yugo Asato

2002: Gabriel James MacIsaac

2001: Ezekiel Wander, Heather Ketherine May, Stephen James Tachouet

2000: Gregory Matthew Cipriano, Jaeque Micheal Yoon, Sarah Elinor Cronholm, Scott Palmer Tucker

1997: Christopher William Mettner

1996: David Charles Florey

1995: Ka Yee Au Yeung

1994: Mark Stephen Schreiber

Summa Cum Laude

Students graduating in the top 1 percent of their class are designated summa cum laude.

Past Summa Cum Laude Graduates

2023: David Akers, Douglas Anderson, Ben Backen, Arden Butterfield, Derek Leneve, Kaitlyn McCafferty, Robert McConachie, Andy Nguyen, Koyin Olopade, Krishna Patel, Gabriel Peery, Sabrina Reis, Estelle Trieu, Beth Warren, Jun Wong, Mert Yapucuoglu

2022: Brandon Dodd, Jaeger Jochimsen, Jared Knofczynski, Noah Kruss, Nathan Malamud, Pranav Mathur, Audra McNamee, Eugene Tan, Madison Werries

2021: Zahra Alsuliman, Jacob Evarts, Donna Hooshmand, Lily Jim, Zekiel Petersen, Maxwell Terry, Yebin Yun, Zhiqian Zhao

2020: Chase Craig, Pallavi Webb

2019 Sam Elliott, Edward Szczepanski

2018: Yanting Liu

2017: Masado Ishii, Sophie Landver, Zhixin Liu, Kayla Looney, Alister Maguire

2016: Yajun Shi

2015: Caitlin Freeman Hennessy, Kevin Wilson, Matthew Haynes, Miles Nerenberg, Morgan Zhuojun Zhang, Tony Hanxiao Zhang

2014: Andrew Shuangran Li, Melody Sze Yan Li

2013: Hannah Pruse

2012: Casey Wilson

2008: Keith Albin, Willow Baumann

2006: Mike A. Matloff, Nathan Tyler Collins

2005: Johnathan David Shaw

2003: Mark Christopher DeSpain, Maxim Sergeevich Krivokon

2002: Jason Anthony Prideaux, Toshiaki Majima, William Nelson-Romick

2001: Mark Daniel Felt, Moira Kathleen Burke, Russell Robert Kuhns, Timothy E Halverson

2000: Chia Riven Wood, Masaki Nomura

1998: Joshua Lannes Olson, Michelle Louise Hart, Wei Zhu

1997: David Howard Scott, Lael Jones, Michele Ai Kaminaka, Peter Andrew Walker

1994: Zhejing Zhou

Honor Societies

Phi Beta Kappa Society

The Phi Beta Kappa Society honors students whose undergraduate academic records fulfill the objectives of a liberal-arts education. Founded in 1776, the society is the oldest and most prestigious honorary society in the nation. The UO has the only Phi Beta Kappa chapter in the Oregon University System.

Each year, the Phi Beta Kappa Society also elect six of the new inductees as the Oregon Six - the most outstanding at the University. Members of the Oregon Six are marked with O6.

Past Phi Beta Kappa honorees

2023: Max Aguirre, Alex Anderson, Ben Backen, Arden Butterfield, Zane Globus-O'Harra, Thomas Joyce, Sarah Kitten, Nate Koch, Joey Le, Ian McConachie, Andy Nguyen, Gabriel Peery, Sabrina ReisO6, Aleks Stevens, Elliot Terner, Lauren Van Horn, Luke Vandecasteele, Mert Yapucuoglu

2022: Cameron Cunningham, Michael Gao, Brian Gunnarson, Jared Knofczynski, Noah Kruss, Nathan Malamud, Audra McNamee, Sam Peters, Jinhu Qi, Cole Tritch, Riana Valenzuela, Madison Werries, Mert Yapucuoglu

2021: Genevieve Dorrell, Jacob Evarts, Stefan Fields, Joseph Goh, Lukas Hanson, Lily Jim, Kevin Kincaid, Jimmy Lam, Daniel Leef, Gabriel Mayer, Maxwell Terry, Noah Tigner, Benjamin Verney

2020: Nitan Avivi, Newton Blair, Chase CraigO6, Trieste Desautels, Andrew Letz, Adrian Scheuerell, Kayla Walker, Leonie Way

2019: Sierra Battan, Andrew Dalcher, Sam Elliott, Shohei Etzel, Palmer Hogen, Laura Queen, Ethan Quick, Jonah Rose, Joseph Yaconelli

2018: Carolyn Brewster, Ryan Case, Lewis Jordan

2017: Anupama Deodhar, Kayla Looney, Kathryn Lovett, Samuel Oberg, Elizabeth Olson, Alexander Owen, David Widder

2016: Phillip Alexander Kriegel, Rui Qi Yu

2015: Caitlin Hennessy, Jeremy Klein, Jimmy Ka Ho Cheung, Matthew Haynes, Miles Nerenberg

2014: Abdulrahman Musaed Alkhelaifi, Kevin William Beick, Niklas Lars Gustavson-Falk, Sze Yan "Melody" LiO6

2013: Alexandra Walton Weston, Kyle Nystrom, Peter McKay, Willem Jager

2012: Elijah Hamovitz

2011: Rasheed Rajabzadeh, Richard Suhr, Xin Long Li

2010: Charles Theobald, James Edward Hastings

2009: Duheng Deng

2008: Johan Mulyono

2007: Alexander Richard McCulloughO6, Nhu Oanh Tran

2006: Addie Marie Beseda, Allen Shattuck Crowley, Jesse D. Jenkins, Mike A. MatloffO6, Nathan Tyler Collins

2005: Eric Robert Schreiner, Jacob Henry Hine Voll

2004: Anna Cavender, Maryann Yan Zhang, Robert Michael Hoselton

2003: David Benjamin Depper, Joseph Kelly Barker, Joseph Scott Travis, Maxim Sergeevich, Oliver Jacob LevineO6

2002: Gary Louis Malcolm, Kari Lynne Atkins, William Nelson-Romick

2001: Ezekial Wander, Heather Katherine May, Maxim A. Batalin, Moira Kathleen BurkeO6, Nicholas Monroe, Stephen James Tachouet, Timothy Halverson, Zachary Peter Buenau

2000: Chia Riven WoodO6

1999: Nelson Francis Kidd

1998: Jesse Pete Rose Lawler, Michelle Louise HartO6