Highline College Alumni

Nominations for the annual Highline College Distinguished Alumni Award are open!

Are you a Highline alum making an impact within your profession or community, or do you know alumni who are? Consider submitting a nomination for the 2026 award. Deadline to submit nominations is April 24, 2026.

https://alumni.highline.edu/alumni-recognition/nominate

Highline College has selected Jenessa Pettit as the 2025 Distinguished Alumna! Jenessa is a nurse, clinical instructor, and owner of Mighty Mugs Coffee. Please read her inspiring story and help us congratulate Jenessa!


https://highline.edu/about/newsroom/news/distinguished-alumna-2025.html

Representative Mia Su-Ling Gregerson is a familiar face in the community she serves. The State representative of the 33rd Legislative District is a Highline Alumna who works on initiatives that directly address key needs in our community, such as prioritizing expanded voting rights, stable housing, providing digital equity, and tackling food insecurity.

Learn more about the person behind the policy and read Mia's story at highline.edu/about/profiles/mia-gregerson.html

This photo was provided at the courtesy of Washington State LSS Photography.

Nominations for the annual Highline College Distinguished Alumnus Award are open!

Are you a Highline alum making an impact within your profession or community, or do you know alumni who are? Consider submitting a nomination for the 2025 award. Deadline to submit nominations is April 25, 2025.

https://highline.edu/about/newsroom/news/alumni-award-2025.html

Washington State Bar News posted a wonderful article, highlighting two of Highline’s very own alumni.

Follow the link to read more:

https://wabarnews.org/2024/10/08/far-from-home/

Highline College alumna, Christy Bowman-White shares her inspiring story about overcoming obstacles and the power of education. Her experience with failing out of school led to a passion for contributing to the field.

Read more about Christy's journey. https://www.highline.edu/about-us/highline-profiles/christy-bowman-white/

Congratulations, T-Birds!

Highline Alumna Shanique Dickens died in a tragic accident on I-5 last weekend. Shanique graduated with her AA degree in June 2018 and transferred to Eastern Washington University. She was a TRiO student who was very much involved in the Center for Leadership and Service (CLS). In addition, she was a proud member of the third cohort of the Umoja Black Scholars program. She always credited her Umoja family for connecting her to Highline and for helping her see that college was in fact for her. Even after she’d graduated from Highline, she returned multiple times to volunteer for the Y.E.L.L. and Black & Brown summits.

Our sincere condolences to Shanique’s family and to everyone who knew her.

Highline College has selected Rahma Rashid as the 2024 Distinguished Alumna! Rahma is the founder of a non-profit organization that supports domestic violence survivors. Please read her inspiring story and help us congratulate Rahma!

Community Leader Named as 2024 Distinguished Alumna Advancing the rights of domestic violence survivors has earned Rahma Rashid the Highline College Distinguished Alumna award. Rashid is the founder of the nonprofit Muslimahs Against Abuse Center (MAAC), an organization that provides crucial programs and support to women and girls experiencing domest...

Nominations for the annual Highline College Distinguished Alumnus Award are open!
Are you a Highline alumnus making an impact within your profession or community, or do you know alumni who are? Consider submitting a nomination for the 2024 award. Deadline to submit nominations is April 26, 2024.
https://www.highline.edu/alumni-award-2024/

Congratulations to Highline College 2022 Distinguished Alumnus, Jason Prenovost, for being inducted into the Northwest Athletic Conference Hall of Fame!