Romano, Wulff named Western Washington University Outstanding Graduates

Western Washington University honored its Outstanding Graduates for the 2014-15 academic year at spring commencement June 13.

Western Washington University honored its Outstanding Graduates for the 2014-15 academic year at spring commencement June 13.

Faculty members from dozens of academic departments and programs selected one graduate to honor as the Outstanding Graduates of the year. Selection is a high honor based on grades, research and writing, service to the campus and community, and promise for the future.

Redmond’s Mauricio Romano and Rachel Wulff were two of the honorees.

• Romano, who was the Outstanding Graduate in the industrial design program, graduated in June with a bachelor of science degree in industrial design. He received the Senior Merit Award at the Industrial Designers Society of America western conference, one of just five students to receive the award across the country.

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He spent a year as an intern at Intel in Oregon, where he worked on a range of products, including laptops, tablets and pocket PCs. He was the industrial designer on the Intel team that created the world’s first 14-nanometer fanless mobile PC reference design at the 2014Computex tradeshow in Taipei, Taiwan. The tablet, called Llama Mountain, is based on Intel’s upcoming Broadwell processor.

He holds two utility patents, one provisional patent and five design patents. Meanwhile, Romano’s “Walk Talk” two-way radio design concept was featured in a magazine in Singapore, and as a freshman he won an international design contest to make a custom arcade stick.

• Wulff, who was the Outstanding Graduate in the University Honors Program, graduated magna cum laude in March with a bachelor of music degree in music education and vocal performance.

At Western, Wulff has been a student, guest conductor, presenter, employee, leader and teacher. She performed with the Western Opera Studio, with the Concert Choir and Western Voices ensembles, in guest masterclasses, in two solo recitals and in a variety of other concerts.

She was also involved with the Western chapters of the American Choral Directors and Collegiate Washington Music Educators Association. This fall, she will begin work as a music teacher in Mount Vernon.