2026 CS Department Awards and Thank-Yous

The David Dewitt Undergraduate Scholarship

This scholarship was established to recognize academic excellence in computer science and is the top undergraduate honor offered by our department. Scholarships were presented to the following students:

Tan Bui

Qiushi Lu

The Hina and Faisal Mushtaq Scholarship

This scholarship was created by the family of Faisal Mushtaq, who received an undergraduate degree in Computer Sciences from UW in 1988. Faisal has had a long career at the intersection of technology and health care and was founder of Veridigm, which provides IT solutions to a wide variety of health care solutions. The recipient will receive a $1000 scholarship. This year’s winner:

Brynn McCloskey

The Paul D. Salmon Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship was established in memory of Paul Salmon. Paul was born in Kingston, Jamaica and came to UW-Madison to get a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer science. After graduating, he worked at Epic Health Care for 20 years and passed away in 2021. Paul had a passion for mentoring younger developers and sharing his wealth of knowledge of programming, so to honor that part of his life, his family established the Paul D. Salmon Memorial Scholarship Fund. This perpetual fund through the UW Foundation will periodically award a scholarship to an undergraduate in Computer Sciences from an underrepresented group. The recipient will receive a $1000 scholarship. This year’s

James-Robert Caulkins

Tu Pham

Alka Lakadia

Peyton Howardsmith

Riley Howardsmith

Noah Sookraj

Sidorian Pandovski

Jon Chang

Wai Ying Yick and Dr Chui Wai Yuen Endowment

Evelyn Liu