On 29 January 2021, Tjaša Heričko received the Rector’s Award for the best student in the generation. She achieved an average grade of 10.0 in the master’s study program Informatics and Technologies of Communication. With this award, she enriched her enviable collection of rewards, having received the award for her exceptional contribution to the development of extracurricular activities at the University of Maribor in 2020, the Award for the best postgraduate student of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 2019, and the Award for the best graduate student in 2017. As a young researcher, she continues her studies in the doctoral program Computer Science and Informatics. Tjaša is also a member of the initiative Ladies in Informatics.