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2025 Faculty & Staff Excellence Awards announced

The 2025 Faculty and Staff Awards were presented this past month. Congratulations to all of the winners:

FACULTY AWARDS

Cornaro Award
Awardee: Rebecca Fredrickson
1st Runner Up: Vicki Baker
2nd Runner Up: AnaLouise Keating

Mary Mason Lyon Award for Distinguished Junior Faculty
Awardee: Will Benner
1st Runner Up: Aimee Myers
2nd Runner Up: JaNiece Elzy-Palmer

Distinction in Distance Education
Awardee: Paul Bones
1st Runner Up: Dundee Lackey, PhD


Distinction in Scholarship
Awardee: Kathleen Davis
1st Runner Up: Christian Hart
2nd Runner Up: Christina Bejarano

Distinction in Service
Awardee: Sarah McMahan
Awardee: Ann Wheeler
1st Runner Up: Will Benner
2nd Runner Up: Jennifer Danley-Scott

Distinction in Teaching
Awardee: Jackie Hoermann-Elliott
1st Runner Up: Nancy Anderson
2nd Runner Up: Ann Wheeler

Innovation in Academia
Awardee: Jayne Dunlap
1st Runner Up: Diana Elrod
2nd Runner Up: James Williams

Humphries Award for Dedication to TWU
Awardee: Vicki Baker
1st Runner Up: Tim Hoye
2nd Runner Up: Debra Mollen

 


STAFF AWARDS

Top 3 Denton Campus - Get Fit Texas

  • Nora Sierra, Assistant to the Vice Provost, Institutional Research and Improvement
  • Lori Walker, HR Generalist, Human Resources
  • Jackie Hoermann-Elliot, Associate Professor, Department of English, Rhetoric, and Spanish 

Top 3 Dallas Campus - Get Fit Texas

  • Suh-Jen Lin, Professor, Physical Therapy 
  • Joanna Bliss, Manager of Dallas Campus Library, TWU Libraries
  • Dale Anderle, Associate Clinical Professor, Physical Therapy 

Top 3 Houston Campus - Get Fit Texas

  • Jinlan Du, Outreach & Engagement Specialist, IT Solutions
  • Sandra K. Cesario, Cornaro Professor & PhD Program Coordinator, College of Nursing 
  • Kristie Sekmistrz, Disability Services Coordinator, Disability Services for Students 

Overall Get Fit Texas Champion for TWU System

  • Ryan Hulla, Biostatistician, Center for Research Design and Analysis 

Distinguished Service to Student Life Award 

  • Carter Biggers, Director of Band and Associate Professor of Music
  • Jackie Hoermann-Elliot, Associate Professor of English and Co-Director of First-Year Experience
  • Shawna Smith, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Co-Director of First-Year Experience
  • Lacey Thompson, Executive Director of Financial Aid  

Distinguished Service to Enrollment Management Award 

  • Don "Michael"  Nelson, Application Developer, IT Solutions 
  • Maria Peterson-Ahmad, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Research and Innovation, Teacher Education

Award for Outstanding Contribution to the TWU Libraries

  • Library Administration Team: Dolores Aguilar, Senior Secretary and Erica Kaufman, Manager of Administrative Services

Feyten-Wick Health & Wellbeing Endowed Champion Award 

  • Nadine Bonds-Bishop, Manager of Houston Campus Library, TWU Libraries
  • Nora Sierra, Assistant to the Vice Provost, Institutional Research & Improvement 

Outstanding Achievement Award

  • Lynn Davenport, LMS Policy Administrator, Center for Development, Design, and Delivery (CD3)
  • Callie Sawyer, Little Chapel Coordinator, Conference Services 

TWU Award of Excellence

  • Kelsey Zemler, Manager of Business Intelligence, Institutional Research & Data Management