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