The 2024 Faculty & Staff Excellence Awards will be presented Thursday, April 11.
The ceremony and reception will take place from 3-5 p.m. in the Student Union at Hubbard Hall, Southeast Ballroom. The events will also be live streamed.
Following are the 2024 honorees:
STAFF AWARDS
Outstanding Achievement Award
Juan Carvajal de Luna, Laboratory Sciences Supervisor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Barbara Reinke, Program Coordinator, Jane Nelson Institute for Women’s Leadership – Center for Women Entrepreneurs.
Award of Excellence
Courtney Hawkins, Business Manager, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Feyten-Wick Awards
Lisa Nash, Senior Nursing Operations Administrator, Dean Nursing (non-exempt staff)
Stephany Compton, Librarian Academic Outreach, TWU Library (exempt staff)
Distinguished Service to Student Life Award
Shannon R. Scott, PhD, Interim Vice Provost for Faculty Success
Rebecca R. Fredrickson, EdD, Professor of Curriculum & Instruction, Department of Teacher Education
Matt Moustakas, Executive Director of Risk Management
Scottie McCall, Senior Bus Driver
Distinguished Service to Enrollment Management Award
Pushkala Raman, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean, College of Business
Award for Outstanding Contribution to the TWU Libraries
Kimberly Richardson, Coordinator, Circulation Services, Dallas Campus
FACULTY AWARDS
Distinction in Teaching Award
William Benner, PhD, Associate Professor, English, Rhetoric & Spanish – Spanish
Distinction in Scholarship Award
Mary Anderson, PhD, Professor, School of the Sciences – Chemistry & Biochemistry
Distinction in Service Award
Ashley Bender, PhD, Associate Professor of English, Rhetoric & Spanish and Associate Chair of Language, Culture & Gender Studies
Distinction in Distance Education Award
Gretchen Busl, PhD, Associate Professor of English, Rhetoric & Spanish and Director of the Quality Enhancement Plan
Innovation in Academia Award
Danielle Woolery, DMA, Associate Professor of Music
Humphries Award
Charles Riggs, PhD, Professor, School of the Sciences – Chemistry & Biochemistry
Mary Mason Lyon Award for Distinguished Junior Faculty
Jackie Hoermann-Elliott, PhD, Assistant Professor, English and Director of First-Year Composition, English, Rhetoric & Spanish
Zane Lybrand, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Sciences – Biology
Cornaro Award
Camelia Maier, PhD, Professor and Herbarium Director, School of the Sciences – Biology